Are you guys doing Joe here with tripper as you can see out in the forest today is gonna be the first day of the new series we're looking for a spot to set up the campus tent we're gonna leave this canvas tent set up here as a permanent winter shelter we'll leave it up until the spring or maybe even longer but I imagine we'll leave it up till the.

Spring I've been hiking around with snowshoes on pulling this sled trying to find an ideal spot now what an ideal spot looks like to me is something that's behind the camera right now it's got tight-knit trees smaller trees no dangers of trees dying and falling on the Tetra overhead and somewhere I can tie up an external tarp with a wooden.

Log Ridge pole system to keep the snow and the ice in the slush and everything off of the tent the stuff that broke the tent last year when I left it up so all we have to do now is leave the top leave the sled here hike around to find an ideal spot within these pine it's a chilly day right around negative 10 degrees Celsius the wind is picking up.

As you can see it's kind of snow in sideways a little bit that's why this guy's got his coat on and once we do find a ideal location it shouldn't take me long to set up the tent I do have to shovel it out and everything but once we get that all squared away we get a fire going in the in the wood stove inside and warm this guy up I'll stay warm from.

All the while the work I'm doing I'm sure he'll probably stay warm from all the jumping at meanne modeling me he'll Haven doing that he'll be doing all right let's get going when I first came over here I wrote originally thought that this spot right here would be good it's relatively flat it's relatively wide enough for my tent.

The only problem is I look up and you got this big old dead tree right above if he's not dead there's dead limbs on it so it's probably not ideal I'll keep looking again over there might be a decent spot but then there's a big gnarly tree right next to it and if I'm leaving this up for quite some time I don't really want that plus no this.

Isn't a big enough footprint for it okay keep looking well this looks like kind of a good spot the grounds not that fly but who knows what it's gonna look like once I move the snow remove the snow anyway and if you look this spot should look familiar to you this is where I did my super shelter my more ski and ski inspired super shelter.

Overnight there's my bed my whole shelter there my beds underneath fire reflector so I could potentially use this there's an outdoor cooking spot they'll clear that off there's a bench there's a fire pit there I could cook steaks up and stuff over here because with the tent I'm not cooking steaks on the wood stove this might work I wanted.

To find a different location but I don't really mind this too much I kind of like looks looks at my shelter it's holding up good and right there is a pretty decent open spot we're gonna tie off to there they're back there and up there if you look you can see all the slush and ice buildup from all year all right what do you think trip there's.

A good spot hey I'll go get the slide he hears chipmunks and squirrels this thing's holding up good man very cool okay I'm gonna go get the sled that's right over there shouldn't be too long you must see something what is it buddy we got it you go squirrel up there.

So I'll be happy once I get this spot all shoveled away and I can take off my snowshoes like I always say that fun until they're not fun anymore the funnest part about steak whereas snowshoes is taking them off with this tiny little paracord a wrap I guess over the tarp pulling everything on is just my white bushcraft USA ripstop tarp this.

Is the tarp I'll put above the tent so that it doesn't bow and break with snow I think I said it's probably about negative 10 so it's it's cold enough to keep the gloves on that's for sure all right in here is my snow trucker tent I got my boy sacks there's a shovel and oh stove and a thermometer yes right at negative 10 Celsius all right so much my.

Shovel will be the most important tool today probably I want I don't want to have my tent set up on top of snow because once you get that wood stove going it just melts and it becomes like this divot there's no good so I'll remove as much snow as possible beforehand which will take some time and be a lot of work but it will be worth it.

In the long run I do plan on putting a floor in a tent after should help to okay so if I look at my space I gotta decide where I want how long and how Y it so I could situate it I actually wouldn't mind the door facing that way what that means to be coming back a bit this way and the grounds a bit sloppy so maybe I make the door face that way and.

I come in like a rectangle here yeah I thought that was the ground already there's no way oh that's a good layer across it should make things super difficult oh yeah I'll show you what I'm working with here so what's you're walking with you miss the pole up in here I first went hit the ground look here I.

Thought it's all good then I punched through crust so we're not looking to be probably about a foot - watch this that's all easy digging and then that's the crust not too bad too big of a deal but it will take some time this is the other kicker this is tiny compared to what's possible to be found underneath.

Right you can find a log this big house there spend my time chopping it with the ax or cutting it with the saw but this is my light for the next hour or so watch out big guy gonna get that get get it good good boy get get yeah get it get get oh my gosh it knocked the camera good boy get get it buddy yeah.

 you dig my hole pull for me oh my  okay I can't do this all right change of plans we are we're gonna set up the tent and then shovel it out said I don't shovel it too much more than I have to and Traverse giving me a really hard time right now with the.

Shoveling so let's give this to end up and then yeah we'll hold it out once it's up I'm not gonna bore you with putting the poles together if you really do want to see that go check out my last video I show it a little bit more in depth but as far as just rudimentary you got some poles and you got some wide pieces there's a hollow pole that goes.

In the middle as the cross piece one person of course I can horse I can right there we go got that the other pole Oh No Oh No there it is and I've done this a handful of times okay that's the frame that's the frame brain is done I've got to get the tent part on top situate it the way I want it yeah we got to do some shoveling man oh.

My goodness shovel town town  big vent off alone over the canvas tent    now there's the big tent still in love with the camp staff snow truck.

 so how I've been attacking these I've been taxing the corners is there's just this little rubberized corner on the inside and you take the peg the foot peg from the pole and you slide it right into that rubberized peg a rubberized pouch and it's done it's 90 percent set up better.

Get in the right spot now tie it out probably move it over a touch it's really close to that tree you just in there okay so it still has to go out there that's fine can you tie it off there that's probably not a bad spot for it really that holes right in the middle the hole that we started to dig is right in the.

Middle so that's not bad either assuming we continue to dig that hole it looks so daunting tying these lures up so I can get a little better light in there you guys can see better in there then we'll tie it all out maybe we'll take our time digging it out who knows I'd really don't want to do that we hurt us okay yeah yeah once it's all pulled.

Out we'll be laughing plenty of room in here for the dog and I I'm gonna make a clot make a clot along the one side or maybe along the back okay Trevor go go Hey I'm getting a little hungry I'm gonna stop for a snack here put your buddy let's go buddy go Oh tripper Rooney come on buddy I'll.

Get you something in a minute go on all right I got his pad in here too in case it gets too cold we get them up off the ground oh I got my chair my chair instead I don't need something I got some soup to cook up for lunch I've got a french vanilla some good food you got a chair I'll have a chair look at me that's Chad so I hope you guys.

Knew yours doing well and I haven't seen you in a while of in those two little short videos that put up recently mine is going well I've been spending lots of time with the family which is needed and I appreciate it that's always good oh there we go sink down a little bit lay down buddy we got a a chicken sriracha epic bar.

Today so what have you guys been watching YouTube wise lately in the outdoors I know Alexis outdoors is blowing up pretty good Oh sarey what else oh I haven't seen a video from rune in a while what's popular outdoors right now I'm still dead in the center of winter there's.

There's no end in sight here yet that's why I haven't really been concerned about getting out and getting winter videos done the winter just starting man it's just February early February we saw at least February March a full-blown winter here of where I am I'm actually pretty chilled I should start working again all right well if.

Tripper doesn't wreck this again that's the title there and that's the Clio out there that one on the other side done really well as well dude watch what you're doing okay yeah there you go oh man nope.

Nobody all dude you need to stop so the snow is very cold and granular the high temp how the how cold the temperature is so it's not packing it all it's just very again very granular so it's getting to hell like love's like crazy I could use the shovel for this but it's so much more like fine work than the shovel could do it think I got it I'm very I'm.

Gonna dig out as much as I can from underneath the wall of the tent because I'm digging it out inside after and I don't want all these you know I like the wall where the wall would be a tall wall of snow say wall again Joe there we go that's pretty good I'm gonna do that Oh hold it all four sides at least three sides okay so the sides aren't looking.

So bad the backs looking pretty good actually I didn't pack the snow man I didn't pack the snow down on the front skirt so that I could lift up the tent a little bit if I needed to to vacate some of the snow it's throwing it over the door hole is it working I am stop stop I'm glad I did it this way that way I know exactly the footprint I need to dig.

Out it'll be easier that way nobody boy I know yeah like there's a big chunk up gonna get these snowshoes off too much working in there with the one I imagine I've stopped it down enough where I can not sink in too bad in there anyway shufflings coming along as well as it can be expected it's gonna take a while.

And tell well that's okay don't be over here all day and come to our first overnight probably next time or a time after you know I've gone out before and done overnights right off the hop and camped in this thing but this time I'll being being a serious I do want to set it up make it nice plan on bringing the kid over here asleep have a campout here.

Too with her maybe the family probably not not the baby but maybe we'll an Emmy anyway I'll come over here do a overnight next week or something get it all squared away first like I said I want to build a cot it'll be nice to get up off of the ground alright let's go back in there tripperz in this heyday with all these ice chunks.

Everywhere see the mess I've thrown out of the tent already will be three times the piece so you can see see the progress so far absolutely here just loose snow we got a decent shelf built up there haven't even touched up near the front so we've got a lot to do stuff we're getting half the ice chunks tripper is not said about that at all.

 this will have a Ledge a nice ledge at least for now it might melt down I'm sure it will melt down what's the wood stove gets a rocking wood stoves are rockin don't come a-knockin right  no he's run away got too much snow interfacing yes a little bit of a step.

So now at least see how it goes this will warm you up die not cold at all anymore I was able to get rid of my toque and everything we're getting there boys and girls we're getting there here's the lip you can see OOP there too all right that's pretty good actually I'm gonna go get the wood so and see if.

It's in there how well it's it's in there again if you guys have watched my update video I suggest want to watch it that'll have been back two videos ago now I told yo why this got left outside for the better part of a year and how I bent this leg and got it bent back into shape so it's all in working order and I'm happy about that well you have to.

Prop it up a bit in the front you can see it's a little lopsided I think the whole land the whole piece of property I picked out here goes slant towards the back but we can fix that all no big deal yeah that's not even not even over level so we'll level it out even it out then we've got this is the damper or like the rain block or whatever it's called for.

The top not the damper sorry bark bark arrestor that's what it's called yes all right there's the damper the flue and the rest of the piping so we'll get this squared away oh and I do have a false bottom in there too that I talked about in my last video got a Nicki Minaj in there all right let's get this leveled oh I don't.

Think I want to have to look far I can probably just use this piece this is one of the pieces that I threw out from underneath itself probably break that and huh use that to prop it up let's see anyway there's a big old draw so who misses dug in my videos I need you guys to go over under Doug's channel told me start camping again I miss some I miss.

My buddy Doug oh you know what we have to line it up properly for this we have to line it up properly for the snow Jack didn't take that into consideration so we're gonna move this up forward that's gonna go right there that's gonna probably sit there yeah so the goal Oh get on to Doug's channel and tell old joel mrs. 'm we talk all the time he's.

Just taking a break from home camping right now no biggie I do miss camping with the guy though my buddy my camper buddy okay so this has to do it first I believe now look I haven't camped in a while okay set it on there for now fix it in a minute you get my spark arrestor super important not to burn any paper or.

Anything resinous in the what so when you have this on it because it'll get all clogged up and back up India speak from experience well so you can see it doesn't really tuck right into the corner it needs a little bit of space which I completely forgot about let's call it kinda in there all I have a fire in there and see how it goes if we're.

Getting any kind of smoke pouring out the chimney at all or hot corks and it'll be a good gauge for when I'm here permanently but yeah I gotta get something else under that other leg too let's go do that right now pretty good well the good thing about being in this small little balsam fir forest pine spruce forest is that look.

In abundance this super bone-dry every single size you need from pencil-lead up until fuel on all these twigs so that's helpful that's very helpful I think the smartest thing to do right now be go find birch bark birch tree that way I don't have to make any shavings and stuff and putting it in this stove in the oven will be easier.

The wood stove will be easier than lighting shavings in trying to do that so let's go I'm sure there's a birch around here we'll find it I know I don't have my snowshoes on so this this could be interesting I'll try to stick to the spots I've already walked but if there's no birch trees I'll hook those spots then and we'll be sinking oh it's chilly.

Out here man no hat on that wind really really whips through you smells something there's all sorts of deer rub oh that's not one that must have been a tree that fell check it out see just scrape all the way down the tree there is a lot of deer rub here as well I saw that at first and thought that was it I've never seen anyone of it.

Out here but normally I have the dog we're kind of loud seen the only squirrels out here I believe lots of trucks Oh snowshoe hare deer not seen any bear prints or they kind of going to hibernating a little bit all right Bart ok folks let's play spot the birch can you spot it can you spot the birch the only white bark tree around sometimes.

Poplar will have a very similar looking Berk but that's definitely birch but you know what is even better that's a white birch betula Papa rifra right next to me I see a yellow birch betula Allegan Ensis and look at the the bark on it just ready ready to be taking off just falling off so I'd be a lot better for me to use them the white birch a lot of.

The times on some way birch especially that one up there it looks like they don't really have very readily available bark that's peeling off and you never want to like gouge into the tree and peel it off with your knife or something so we'll go look at it see if it's suitable but I want to show you the difference regardless.

There's another one bowed over as you see the crazy trip were running but that slush storm that we got earlier on in this in the year did all these bowing over all the snowmobile trails are still closed and everything around how deep it is compared to home hey good boy I love bringing him out in the deep snow it really burns his energy trying to get.

Through it me too okay so like I said this is the white birch and you can see some little very thin pieces coming off and those are really good for fire starting will take a while to collect them all yeah they're just peeling super thin I'll get me wrong you could do it it's not over the.

Question is fine here totally fine right and we'll keep that but let's go check out this yellow birch just comparison and each tree is different just like people different than another don't charge a bar don't charge them go and cheers your Berk don't judge a birch by its bark you see just how easily this very very flaky.

Birch bark is peeling off here no harm done and it worked just as good as each other this one is not better than the other both have tons of oils in the bark which allow for easy fire lighting very helpful okay got a handful that's good all right we got our tinder kindling a little bit of fuel enough to go well we.

Get more I might line it with a couple sticks too just to get it going is all in there make sure this is open so that's closed sideways and up and down is open for the flu that's going I want to get some more twigs in there pretty soon so so it doesn't die down I'll be right back taking swings off the immediate trees.

Right here doing two things so I'm kind of clearing up the area make it a little bit safer for the dog myself walk around no pokies and it's easy these are going o twigs on top go too much children's programming like I could recite you all of the Wiggles all of the Wiggles Paul roll Michael Finton game again again sorry sorry through that and have passed.

That you're welcome for the reminder no no no oh man this is getting there we're almost done the bulk of its done it's just this little step up there and I don't actually mind just snow there if I clean it up a bit   okay guys I'm feeling real good about.

How it looks inside right now this will probably be the end of the shoveling for today at least I think that big step in got foot-and-a-half to drop in pretty clear I do say so myself obviously you got the lips and I can clean up after by thought it might come in handy for a while to set stuff on or create a barrier I push the tent.

Wall away from the soil a bit there and I do so behind it as well see behind this kind of clothes do that look like his big big enough for me in the dog I put my bed either there with my caught I make you do there or there and then I'll have the dog can either go there or the other side and then that's open and then when if I have friends over our family.

Over we can slide the cot back maybe jump it up get everything back there on out two chairs just sitting here pretty comfortably so I'm pretty warm in here I gotta go get some more firewood it's about time for lunch anyway so go get my saw together and cut up some hardwood got to remember to cut them a bit shorter to fit into the snow if not that.

Much shorter but it is kind of cool you get more pieces out of a length of wood I imagine the same BTUs are being put out regardless thing the same amount of water just getting more pieces should make sense all right hardwood to go in I should pick things up a notch go get some more here in a minute there we go.

Really load it up now whoo you hear that bolt something's happening in there all right I know right    our fire reflector is gonna double as my wood processing station for now till I.

Get something else built or if I do Oh tripper come on well you didn't break my camera too bad that's good yeah just these short little pieces they're gonna beep ideal all right so it's pretty short potentially cut it like that be a little bit awkward you stick it in between these two pull hard doesn't go anywhere and pretty.

Efficient so we've got some wood I swear I'll get it there we go all right let's get this into the tent or dropping pieces left and right here well I just walked in there and it was super warm so let's it with it with the doors open so let's grab our thermometer take a temperature reading over here and then go on inside.

And hope our camera screen doesn't [ __ ] up our lens rather so we got negative 10 or 11 little maybe negative 9 or 10 Celsius all right let's go on the side we've got no smoke coming out there now just heat which is good ideal so at the top is obviously the hottest but let's put it down here let's put it resting on top of my backpack so negative 9 we'll.

Call it Celsius before we came in here and it has jumped you saw how long we've been in 2 seconds and it's jumped just to under 0 just to right under 0 Celsius no no I see him there we go she's like negative 7 right that's right negative 7 right  all right so I really do want to push.

This I pull that farther away from there and I can do it with that rope so let's bury a snow anchor got this one cut already cuz this rope doesn't reach that tree which I wish it did so I'm gonna hold this out pretty good not too far because I don't want again I don't want to stretch that hole near the door into the zipper bury it right there so.

We'll just need to dig out a bit good thing is this is all loose snow just give me another obstacle for tripper try to avoid no no no no not for you okay the other side has one too but I don't think I'll do it up I don't know we'll see how it goes but let's look and see what difference that made now on the inside.

Ah falling all over the place you can see it pulled out quite a bit that's somewhat good distance away wonder if I can pull the bottom oh no Trevor no fix it up for you man that's plenty hot you can tell there you go funny hot well let's see let's see how hot we can get this thing here guys.

Thank you for the suggestions on the whole this was the whole remember so I guess the the general consensus the best thing I saw was to get two pieces of material one on the outside one on the inside glue it in so it down and then it should be pretty rigid I can even wax it if I wanted but I'm not too concerned about it we'll fix that up soon we'll.

Fix you up over here actually well it's standing up here out here I mean nothing not that not that big a deal but where it is kind of is not cool but anyways there is a hole they have holes here for ventilation and I mean there's a little bit of a hole there so I'm not too concerned about it not working by any means just because of.

That but yeah let's get in here warm up buddy give my french vanilla going I got to melt a little bit of snow to uh I was drinking my water I was working a drink a little bit too much but I think with that amount of water to start with we can generate some melted snow pretty easily that turns into water I'll put.

The two winners of the epic VARs and the Scout goes camping books right now on the screen I have to do it at home so I'll have to pick the winners I haven't done it yet so I'm saying this is the time to look right now boom on the screen two winners please email me and we'll get that all sorted out and get them sent to you I will get them.

Autographed if you want and not if you don't want no big deal dude no joke this has to come off wow it's warm it's warm in here oh my goodness boys and girls okay so we've got our Joe Robinette Scout titanium cup with us and lid so we'll get our water boiled up in there get this fresh vanilla on yeah.

I'll have to put a little bit more water in there let's go oh sorry more snow in there let's go out and get some snow no you know what I'm not too picky I'm not too picky we'll just do tents no there we go a little bit of leaf litter in there I'm sure but again like that water that that I put in already well give this a really good head start so this.

Won't take long at all to turn into all water and boiled water at that I will boil it just for this random snow off the ground it could be deer poops and stuff on it no one needs Giardia and the bill doesn't want to stay up stay up bill oh snap here this is that the doors is about.

Halfway up tight here if we can't there's no real good spot to tie it should have a little loop on here there you go all right I'll leave that there for a minute and see anybody fifteen minutes later don't touch it stick with me I'll learn you look at.

That mess in there I don't care one bit boiler up joshan I'm gonna t make it into a Frenchie good stuff all that hard wood already my knees are soaking wet from doing this all right let's going good I'll shut this down close the damper off again and that should really start to pop okay so we're up in the air you see that there.

You go over 20 24 degrees Celsius which will be over 70 degrees Fahrenheit at this height and within that proximity to the stove but what is like I'm almost at the other end here with my hand we're all pretty close proximity to the sofa okay wait it's fogging up here cameras not messed up.

It looks pretty foggy in the bottom right hand corner here anyway I need to put a tall Ridge pull going from that tree there and yeah doesn't look good I think there's some fog inside the camera from there across the top of the tent then coming out over there or something and then I'll I'll line my tarp up across over the wooden Ridge pole and.

Tie it down and then that way will protect from the snow and sleet and the slush in the rain and all that jazz I'm concerned about my camera here I got a look at it here here I can't we just messed up on me I filmed the boiling water and putting the the French vanilla in and talking about the gear I'm going to bring him stuff and I go over and.

Look and it says cannot access the memory card or something does that make any sense to you guys I have a Nikon z6 cannot access memory card it's not the first time it's done it to me either anyway that that pressure know is ready to go I think the camera cut off have some problems with it but I was talking about I can bring this time because I.

Don't have to bring the tent in and the stove and all that I can I can bring a couple extra goodies in there in the in a sled so well next time we'll build the tripod behind to put the ridge pull across I think that'd be a good idea build that ridge pole tie the the tarp on to protect it we will build a floor or probably spruce boughs for the most.

Part but the cot will do an overnighter will hook some good food probably like a stir fry tape thing that I can do on the wood stove because again like I can have a fire on the outside but it'd be nice to use the wood stove for some cooking it's nice man feel comfortable in here it's nice to have this thing working come and warm.

Up I don't feel rushed to get the dog home because he's cold I don't feel like I need to you know I mean be moving all the time just relax I will do still do videos like trip videos and stuff I actually bought a luxe attempt which is a good tepee pyramid type so my LAN tent that has a stove jack in it and I have a titanium.

Foldable wood stove I'm really excited to use that tent for late fall or like early spring canoe tripping or getting wet and rained on and and and being able to is a concern and then being able to go in that tent and getting dry with the wood stove drying like my Giro not only me let my gear and the dog that's amazing.

It's a one man but I have enough room in that they're there for the dog I tried to get it from for free from them from Lux but they stuck to their guns they said no they don't do that that's commendable but that that's a testament I like that I bought it still like I thought it was really cool like really good really gonna be a useful piece of.

Kit and not too big I've gotten perfect for a canoe trip where I'm not like worried or portaging and like single carrying and stuff like that like don't get me wrong or titanium foldable stove is still you know I mean a few pounds not big the tent is bigger than my tent it's got a pole with it but for canoe trip or something like in the.

Winter time not that big a deal it's chilling down here let's check out the fire I gotta get some some more wood to cook up my soup also want to do a little bit of wood here for next time it's a smart thing to do this is going down really well so I'll have there's puddles okay I'll have my cup ready Oh No.

Let her go okay go grab some twigs and then put some wood yep my camera just did it again cannot access this memory card insert another memory card it's a XQD card in nikon z6 anyways like I was trying to say I have to build a tripod for this because I don't like the way it's blackening this tree I filmed.

Motion with again my card messed up I don't know man hasn't done it like this it's good to switch up my cards I do how cool didn't know which one did what but now I do anyways I cuddle that wood I battled tripper it's funny okay take my word for it get this in the in the tent it's a good thing about having a [ __ ] you can use it for things right tripper.

Right you can use it for things Oh  nice and warm in here smells like soup smells like soup are you eating crud looking good it actually is good I make I make fun of it but it is really good good for me which is important mmm I left some big for batons and stuff but the majority of them are this size look.

For some super dry ones a bit on the small side to get in there right now because I assume I haven't looked but I soon let's just smolder they're not really going so well is all maple all hard maple all right this is probably good throw a decent-sized one on there too this is a Dutch Shepherd this is how.

They act up on top of you or running around causing a ruckus he does like to cuddle much more than Scott did right here ah I think right through the hole I don't get no money buddy get me ol buddy no no no here are no laptop a lap dog buddy no laptop either little lap dog my dog.

What up when he won't to my dorm what he won't do you don't get down man this is a total Haney place soaking buddy don't shoot that on top of their mouth open that up that's more I'm just going good I'm gonna put some big pieces on right now big weathered pieces that open for a bit and then we'll crank it down yeah I just remember water open.

For any I just remembered that I had a tripod left over here from from a super shelter video so let's go grab that and see if I can use that for the trip for the stovepipe should have found on that earlier relaxing oh yes you nice work now we're gonna get out of here soon chipper keeps trying to bolt to the door.

Yeah been here all day at home drive with the progress good fun too we're sitting at just over 70 Fahrenheit about 26 celcius I haven't done anything with the fire except for damper it down  this is a cooking tripod none of the way as much as possible.

All right just certainly not in a good spot  that's fine I guess a lot of my stuff here so just throw my backpack in there loose leave that accident chair here and stuff everybody let's go