What should I bring, food wise, on a camping trip in the middle of December?
Posted: November 30th, 2010 | Author: Mitch | Filed under: Camping Recipes | Tags: brother, fats, how many calories, snowboarding, vermont | 7 Comments »My brother and I are going to do some backwoods snowboarding in the backwoods of Vermont for about three or four days. What should I bring in terms of food, that will keep us healthy and give us enough energy to make it through a tough week of snowboarding?
How many calories, carbohydrates, fats, and sugars, should we be taking in each, per day?
mre’s they are not the best tasting food but each bag is a complete meal have their own heater and candy and coffey or tea or sports drink i ate them Pretty regular when i was in the army for 9 yrs and i use them when i go on camping trips or all day hunting trips. all the protene vitamns and carbs you will need but i would take a few cans of soup to.
I would bring red chile, and lots of home made soups.
dude, the great thing about winter camping is you can bring real food without dragging a cooler (the cold will keep everything fresh)—pack burgers and hot dogs if you want!!!! dont worry about carbs, calories,etc per day–just eat!!! maybe pack some hot chocolate to warm you up, some beef -jerky as a snack, etc..
Take a look at Backpacker Magazine! They have really good explanations as to what you should take for your activity, weather conditions, and even break it down into percentages of fat, protien, carbs, etc. They have good recipes too or ways to modify your own recipes.
http://www.backpacker.com
Have fun!
Don’t forget your avalanche gear!
Tofu and brown rice. As much as you want.
Brrr, I hope you’re from hardy stock. I would suggest taking lots of cans of soup. Good hearty soups, not condensed soups. They’ll be easy to heat and you need hot foods. Some sandwich stuff would be ok too but you need something hot to go with it.
If you have the means to cook them buy some of those eggs in the little cardboard containers for breakfast. They won’t break like regular eggs, they’ll last ok for a couple of days without normal refrigeration. You want to keep them cool tho. Also some of those big muffins would be good for breakfast.
You’ll want lots of carbs to keep your body warm. Carbs turn into sugar and enter your blood stream to fuel your body. Simple carbs enter quickly and burn off fast, complex carbs enter slowly to keep your energy up.
Granola bars, crackers, cheese in a can, anything like that will be good snacks. Oh, I nearly forgot one of the most important things. It’s very, very important that you stay hydrated. You’re more suseptable to the cold if you get dehydrated at all. You can use snow for a water supply but be sure to melt it first. You must not eat snow. It will lower your core temp from the inside. If you have a canteen you can fill it with snow and put it between your layers of clothes or sleep with it in your sleeping bag. Your body heat should melt it and then you can drink it.
http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/winter/wintcamp.shtml
Check this link for general caloric requirements. There are also suggestions for menus like instant oatmeal with hot milk & margarine, hot Tang, Granola with hot milk, hot Jello, hot chocolate with extra milk & margarine for breakfast. For lunch you might like meats, cheeses, nuts, dried fruit, raisins, cookies, candy, granola bars. It is often good to start dinner with an instant soup or a hot drink that can be made in each persons’ cup. This gives some internal warmth while waiting for the main course. In the winter, the main dish is usually some form of one pot stew. This is to save time and stove fuel.