cold weather cooking

Try it at home first (a cooking gear shakedown, including )

Avoid metal mess kits (heat loss): you can cook with it, but eat with something else

Minimize caffeine consumption (you aren't my real dad, Ron Krawczyk!)

Use lids and coozies to minimize heat loss

Store water upside down (it freezes from the top down)

Never place a stove on snow/ice: it'll melt it and tip!

Use tongs/grippers: don't melt your gloves!

melting snow for drinking water

Stove fuel gets cold: beware of frostbite

Since cooking is a sedentary task, be aware of hypothermia