{"id":3246,"count":23,"description":"Camping in winter is a far different proposition than summer camping or backpacking. Some conditions or environments you may encounter are snow, ice, freezing rain, glaciers, or bitterly cold and dry desert. The overnight gear required to keep you warm and dry in cold and wet weather needs to meet different parameters than a fair-weather summer bag. In winter, having a sleeping bag that performs well might even keep you alive in inhospitable temperatures.\r\n\r\nFor the sake of this test, we defined winter sleeping bags as those for temperatures between 0-14 degrees Fahrenheit. For high altitude expeditions, something warmer is most likely required, while winters in other low-lying regions might be mild enough that a three-season model would suffice.\r\n\r\nWe called in seven different models that span a range of prices from the most respected brands, and we chose to split the difference between synthetic and down insulation. Synthetic insulation has the benefit of maintaining its loft when wet, so it is appealing for winter camping, which tends to be stormy and drizzly.\r\n\r\nNine testers of differing ages, genders, and ability levels tried these seven products in a range of conditions on a variety of winter camping trips. We took the bags on overnight ski tours in the high Sierra, on a two-week expedition to the Pika Glacier in Alaska, and on a week-long winter trip to Death Valley National Park. 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