Cold weather stream crossings

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Posted by WISam on April 12, 2008 at 12:16:16 pm EDT

Got a trip coming up next weekend in the UP that will likely require me to do a several stream crossings. The water is unlikely to be much more than a foot deep, but it will be very cold as there's still 1+ feet of snow on the ground. I'm wondering if anyone has any good strategies for cold weather stream crossings. Trash bags around you're boots and rubber banded above the knees is about the best I can come up with that's relatively lightweight.

Of course I can always suck it up and pretend it's summer, but it would probably make the trip less fun after doing it repeatedly. I'm anticipating 6 or so crossings, but none more than knee deep.

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Re: Cold weather stream crossings - New Hiker 2B 01:06:59 06/10/2008
Re: Cold weather stream crossings - Tipi Walter 12:44:47 04/12/2008

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