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Magazine:

• Backpacker (magazine), Weather Survival and many other articles

Hiking organizations:

• American Hiking Society, Cold Weather Hiking


• The Mountaineers > Learn > How To


• Appalachian Mountain Club, including blog posts on clothing and other topics


• Adirondack Mountain Club


• Probably for most large regions of the U.S. and of the world where hiking and climbing are popular, hiking organizations are available to advise on local conditions, routes, and means of coping.

General retailers of outdoor products:

• L.L.Bean


• Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS)


• REI Co-op (Recreational Equipment, Inc.)

General information:

• University of Alaska Fairbanks, Dressing For The Cold and Staying Warm In The Cold


• Field & Stream, Field & Streams [sic] Ultimate Winter Survival Tips


• AccuWeather, Blizzard Survival Guide: These Tips Could Help Save Your Life


• Wildwood Survival, Winter Survival


• Wilderness-Survival-Skills, Winter Survival Skills


• SectionHiker, 5 Essential Winter Survival Skills


• Secrets of Survival, How to Survive Extreme Winter


• The Atlantic (magazine), How to Survive Winter in Antarctica


• State of Wisconsin, How to Make a Winter Survival Kit


• Survival Cache, Stay Dry – The First Rule of Survival


• The Urban Abo, Avoiding Frostbite, Hypothermia, and Cold Weather-Related Emergencies


• USA Today, 12 Survival Schools That Could Save Your Life


• DelMarVa Survival Training Site, Winter Survival Tips


• 21st Century Adventures, Complete Winter Survival Kit


• Off The Grid News, 9 Winter Survival Items Your Bug-Out Bag May Be Missing


• Nordiblog, Staying Dry & Warm in the Outdoors


• University of Michigan, Winter Survival Tips (much of this is campus-specific)