Minnesota Winter Camping in a ‘Yurt’

A traditional Yurt is a portable, round frame covered with skins or felt and used as a dwelling by nomads of Central Asia.

This last weekend we went on a winter camping adventure to Glendalough State Park in north central Minnesota for our first Yurt camp experience.

In the 4 days and 3 nights we were there the temp never got warmer than -5 below zero. The coldest it got was -28 below zero. Staying warm was the main objective on this outing.

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One conclusion I came to during this adventure is that you never truly appreciate warmth as much as during an early morning outdoor privy visit in subzero temps.

Although we have camped Minnesota in the summer and winter this was our first Yurt experience.

Even though it was cold we still enjoyed the outdoors. With many layers of cloths we endeavored to play some 'Snow Golf' and 'Winter Bocce Ball'. We had a blast!

Here's a short video recap of our yurt campout.