>>1431435>I’ll run around in a circle, ski or dig in the snow until I’m hotThere have been times when I’ve been in forests with 2m deep powder snow and moving fast isn’t possible, didn’t have .5L nalgenes to preheat my boots so within 3 minutes of putting them on in the morning my toes were completely numb, spent 10 minutes shoveling snow like a madman to warm up.
>If I was out, I'd have to figure out how to dry them & socks quickly or loose my toesYou don’t, get better boots, carry spare boot liners and socks while you dry your other liners and socks with a fire, dropping hot water bottles inside and hanging them up, or strapping them to your body somehow and using body heat.
When it’s below 0 you shouldn’t be getting that wet unless you put your foot in a stream.
They’re a pain in the ass to put on but Berghaus yeti attack gaiters have let me stand almost knee deep in glacier melt streams for 10min and come out with my feet dry, put them on some 60$ kamik bootsand used them for two years until the boots fell apart and the rubber of the gaiters was cracking (I should have bought a size larger to put less stress on them).
Only other tip I have is carry a coarse brush of some kind, occasionally clear the snow off of you from head to toe and you won’t get as wet.
