Extreme cold boots

[Erik Hamburger]

I will be heading back to Lithuania this winter on a hunt I go on. My question is footwear! I've really struggled the last few years there with my feet in the cold, snow e.t.c. I've tried a few different things from normal good quality lace up boots, to the rubber boots with liners and am still scratching my head a bit!? The rubber boots with liners were better but I noticed my feet would still sweat with walking through the forests, then eventually get cold again. Any ideas! Thanks.

These will do the job £65 Extreme Cold Weather Boots - British Military Surplus

 

[deerstalker.308]

These will do the job £65 Extreme Cold Weather Boots - British Military Surplus

Nooooooo!!!!! I had a pair of these, my feet froze! And they squeaked like nobody's business!! Cheap and cheerful they may be, but they don't live up to their name from my experience.

 

[Essexsussex]

Maybe tree hide type boots with the liner?

 

[ben0850]

Agree totally with 4 season mountaineering boots. I regularly use mine when winter walking and ice climbing. I think a lot is also to do with your socks, I only wear Bridgedale summit series socks, really warm and no blisters either. Try and wear decent wicking layers for your upper body (merino wool like icebreaker tops) to help stop you sweating and overheating when walking in.

 

[Ade C]

good Boots are a must but my advice is to buy boots that have plenty of room for your feet.. I buy at least a size bigger than I would for boots/shoes etc here. feet that cant be supplied with blood because they are squashed cant be warmed.
Ade

 

[Monkey Spanker]

Extreme cold weather boots don't need to be waterproof as there is no water - just ice. Insulated and breathable are key features as sweaty wet feet quickly become cold feet!
The Army 'Mukluk' type boots are great and designed to be worn in the snow.
MS

 

[Rugged & Tough]

You need Snow Pac boots. These are designed for very low temperatures, the combination of inner replacable liner, Oiled leather upper and rubber boot, these are perfect for what you are doing. There are different grades, treestand Pacs, Snow Pacs, Extreme Pac and so on.
Get a second liner so you can dry out any moisture between days out.
Quite early in the season for most retailers to have them in stock, but they will start to arrive be the begining of September October.
Andrew
Rugged & Tough
https://www.ruggedtough.com/seeland-treestand-pac-snow-boots-snow-boots-12-high.html

 

[Harry mac]

The best boots I ever wore for warm feet were the Cansdian Army Mukluk boots we used to get issued for deployments to Norway.
If you'r talking about ordinary leather boots, buy a size bigger than normal. Wear 2 pair of socks, a thin pair and a thickish pair; preferably with loop stitching on the foot bed. Do your boots up on the sensible side of loose, and use a good pair of gaiters to keep as much snow off the boot as possible. Finally, keep your legs warm, it's no use layering your feet up if you're supplying them with cold blood through freezing legs!
Eventually, your feet will get cold, in cold climates that's a fact of life, the trick is to keep them warm for as long as you can.
The Snow Pac boots Rugged and Tough linked to above look just the thing, but trust me on the warm legs.

 

[Monkey Spanker]

The best boots I ever wore for warm feet were the Cansdian Army Mukluk boots we used to get issued for deployments to Norway.
If you'r talking about ordinary leather boots, buy a size bigger than normal. Wear 2 pair of socks, a thin pair and a thickish pair; preferably with loop stitching on the foot bed. Do your boots up on the sensible side of loose, and use a good pair of gaiters to keep as much snow off the boot as possible. Finally, keep your legs warm, it's no use layering your feet up if you're supplying them with cold blood through freezing legs!
Eventually, your feet will get cold, in cold climates that's a fact of life, the trick is to keep them warm for as long as you can.

That's exactly the ones I'm talking about Harry! Used to get issued them each winter for Norway. We also used to wear 'Dew Liners' which is basically a big black nylon 'Onesie' with a quilted or fluffly lining which was good down to minus 40 degrees! I now use the US Army equivalent ones when it is really cold for sitting up high seats. They are cotton and camo. Nice and quiet, but not waterproof. A big jacket over the top though or a smock sorts that out. I've sat in seats in VERY cold weather for hours and even fallen asleep where I've been so warm and cosy!!
MS

 

[Harry mac]

That's exactly the ones I'm talking about Harry! Used to get issued them each winter for Norway. We also used to wear 'Dew Liners' which is basically a big black nylon 'Onesie' with a quilted or fluffly lining which was good down to minus 40 degrees! I now use the US Army equivalent ones when it is really cold for sitting up high seats. They are cotton and camo. Nice and quiet, but not waterproof. A big jacket over the top though or a smock sorts that out. I've sat in seats in VERY cold weather for hours and even fallen asleep where I've been so warm and cosy!!
MS

One year on Hjerkin Ranges, one of our blokes got lost in a white-out. Once he realised he'd missed the placce he wanted to be, he had the sense to hunker down as much out of the wind as he could manage. We didn't find him for three hours. The only thing that saved him was the fact that he was wearing a dew liner. Once the white-out had subsided we managed to trace his steps, and he'd litterally missed the building we were all in by about three metres! Savage conditions, and a salutary lesson in not moving when you're told to stay put!

 

[smokey]

Look at what the germans and russians use leather boots not tight fitting with felt overpacs for standing on the stand after boar it normally so cold you do not need waterproof boots

 

[NigelM]

Three major factors in keeping you feet warm.

1. Keep your feet dry - that includes sweat which has to be breathed out. Leather is very breathable, a gore tex liner is needed if it's water on the outside rather than ice.
2. Make sure you have a thick sole - thin soles transmit the cold from the ground to the feet, thick soles give lots of insulation from the ground.
3. Ensure they have plenty of space in them - warmth is created by the air space around the foot giving insulation. A tight fitting pair leave no space so cold is transmitted to the foot much faster.

 

[OISÍN]

#2 Baffin boots your feet will not get cold

 

[SaOsborne]

Hunt in Canada between -10 to -35C, only thing after many years of looking I have found to work are Rated wellies (Dunlop) with a thick neoprene layer. Usually 2 layers of merino wool socks. Even then if you stay still for more than 3hrs the cold starts to creep in, so time to move if its colder than -20C.

 

[phillips321]

I find best way to retain warm feet is to have warm legs, it makes sense really as otherwise you are sending cooler blood to the problem area.
I have used a set of Snugpak inner trousers and these teamed up with some Lundhag boots have kept my feet warm.

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Seconded. Warm legs means lots of blood to your feet...

 

[sir-lamp-alot]

These will do the job £65 Extreme Cold Weather Boots - British Military Surplus

i second this i have a pair and they are fantastic feet never get cold or wet and ive given mine a good kicking for the last year and a half