Is this a thing? I absolutely love snowstorms and the challenge of hiking in rough weather. I know conditions can turn dangerous quickly in the mountains, but there's something deeply fascinating about it.

For sub-8000 ft mountains, what gear and precautions would you recommend to do this safely?

I always hike as soon as there's bad weather. Biggest mistake was the heat wave, don't be an idiot like me.

>>2825026 (OP)
going on walks in the rain is kino
get a decent umbrella and some okish boots (boot grip matters less than you think, you get good with practice) and have some fun

>>2825026 (OP)
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>>2825026 (OP)
>I absolutely love ... the challenge of hiking in rough weather
>has never hiked a mountain in winter
>now wants to do some baby mountain but doesn't even know what gear to take
this is out of your league kid.

>>2825139
>>2825026 (OP)
By the way, if you end up needing SAR in anything over 5000 ft you will get charged an assload and the insurance to even cover high altitude SAR isn't cheap either.

>>2825140
>gets charged for SAR
lol where is that? maybe dont hike in such shitholes then.

>>2825146
Literally anywhere in the US, most of the EU (especially specific high risk areas), Switzerland, The entire himalayas.

>>2825154
you get a free airlift for a stubbed toe in norway. possibly with a oil rig, danish, swedish or finnish chopper even uk ones can chime in. ruskies think our resque choppers spy on them so they dont play along. the cost of taking down tourists isnt higher than the cost of not rescuing locals.

>>2825026 (OP)
>safety precautions
You trying to enter a tornado or something? Storms and rain are harmless, unless you're walking through a dead forest (and in that case, no precautions would protect you). Thunderstorms are harmless as long as you stay in the woods, and dangerous outside of them

>sub-8000 ft mountains
That's called a hill. You americans are hilarious.

>>2825157
It's called a mountain though

>>2825180
>It's called a mountain though
I know of a 20m tall hill that's called "the mountain" by the locals, that also a mountain in your book?

>>2825139
OP here, I have hiked in whiteout conditions at night on 8000ers before

>>2825157
>Thunderstorms are harmless as long as you stay in the woods
>lightening hits tree next to you
>branches fall on you and kill you

>>2825195
Only if it's legally called that

>>2825026 (OP)
yes it's called mountaineering

>>2825026 (OP)
Why don't you just start with snowshoeing like a normal human being

>>2825026 (OP)
I loved hiking through snowstorms as a teen, preferably in the evening/night. It was barely below freezing and always close to home where I knew the way, but it just felt like an adventure.
Well, nowadays we barely even have snow any more so there's not much opportunity. I'd have to drive somewhere and it's just not the same.

>>2825157
>>2825195
>>2825259
This is "Sky Mountain", a 147m hill in Denmark.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himmelbjerget

>>2825157
>eurobug has a resturant at the top of his mountain