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Sunday, November 1, 2026

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Hot-Tent Season Starts on Outdoor YouTube, From Woodstoves to a Hobbit Tent

As the first snow falls in the West, two of the channels we follow fired up their woodstoves for cold-weather camping.

Joe Robinet, Solo Overnight in a new Hot Tent with a Woodstove (Oct. 31). Sponsored by a portable power company, which the video's description notes. Joe Robinet on YouTube

Joe Robinet spent a solo night in a new hot tent with a woodstove in a forest he hadn't camped in before, cooking steak on the stove; the video is sponsored. In a shorter clip, he takes a break from building his bushcraft shelter to cook a grouse over the fire. TA Outdoors took a small canvas tent he calls his hobbit tent and a woodstove into the woods for an autumn trip, cooking on the stove and settling in for a cozy night.

If you're trying a hot tent this season, follow the tent and stove makers' instructions, use a stove jack rated for your stove, keep a carbon monoxide alarm inside, and never run a stove or heater in a tent that isn't designed for one.

Screen & channel features videos we think outdoor readers will enjoy. Videos play from the creator's own channel; Outdoor Unc is not paid to feature them, and featuring a video is not an endorsement of the products in it.

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closed Tioga Road and Glacier Point Road, temporarily closed for snowYosemite National Park, CaliforniaNo overnight parking along either road; call 209-372-0200 for updateschecked Nov 1

Trail reports

Yosemite Closes Tioga and Glacier Point Roads as the Storm Arrives

Yosemite has temporarily closed Tioga Road, the continuation of Highway 120 through the park, and Glacier Point Road because of snow from this weekend's storm, the park's conditions page shows, with no overnight parking along either road. Tioga Road usually closes for the season sometime in November and stays closed until late May or June; when it's closed you can't reach Tuolumne Meadows or enter the park from the east. Snow can also close Wawona Road at times. For current road status and chain controls, call 209-372-0200 (press 1, then 1) before you drive.

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