One of the best things about camping has to be the pleasure of sitting around a campfire on a starry night, telling stories, roasting marshmallows and enjoying a cold beer (or hot cocoa) with family and friends! A campfire is for more than just atmosphere, though. You’ll use it to keep animals and insects from infringing on your space, to provide light, and yes to provide warmth when the wind is howling and you could really use more than your sleeping bag to keep the chill at bay.
That’s when knowing how to build and maintain a campfire really comes in handy — when you need it most. Here’s how to build an all-night campfire even when it’s wet, windy and raw outside.
1. First Things First: Gather Your Materials
If you want to build a campfire you’re gonna need fuel. First you will need some tinder, and if you’re prepared, you’ll bring some along. Some easy packable suggestions include: cotton balls smeared with petroleum jelly or dryer sheets. Both of which can be put in a small baggie and stored with your camping gear so they are always there when you need. You can also find tinder in nature, small twigs and dried needles or leaves work great!
Now gather a couple of armloads of sticks, brush, pine needles, etc. to use as kindling. It’ll form the base of your campfire and a bed for your tinder. If it’s raining, look under the canopy for the driest stuff. If all you can find are wet sticks and twigs, use your pocket knife to remove the bark to expose drier wood.
Gather up a good pile of logs. You’ll need a pile as long as you are tall and about waist high to last all day and into then night.
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