Prepare your bag: this is nearly an art form. For any athletes, even experienced athletes! You take what is useless, forgetting the essential.
Stratermic can help you set off with peace of mind and ready to face cold.

Here are the main accessories not to forget:

1) Lipstick and protective cream: Your skin and your lips are sensitive to cold and wind. With a regular and renewed use, you'll protect them efficiently.
   

2) Extra clothes:

- So-called "winter" technical under garments: They are warm, packaway and light. They are a first protective layer.

- A fleece: also very compressible, light, easy to fold and put in a backpack, it remains a significant and efficient source of warmth.

- Of course, don't forget gloves, hats and socks: the tips of your body are extremely sensitive to cold. They are the parts your body struggles to warm by itself. In case of extreme cold, the body focuses on vital organs. So don't forget to protect them. 
    

- A scarf: neck exposed to cold means lots of heat loss.

If you are bivouacking, and/or if your destination is an extremely cold country, Stratermic also recommends:

1) A survival blanket: It is an essential element in the first-aid kit. Highly recommended at altitude or when it is snowing. Air is the best insulator, so a blanket will enable you, in case of heat loss, to create an air cushion around your body to protect it from cold.

2) A thermal over-bag: it covers your sleeping bag in order to improve its thermal protection and so its capacity to protect you from cold, bringing you more warmth.

Finally, fill your bag with all the equipment for your favourite sports.

Stratermic, free yourself from cold!