Why should you consider keeping cool when you are trying to keep yourself warm in winter hiking?

You want to avoid getting sweaty while doing winter activities. If you stop your activity after you get wet and/or sweaty, you will get cold quickly, which in some cases can lead to hypothermia.

Consider if you were cross-country skiing and you got all sweaty, then you fell and broke your leg. If help takes hours to arrive, you may be suffering from hypothermia and shock by the time help arrives.

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