Screw in gas canisters are easy to get. As is white gas. I’ve never seen meths for sale, but apparently there’s bio fuel ethanol. Though a quick google shows this isn’t widely available. As you’re here for months, and if you’re car camping, I’d buy a 2 burner Coleman stove and propane cylinder which you can get filled cheaply at a lot of garages.
> What about meths (or whatever it's called there (for a trangia), can that be bought?
They tend to call it different things in North America. Denatured Alcohol, Rubbing Alcohol, etc. but absolutely you will be able to find it at any supermarket in Canada.
Gas stations may also sell the yellow Heet (gasline cleaner), which burns just as well/better (but a little dirtier) than meths.
Thanks everyone, that's a bit of a relief. I'll be doing some backpacking as well as climbing so my MSR reactor will get used as will my light Whisperlight now I know I can get the gas. Thanks for the link Doug. The Trangia is really for 'base' camping and cooking more elaborate meals. At least I know what to ask for for that now as well.
(Not sure about the two burner Colemands stove though. Sounds a bit too much like Glamping than the wild camping in a tiny tent on a winter mountain that I'm more used to ( )
Lorraine McCall began her attempt today at a continuous, self-powered round of the Grahams, a four-month tour of upland Scotland combining walking and bikepacking. If successful, she'll be the first person that we know of to do it.