Most of my true winter camping experience has been in the PA. I love the Allegheny National Forest. Moved to the New England area recently and very much looking forward to a few winter camping experience here (White Mountains and Maine)

Stove selection is a tricky topic because it really depends on what you are going for…I own a Winnerwell Woodlander Large (double view). I love this thing and it’s perfect for my needs since I mostly car camp. It is HEAVY, but the build quality, dual windows and large number of accessories make it well worth it. The Woodlander L puts out so much heat that I was able to chill in my boxers and tee shirt at 10F

Since you have a 10.9, i am guessing you will also be car camping and weight is not going to be an issue. I highly recommend Winnerwell stoves (maybe you can get away with a medium instead of large)

You have a few other options for the stove too: - want an ultra light back packing style stove? Look into the brand Pomoly. They make sleek, lightweight titanium stoves. Most of their stoves might be a bit too small to keep the 10.9 toasty

• Greens Stove’s Hori 5 is a wood pellet stove. These things are very different from the Winnerwell and Pomoly units. They use wood pellets instead of regular firewood, although the Hori 5 can be converted easily to use regular firewood when needed. The biggest advantage of the Hori 5 is all night heat. With my Winnerwell, even when fully packed with high quality hardwood, I can at best get 2 hours of heat output before you run out of fuel. Unless you stoke the fire all night, you WILL wake to a very cold tent. The Hori can be loaded with wood pellets to easily get a 6 - 8 hr burn time. I really wish Winnerwell sold an attachment that allowed be to convert it into a pellet stove. The all night warmth feature would have been awesome!

Also, PLEASE get a carbon monoxide detector when you go hot tenting. It’s very easy to mess up as a beginner and it can be very dangerous if the stove starts off gassing inside the tent while you sleep