Re: Tricks for fire on top of deep snow

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Posted by rdavis on March 4, 2008 at 8:52:22 pm EST
In reply to Tricks for fire on top of deep snow posted by WISam on March 3, 2008 at 4:15:22 pm EST

Green logs on packed snow is the consensus answer in most circles. Building a small fire in the lee of a tree, where the snow may be less deep works well too. Kutenay brings up a good point about the potential future fire danger, however a small fire has a very low chance of heating a taproot to the point where it will smolder for several months. I've only seen this happen with large wildfires that burn at least the ladder fuels, if not full crowning fires.

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