Feed The Flame: How to make Fire In Snow

Feed The Flame: Fire In Snow We’ve marched on into a new year! The celebration and feasting of Yuletide is but a fleeting memory after all that drunken mead. Our journey leads us through a snowy slope, where despite many layers of wool the cold still bitterly cuts. At a lonely pine tree we’ve noticed a large patch of dry grass. This grass is perfect for kindling, so we stuff it in our sleeve. Our own heat dries the grass further, while providing additional isolation. We found a dried pine branch, smell it and immediately recognize it contains fatwood. Fatwood is resin impregnated heartwood. Resin soaked wood is the most reliable natural fire starter. It’s wind and water resistant and burns hot enough to light larger pieces of wood. On our way through the woods we notice trails of wild game. The key to starting a fire in snowy conditions is a proper first kindling. To keep our frozen fingers warm, we gather small twigs and branches along the way, which we conceal under our tunic or in a hood in order to keep