A Beckerhead's much needed day out. PIC HEAVY...

Sounds fun man!!

Does anyone have some good resources for fire building in snow/rainy/wet conditions? I guess I could use google, but thought you guys might have some threads of your own.

Here in the desert I don't get too much time practicing in those conditions. It was raining so I decided to head to the hills and do some skill building, tried fire to no avail.

Thanks,
Cole
 
Looks like an excellent time !! Wish I could get time in the snow soon.

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Birdkiller said:
Does anyone have some good resources for fire building in snow/rainy/wet conditions?
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nothing really different than building one in summer conditions except keeping the initial fire prep off of the wet ground or snow. my preferred way is called a reverse log cabin: i lay down my biggest logs/fuel on the ground and progressively pile on the smaller stuff. another alternative is to use bark to lay your prep on - even if it's damp it's still better than the wet ground.

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another thing is to be really patient in your fire prep even before attempting the first spark. my recent thread on the w&ss forum. the ground is wet from the overnight frost: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/903705-winter-fire-prep-hike.
 
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