Tips When Utilizing Snow Shelters

• Be aware of avalanche and lightning dangers when selecting your shelter site.

• Always take your gear in with you or it may be lost or buried outside.

• Store your food and water in the shelter with you, preferably next to your body, to keep it from freezing solid.

• Mark your snow shelter well if you plan to use it more than once or even travel 200 yards from it. Snow shelters disappear into the landscape very quickly.

• For this same reason, large and prominent signals should be placed outside the shelter.