Outdoor Skills - Survival
Emergency Camp/Shelters
Best: Find a natural shelter
- Rock overhangs
- Crevice or cave
- Tree well in snow
- Deadfalls
- Hollow log
Next best: Find a shelter easily enlarged
Deadfalls or woodpile
Brush or debris pile
Depression or piles in the snow or earth
Least best: A shelter from scratch
Shelter building takes time and energy, and should never be undertaken in extreme heat or cold unless absolutely necessary.
