Skills & Survival
This body part should be covered first to reduce heat loss.
What is the head?
This is why mittens are warmer than gloves.
What is fingers share heat?
This animals wide feet act like snowshoes in deep snow.
What is a snowshoe hare?
This warm drink is popular on winter campouts.
What is hot chocolate?
This is what the shortest day of the year is called.
What is the Winter Solstice?
You shouldn’t breathe directly into your sleeping bag because it causes this.
What is moisture build-up?
This is what the rating of your sleeping bag should be during cold winter camping?
What is 10-20 degrees lower than the lowest temperature you're expecting?
This adaptation helps animals stay warm during winter.
What is thicker fur or extra fat?
In cold weather, you should eat smaller meals more often to maintain this.
What is body heat or energy?
This state gets the most snow annually.
What is Alaska?
When crossing frozen lakes or rivers, this color of ice is generally the strongest.
What is clear blue ice?
This piece of equipment keeps snow from going down your boots.
What are gaiters?
This is the main reason that some birds migrate during the winter season.
What is for food and/or better nesting sites?
This high-energy nutrient is especially important to eat more of during cold-weather camping.
What are fats?
This is the state that has the most ski resorts.
What is New York?
This winter shelter is made by piling snow and hollowing it out after it sets.
What is a quinzhee?
This piece of winter gear reflects body heat back toward you.
What is an emergency blanket or bivy?
This animal behavior explains why you may see fewer animal tracks after a snowfall.
What animals staying sheltered during storms?
This winter cooking step helps prevent fuel canisters from failing.
What is warming the canister (with body heat or water)?
This was the lowest temperature ever recorded in the United States?
What is -80 degrees (Fahrenheit)?
Scouts should avoid building snow shelters under these trees because heavy snow can fall on them.
What are conifers (pine, spruce, firs, cedars)?
This type of stove system works in extreme cold because it preheats fuel to maintain pressure and flame.
What is a pressurized liquid-fuel stove?
These are the four things that happen to animals when in hibernation.
What is metabolism slowing, body temperature dropping, heart rate plummeting, and breathing becoming shallow?
This is the range of calories you should eat a day on a cold weather campout.
What is 3500-5000 calories?
These are 5 religious holiday’s that happen in the Winter season (December).
What is Feast of St. Francis Xavier, St. Nicholas Day, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. Lucia’s Day, Las Posadas, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, St. Stephen’s Day / Second Day of Christmas, Holy Innocents' Day, Watch Night, Hanukkah, Fast of the 10th of Tevet, Bodhi Day / Rohatsu, Yule / Winter Solstice, Zarathosht Diso, Maidyarem Gahambar (Winter Thanksgiving), Kwanzaa.