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Gear
Cooking and Nutrition
First Aid and Safety
Shelter and Warmth
Waste and Leave No Trace
100
What were the two main materials used to make the first snowshoes?
Wood and Rawhide
100
Lack of perspiration, headache, and dizziness are all signs of what?
Dehydration
100
What are the three stages of hypothermia?
Mild, Moderate and Severe
100
Before you put up your tent you must do what to the area?
Stomp out the area so it is flat
100
How many paper bags do you take when you have to "go for a walk"?
2
200
These are used to help you keep your balance while snowshoeing
Poles
200
How many people should be around the stove at once?
1-2
200
How many people should be using a snow saw at once?
1
200
True or False: When setting up a tent, you want your ground cloth to be showing
False
200
Why is it important for you to regularly urinate and poo while winter camping?
So your body isn't wasting energy keeping the pee and poo warm in your body
300
Your sleeping bag needs to be rated to ____ degrees F
20
300
How many quarts of water should you drink each day?
Three
300
Cooling your body through evaporation is called ____?
Sweating
300
If you start to feel cold, the first thing to put on is a ___?
Hat
300
What should you do with uneaten food?
Eat it! If not, carry it out
400
How many water bottles must you bring and how big?
2; at least one quart each
400
Why should you avoid caffeine while winter camping?
Caffeine will make you more dehydrated
400
What are the four types of tissue freezing?
Cold Response, Mild Frost-nip, Superficial Frostbite, Deep Frostbite
400
What are three things you should do to reduce heat loss?
Additional dry layers, increase activity, shelter
400
How far away from a trail or open water source should you be before relieving yourself?
At least 150 feet. Ideally 200 feet.
500
How do snowshoes keep you from falling through the snow?
By spreading out your body weight over more surface area
500
Why should you avoid candy and high sugary foods while winter camping?
Candy and other high sugar foods result in a quick release of body heat that causes your body temperature to drop below what it was originally.
500
Three friends are sledding and one friend twists his ankle. What should the two non-hurt people do?
One person stays with the hurt friend while the other person finds an adult
500
What are three types of snow shelters?
Igloos, snow cave, snow pit, snow mound (quin-zhee)
500
What should you do with your snow shelter, kitchen and/or snow furniture when you leave the campsite?
Leave it as is!