Originally Posted By: jhlewis10
Do you construct them differently if you have a fire made vs if you dont?

Would you open up a shelter a little more to get the heat radiating to you, vs a really small entrance that you can cover up?


Couple of thoughts:

1) I would be leary of putting a fire too close to a debris shelter because of the fire hazard and the fact that I would also be using the fire to cook. Not a good idea to have food scents too close to sleeping area.

2) Having the fire a safe distance from the opening to the shelter with a good wind break might be advisable.

3) Heating rocks, or aluminum water bottle, enclosed candle, putting coals in a pot, etc might be options to warming the inside of a well constructed shelter.

Then again, I will readily admit that I've never spent the night in a debris shelter yet, so my tune may change as I freeze my tilly-tail off...

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