I'm not arguing with that. I just said, that this is one of the examples of legit (non romantic) reason of bugging out into the wilderness. With my beloved axe or without it.

"Bug out" does not necessarily means you continuously run through the woods with your BOB. You're bugging out of your current location to another, safer one. And the winter forest you are familiar with from hiking, hunting, and fishing might be your special bug out destination as well.

For the winter camp building: that's the story and facts from my early childhood. Sure thing, Alaska might be different. It's close to the water bodies from 3 sides, whilst Siberia has strictly continental climate and almost 10 times larger. But I'm not trying to force you to build a camp my way either. It was just a side note