The blast match releases a huge amount of sparks, but as best as I could try, the falling snow just kept putting them out before they could catch the grass. I was under a fair amount of cover, but the wind would shake the trees and drop more snow on my pathetic attempt to cook my lunch.
Make a tipi out of sticks like this:
http://www.e-scoutcraft.com/activities/wild_survival8.gifCover it with grass or whatever, and put your tinder inside. That will shelter it from the snow long enough to get burning.
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