Jay,

Sometimes our attitude and reaction to the attitude of others
can be more important than anything.
http://www.amazon.com/Deep-Survival-Who-Lives-Dies/dp/0393326152

www.deepsurvival.com

In Gonzales's book he uses an example: snowmobiler who was
survival trained and rescue trained; snowmobiler died as a
result of bad (macho) decision.

Now, you started the thread for food and it drifted to fire,
suits, shelter. This kind of drift is not unusual on a
Survival Website. If you had posted on a food forum,
you might not have suffered all the unsolicited advice.
And I would be saying,
"You're crazy if you don't take pickles".

Serious-up, prepare for lecture.

I see snowmobiler survival stories on the local news, and
sometimes these guys get hurt, and they get colder when
they get hurt, and they cannot gather much wood when they
get hurt.

Snow can cover all burnable wood in an area.

One (or more) may be stranded above timberline.

Any wood does not burn as well at higher altitude.

Blizzards can cause one to take a wrong trail, even if
one has GPS. Blizzards can hamper one's efforts at keeping
a fire going. Blizzard or wind can make one much colder.

You are right that, if you keep adding-to your "pack", it
gets heavier, you might want to leave it behind, but I think
some tarp for shelter should be considered.

It seems like some may regard an overnight as:
only a travel delay, and opportunity to eat snacks.
It might turn out that way, but an overnight might be
excruciating or fatal for you or a friend.

Jay, you may know all this and have things well in hand,
but, other readers of this thread, may be real green.