Winter Survival Shelter, Stay Warm Overnight With No Fire

I have kept my word and the overnight video is posted to my channel, thank you all for the views! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJHB4bwtrFE

Love how genuine this is. Not over produced or fancy.

I used to be a Royal Marine, spending every winter in the arctic. Temperatures at night used to fall up to -40/60. We were taught something very similar to this in case of emergencies. It really does work.

I had a vehicle breakdown in North Dakota one winter. I knew I would freeze to death in my car because it would not run to give me heat. I saw a Barn 1/4 Mile away and went to it. Inside were MANY Bales of Hay. I made a shelter out of that, and during the night, it actually became hot in there. The next morning the farmer who owned the barn found me because he had seen his Hay had been moved. I told him my situation, and he and his wife got me a tow and fed me Breakfast.

Anytime I've been out too far from normal shelter, its my hands and feet that become unbearably cold first. A very small temporary fire of just 5 minutes, with boots and gloves removed, has been enough to warm them up and keep moving toward real shelter. Stopping when necessary to repeat. You use whatever burns. Grass, sticks, plastic trash, anything you have around you or on your person. A small piece of your own clothing works well to get the fire going. This is the voice of experience of being homeless in SW Minnesota. Homeless does not mean helpless.

I don't know the odds of me ever being in a situation where this will help me, but yet I'm still very, very happy to know this. Thank you for this!

What I truly admire is that this guy was making videos for over 11 years and this is his first 1 mil+ views video. I can't commend this kind of dedication enough, hope you'll get 1 mil subs now, sir! And awesome video, tips like this will save lives!

“Get more than you think” is actually a very good mantra to have when dealing with survival situations. This was a very well made informative video. Thank you.

I was looking for something besides the plethora of bushcraft videos out there, where they take an entire afternoon to build a beautiful shelter. Though it looks spectacular, comfy and warm, I can’t help but think, “what if you’re really in a survival situation with very limited time…your video delivers the goods..bravo!!!

my brother and I used to build battlestar galactica forts like this in the fields when we were kids 40y ago...long elaborate tunnels. it was so much fun. Our dog Mugsy, a springer spaniel, would go crazy digging after us... what great adventures good times!

I built similar shelters for stray cats when I was young, since my mother did not want them inside since we had a dog. If I did it correctly, I was always so happy when I would return and they were still there 😊

I was lost in the Ontario wilderness at 14. I sheltered under a thick juniper bush, using huge sheets of bark of a fallen tree to deflect rain and keep the wind out. It was perfect. No fire was required to stay warm, and the juniper seemed to keep most of the bugs away.

I was hunting with my dad and uncle when I was a teenager. I severely underestimated the cold. I didn't want to seem like a wuss, but I was getting dangerously cold. I found an old bale of hay at the edge of a field. I opened it and put some under me and all around. I was literally amazed at the difference it made. I never said anything to them. Just quietly learned several lessons

A little change to this, I've seen rats and other small animals do this, is after going so far, you go off at a right or left angle, if there's enough cover of course, then they clear out just enough to sleep in, keeps the wind from blowing straight in, then block the opening just like you did here. Makes an immense difference

I was in Utah in Arches NP. Nights were dropping into the 20’s. I did a trail to the furthest arch around 2:00. Going to it was easy. Leaving was a different story. The trail was poorly marked. I ended up on a different, long, complicated trail. I was in the desert watching the sun go down completely lost and cold. I was following a trail but had no idea to where. I was so happy to see people about a mile up and I ran so fast. Got back to my car just as it was getting dark. I had a puffy jacket, some water, protein bars. No flash light and no lighter. My phone was dying. I learned an incredible lesson that day. Be prepared for any thing.

Great video!! When I was in the Army we also learnt that you can pack your clothes with tonnes of the grass too, pad yourself out

Fascinating! Back in 1974, friends and I were up in the mountains after a heavy snows. Turns out the snow was of a perfect condition to roll huge snowballs. We rolled several of those together, hollowed out the cumulative mass, and actually made an igloo! Our warm breath had the effect of hardening the inside surfaces. It really provided protection from wind chill. We were happy kids!

Feel like my survival IQ in the grasslands jumped 10 fold! Fantastic video! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!

I was caught in s hailstorm many decades ago. . . Ducked under a fallen tree in the ditch. . . Sounded like the end of the world with marble then golfball size ice. Birds and squirrels got nocked out of thier nests and ran in circles until they stopped as did the hail. . . The soft mud full of deep impressions of ice craters showing the angles of fall and deflections as they bounced about smacking my sides. Very exciting few minutes and lots of damage was done. The shelters you showed would have been very effective protection from such a storm. I was so thankful to be protected from injury because of the huge fallen tree and the sound of animals being injured in the distance caused me to seek and take shelter in the storm.

" Well of course we're gonna have a DOOR" Love it!!!