With several feet of snow on the ground, freezing temperatures, and scarce food, survival in the winter can be tremendously demanding. This course will serve as a thorough introduction to some the primitive skills needed such as: winter shelter building, winter hunting and trapping, survival snow shoes, winter fire making techniques, bark foods, and much more. This course will offer wisdom into the forested landscape in winter and all of the resources still available from it. The winter months are profound teachers of efficiency and effectiveness, bringing home the reality of survival skills in Vermont's environment.