I guess I was thinking about operating in these sort of conditions - Scottish winter mountains on my annual northern climbing/walking/skiing (now sota) expedition to the far north.
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I guess I may be just too hopeful about much of a shelter other than making something out of snow blocks like on the link http://reflector.sota.org.uk/t/g-tw-003-activation-14mhz-cw-on-skis/17062http://reflector.sota.org.uk/t/g-tw-003-activation-14mhz-cw-on-skis/17062!
This would mean I could avoid having to do this:-
Which was my last winter activation:-