Build a Bivouac
Bivouacs reflect a fire's warmth, serve as a windbreak and provide overhead shelter in emergency situations. They can be erected without tools in an hour if you are in an area with downed timber - less if you find a makeshift ridgepole such as a leaning or partly fallen tree to support the boughs.
Step one:
Wedge a ridgepole into the lower forks of two closely growing trees (one end can rest on the ground, if necessary), or support each end of the ridgepole with a tripod of upright poles lashed together near the top.
Step two:
Tilt branches or poles against the ridgepole to make a frame. To strengthen it, interlace boughs through the poles at right angles.
Step three:
Thatch the lean-to with slabs of bark and/or leafy or pine-needle branches. Chink with sod, moss or snow to further insulate.
(source: Outdoor Life)
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