Your dressed for the weather, and you can take along all the clothes that you can carry.

You've got nothing but the following with you:

100 waterproof matches

25 protein bars

3 gallons of water

5 cigars

1 knife

1 playboy magazine from 1988

Assuming nobody is going to find you, how long would you be able to survive?

all winter....

I walk to a ski resort...

When I was in my 20 and early 30s me , my bro and couple of friends would backpack through the mountains for a week every spring. Usually in Arkansas but once in Colorado. The time we went to Colorado it snowed big time. It was a bit dicey...

wheel,

I like these silly word problems that are designed to distract you from simple math principles;

According to Fuente's Law, 5 cigars can last no longer than 2-1/2 days.

After that, does it really matter?

75 miles as the crow flies. Double that going up and down the mountains, and only the sun to lead you.

I like posing questions that are easy to chuckle at, or make people truly consider what they would.

Now that would separate the men from the boys . . . .

Bicycle, pocket knife, lighter and a canteen. I always had a hook an leader wrapped on the inside bill of my hat.

oh my,,,,

wheel,

Depending on where in CO and depth of snow, 3 weeks to a month. But by that time you should be able to find/build ample shelter and sustain. 11 Miles a day!?!? Deep powder is a bitch to walk in without snow shoes. The knife & water are the key items. Takes a lot of effort to melt snow. Protein bars serve as bait. Tightly rolled Playboy serves as a tinder bundle. In spring & fall months cigar smoke will keep away bugs, and also serve as firestarter (especially if DE's).

Wouldn't want to be stuck in that situation. Each truck carries a survival kit. My wife has already been stuck because a Mtn Pass closed. Ask HockeyDad how his trip was today? He only had to cross 1 mtn Pass.

Was that fun for you? Did you see it as a challenge, or did you think at the time your dad was a nut job?

No map, no compass. Just the sun for two days, followed by one without.

What if it is day ten and you haven't seen any civilization.

Keep walking?

Assuming you know, "nobody is going to find you" you need to walk out, outer wise I'd try to find a clearing to lay out an SOS and build a large smoky fire.

To walk out you would need to find the nearest stream and start walking downstream, eventually you should find civilization. Try to remember what Les Stround did.

Not postholing in deep snow. If the snow is deep enough you'd be lucky to make it 1-2 miles a day. They had a situation like this on "Dude, youre screwed" on discovery, a survival expert had a seriously tough time with this scenario. But hey we're all tough guys here, right? [sarcasm]

Valid point. You'd think I could tell east from west without a compass, but sadly I suck at it.

If I am only 75 miles from civilization would a signal fire be useful? With 100 matches I could probably burn down the whole wilderness.

Maybe that would be the trick.

Start a Forrest fire, stay a quarter mike ahead of it, and wait for the firefighters to show up.