This is a matter of sheer necessity, as these people may be cut off for weeks by heavy snowfalls or icebound roads.
If there are serious snowfalls resulting in abnormal expenditure, then the whole situation will have to be examined.
What will happen if we have another snowfall like the one that we had recently?
Heavy snowfalls then confined them to the hut for two more days.
Cleaner snow and ice layers represent periods of prolonged snowfall where debris accumulations have not had time to form.
By contrast, relatively harsh winters can occur in some of the more elevated areas of its distribution, coincidentally the sites with higher parasitism rates, with snowfalls and frequent freezing temperatures.
The towns have a highdesert climate: great differences in temperature between day and night and very occasional rain and snowfall in winter.
In general, these ticks are found in hardwood forests where abundant leaf litter provides ample cover from desiccation and protective cover during snowfall.
