[sixstringtheory]

Melting snow definitely takes a long time and lots of energy but it shouldn’t take all day. I’ve done it plenty in the mountains, and at home when I lived in a dry cabin and would go under budget on our hauled water, but needed to do dishes and didn’t want to make a special trip for more.

One thing a lot of people mistakenly do is just throw a ton of snow into a pot and put it over a flame. Heat melts ice, right? Well, turns out that snow dissipates heat really well, and will sublimate while insulating the snow further inside the bulk of the mass.

You have to wet down the snow to conduct the heat throughout the mass. If you pour in some water to start, it gets the reaction going much better. And then leave some water behind to melt the next batch of snow.

You also want to use the widest pot you can find and keep a lid on it.

Not calling you a liar or saying you did it wrong, just leaving this tip here for others!

[giardia]

I probably didn't use the best technique for melting tbh, it was filling a stock pot and popping it on the stove, then adding more snow as it melted.