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I'm a little michigan chick, I love a great fire as often as possible. I dig my own bonfire pits and start my own fires, I refuse to use lighter fluid. Not to brag, but to give some background- I can start a good strong fire in the rain or snow. It helps to have a pit not just to contain the fire but to offer some wind block while making the fire. In a survival situation dig a little pit- gather fistfulls of grasses and pine needles, harder in the winter but totally possible- gather all you can find sticking from the snow, gather pine needles leaves and bark, find small twigs to thicker twigs, arrange a teepee with your thicker twigs, fill that teepee with grasses and smaller broken down twigs. It's simple from here to light the grasses and start a fire. If you don't have a lighter or flint you can use a magnifying glass, glasses or other reflective surface to concentrate sunlight(when possible) into the grasses to start the flame. I've even seen it done (online) by concentrating a ray of light through a condom full of water. The more creative you are with what you find and what you have may determine how likely you are to survive. You may even have your phone on you- though it may be out of range, dead and seemingly useless- you can use the screen as your reflective surface to concentrate sunlight onto
Your dry grasses. Always carry a flint. You can even salvage them from lighters if you get desperate enough. Potato chips are also flammable and helpful in winter if you have them, use one for the initial lighting.
