I've only recently gotten into winter camping and feel like I pretty much have my whole system dialed in EXCEPT for one thing - I have no idea how to get my stakes to hold in dry or powdery snow. I've had a few nights where I feel like I mostly got lucky that there wasn't any wind because even my snow stakes were pretty precarious.

I've poured water on them to get them to ice in and that works well but it isn't the best when you're melting snow for water, and I recently learned about a deadman anchor. One thought I have is to attach my guylines to my tarp after all of the anchors are set, but then I'll be guessing about the best place to set my lines.

Thank you in advance for your help!