There's a sort of... yellowish toadstool. And one of the trees has a crack down the middle of it. Here, wait, I have an idea. [There's snow falling all around -- perfect material for a little bending.] You could look for a large ice column.

[And she starts pulling water to do it -- and it's a lot harder than it should be, and that confuses her a lot but she's not going to say anything. After a few minutes there's a tall, thin flagpole of ice for him to look for.]