Silver bullets and crosses? This almost sounds like a Zombie Apocalypse that uses werewolves in place of zombies.
The Elder Sign is your only hope.
I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.sand: I don't really want a werewolf like monster in this book. I think they're kind of... overused maybe. x.x
doorhandle and atom: They are going to be outside with them for a few days, walking a little less than 50 miles, so I think even if they did study them or distracted them, they would be there longer than the wolves would need and longer than they would be distracted.
jhm: I don't know what that is. o.o
ralph: Well, they can have weaknesses, I just haven't been able to come up with any so far.
Well... about weaknesses...
What about extremely sensitive sense of smell? Useful for hunting, kinda makes sense for, basically super-wolves, and it can be used against them - incredibly strong smell/stench/aroma, would be probably unpleasant to them, and they would likely avoid such place. And if you want to have a confrontation between wolves and children, a smell strong enough to overload their noses would probably left them confused, and give children a chance to run/fight. (I totally did not copy this idea from Discworld...)
Alternatively, extremely sensitive hearing? It would function pretty much the same way as above, just switch strong smell, with loud noises.
And dont forget about fire. Most wild animals are afraid of fire, and fire is a weakness of many supernatural dangers. Also, from your description, it seems as your wolves are somehow connected to cold/winter (white wolves, supernatural, in area covered in snow...) so it would get extra points for making kind of sense... During the travels, the children would always have to make sure, they have strong fire nearby, at night, they would have to make a perimeter from fireplaces-torches around the camp, and theoretically, they could even try to fight the wolves with torches or maybe even crude flamethrowers, etc...
edited 21st Feb '11 8:33:52 AM by Drakovicz
Has a compulsive editing and re-editing disorder.

Hi. This is my first post here, so hopefully I'm doing it right. I'm writing a story right now that involves a group of children that live inside a dome in a snowy tundra after a nuclear war destroyed most of the world. This group wants to get out of the dome, but outside there are monsters. The most known, and the one that I'm having the most trouble with, are white wolf like things that don't have a name yet. They move at a speed that is almost undetectable to the human eye. As of right now, I know that the dome has cameras outside that take pictures at incredibly fast speeds to detect whether the wolves are trying to breach the walls or not. What I need help with is this. What is a good way for the kids to be able to remain safe from these wolves when they escape from the dome and try to get to another nearby shelter? Any ideas?