To all of our southern neighbours here today we built a quinzee [snow cave] The weather is -17 c with the wind chill of -28c .There calling for -30 c tonight windchill of -34C. So all of you you have planted gardens etc: already and spent some time working the ground with the GT's here's what I've been doing today.We've left about 4-6" over burden its amazing how warm its in there when working shoveling snow.
Building A Quinzee March 16/13
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, Mar 16, 2013 05:20 PM
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Posted March 16, 2013 - 05:20 PM
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Posted March 16, 2013 - 06:19 PM
That's pretty neat but,I sure am glad I CAN'T DO THAT
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Posted March 16, 2013 - 06:25 PM
Looks like you've got room for an east, and west wing yet.
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Posted March 16, 2013 - 06:26 PM
Make it a little bigger, maybe a work bench and some heat... Perfect!
Just thought... You might not want heat in there. Lol!
Just thought... You might not want heat in there. Lol!
Edited by Ryan313, March 16, 2013 - 06:27 PM.
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Posted March 16, 2013 - 06:29 PM
I have never seen enough snow to make one of those.
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Posted March 16, 2013 - 07:30 PM
That is a great survival tool that takes skill to build. I teach my scouts about them in Wilderness Survival Merit Badge Training but we've never had a campout at a time that there was enough snow. Thanks, Rick
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Posted March 16, 2013 - 09:51 PM
Used to build/dig them in Norway. One candle will keep you surprisingly warm and toastie.
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Posted March 17, 2013 - 06:18 AM
Nice looking snow cave. You guys sure get real winter out there. The cold kinda makes me cringe. It's -9c here this morning and that is too cold for me!
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Posted March 17, 2013 - 06:59 AM
Never heard the term before but I have been in many snow caves. As kids (4 boys) in Kalamazoo late 60's, seems like we did that every winter.
Thanks for the pictures and the education.
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Posted March 17, 2013 - 08:13 AM
The idea behind doing this was to show my son that it doesn't take that long to make one [for survival].They built one in school took them a couple weeks off and on,so I had to show him how fast we could make one.It took us a little over 1 hr.Plenty big enough for 3 of us and even the dog.You stuff a back pack into the opening close up the entrance once your inside and a candle will keep it a decient temp for sure just like criters1 had mentioned.Oh yeah we also put a small air hole in thru the roof,it serve's 2 purposes one of course for air and the other to show how much over burden you have..
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Posted March 17, 2013 - 06:05 PM
That takes me back to 7 years old and "The Blizzard of '47", Westchester Co. NY. My Dad piled a ton of snow from the driveway up so's we could tunnel it out! Nobody else's Dad in the neighborhood did that, I had the coolest Dad in the world!
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Posted March 17, 2013 - 06:08 PM
That takes me back to 7 years old and "The Blizzard of '47", Westchester Co. NY. My Dad piled a ton of snow from the driveway up so's we could tunnel it out! Nobody else's Dad in the neighborhood did that, I had the coolest Dad in the world!
I don't feel so "old" now! 
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Posted March 18, 2013 - 05:19 PM
My dad used to do that too. Thanks for the reminder.
That takes me back to 7 years old and "The Blizzard of '47", Westchester Co. NY. My Dad piled a ton of snow from the driveway up so's we could tunnel it out! Nobody else's Dad in the neighborhood did that, I had the coolest Dad in the world!
