My son is an avid Boy Scout, and last weekend the Scouts went camping in the snow. They built snow shelters, called quinzees, and slept inside them.
Basically the boys piled up a big mound of snow, let it sit for a few hours, and then dug out the inside for a shelter. Here is how it looked on the inside.
It doesn’t look very comfortable to me! I guess my son agreed, since he barely slept at all, but he enjoyed the experience anyway. Would you sleep in a snow shelter?
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I probably wouldn’t sleep in a snow shelter because I would be too scared it would collapse on me lol.
Oay that is nuts! I can’t even imagine being able to sleep a wink in there.
I’m amazed that he dug out such a great cave! That’s awesome! But I don’t think I’d want to sleep there.
I am impressed. I don’t even want to walk to my mailbox when there is snow, never mind camp out in it! Brrrrr.
That looks HORRIBLY uncomfortable for sleeping, but I could imagine it would be a fun thing to play in!!
That’s awesome! My hubby and the kids used to make forts like this, they never slept in them though!
Oh wow!! I can only imagine sleeping in there – it probably wasn’t too cold but I bet it was uncomfortable. I am looking forward to building snow forts with my kiddos someday – not sure if we’ll sleep in them, though
only if I had to
Sounds cold, but looks awesome!
how fun! What a great idea.
Not a chance. Like Alison, I would be afraid of a collapse.
That is so cool but you would never catch me in one
That is really cool. But I would freeze!!
I don’t think I could sleep in one of them. It would be to cold. But I bet it was a great experience for the boys.
That’s cool! I’m with majority and have to say nope, not ever lol
Kas
We used to love to build snow forts when we were kids. I wouldn’t want to have slept in one though!
that looks really cool. I dont think I would have been able to get there though since I’d be too afraid it would collapse on me
Oh my goodness…that looks like it took a lot of work!! So fun though!
I’m always freezing, so I don’t think I could do it but it sure looks like fun.
I want a snow fort! How cool is that? Good job, kiddos, your forts rocked!
Boy Scouts tend to do these kind of things. I’m a Girl Scout leader and we’ve never had a desire to sleep outdoors in the winter! I just made reservations for my troop to spend the night in the aquarium in Niagara Falls. Although I might sleep better in an igloo than with a shark staring at me!