Quinzhee videos

What sounds easier, cutting snow and ice into blocks to be assembled into shelter, or just shoveling snow into a big pile? Thats the difference between an Igloo and a Quinzhee. This survival shelter also makes a great fort for your kids and a fun afternoon for the family! Join Jeff Smith and his friends Chris and Dan Mills as they walk you through the stages of building a Quinzhee.

I filmed this from my dorm room, I noticed a bunch of people starting to make a hut.

jennifer and i built a quinzhee for fun. It took about 5 hours.

I sleep in my quinzhee on a cold night

My little 1 1/2 man quinzhee in the Back yard. I might try sleeping in it if it doesn't melt. I originally planned on a smaller cave for my daughter to play in, then realized I wanted something bigger and sleepable by me... if it doesn't melt.

Some friends and myself decided to build a giant snow quinzhee after a major snow storm in Montreal

Building a quinzhee--a snow hut, used by Alaska's Athabascan people, who lived in the Alaskan interior, where the snow was not suited for building igloos. By the author of the book "Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places." Check out www.cold-the-book.homestead.com.

My first ever youtube video! This is me practicing building a quinzhee during some back country snoeshoeing in Tahoe National Forest.

An ice cave made out of the bank of snow at the side of the driveway (with an old-school soundtrack - it's kind of a joke if you know what the music is).

A quinzhee I built in my yard

It takes a lot of snow to build a quinzhee. It goes faster if you have lots of helpers, shovels and sleds.

Todd camping at Blueberry Hill on the Superior Hiking Trail

Exile #3 showing us around

We felt that destroying our masterpiece was the perfect way of ending a weekend...

Here is my youtube poop requested by DanM25456

Michael building a quinzhee

After our quinzhees kept us warm through the night, we tested their strength. They are pretty strong!

Michael trying out his hard work. If there was more time and we were not so tired from the walk, it would have been a bit bigger

destruction d'un quin-zhee

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Más info: www.andinia.com Construcción de un iglú no tradicional (por acumulación de nieve), conocidos en Canadá como "quinzhee" o "quinzee". La estructura final no durará mucho debido a su geometría poco simétrica, resultado del primer intento de un grupo de estudiantes para guía de actividades al aire libre. Si se busca refugio en un lugar donde la nieve predomine (o SOLAMENTE haya nieve) lo más lógico será hacer uso de ella para construir nuestro albergue de supervivencia. Incluso ...

The Start of a Three Night Sleep out in a Quinzhee I built in my front yard.

Quinhzee destruction ... quinzhee