This is a snow fort we built in March of 2007. It was located in Alberta, Canada. We piled the snow using a tractor, and then dug tunnels through the resulting mound of snow. It took the better part of three days. It may look dangerous, but we were able to walk on top of the snow pile easily without breaking through. In May when the snow was melting we tried to cave in the roof on purpose and it was nearly impossible.
How to build:
1) don’t even try unless you have at least 30cm (1 ft) of snow
2) use a tractor to pile the snow (the bigger the pile, the better)
3) if you don’t own or have access to a tractor, try to locate a large pile of snow elsewhere (you can often find them at the edge of parking lots after snow has been cleared)
4) use small garden shovels or larger shovels as well as your feet to dig the tunnels. It is often helpful to have one person digging, and a second person to move the snow out of the tunnel once it has been loosened.
5) you can dig small holes to the outside to give you light, but it is more exciting if you don’t!
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May 19th, 2012 | Tags: Alberta, best snowfort ever, blizzard, build, building, cave, caved, Caves, christmas, claustrophobia, claustrophobic, cold, collapse, collapsed, collapses, digging, dog, dogs, Epic, extreme, Fort, fun, igloo, maze, melts, minecraft, panic, snow cave, snow maze, snow pile, snow storm, snow tunnel, snowfort, tunnel, tunnelling, winter | Category: kids tunnels | Leave a comment