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[Igloo Ed]

After building a demo igloo at Winter Trails Day on Sat. I decided I'd go up and visit the igloos I built last weekend and Frank was game too.
Frank skied and I snowshoed on what is still some pretty scant snow with a rooten base that allows one to sink to the bottom. I'll have to say that Frank did very well given the conditions.
The trail from last week was mostly drifted over but I was able to stay on the packed trail below the snow covering the trail. Any time we stepped off trail, we would sink up to our knees in the snow.
Well, it was a great day to be out and it didn't take us long at all to get to camp:


It had been overcast most of the way to camp but the sun came out while we had lunch in the igloo:


There were still clouds to the east but the peaks themselves were all lit up:


Estes Park was still in the cloud's shadow:


When taking a close look at the igloos, I noticed I could see Zone Lake and Joyce's Pond down below:


The door and foundation looked great with no sagging at all:


While we were sitting inside the igloo, Frank pointed out that we could see all the way to the bottom when looking out the door:


At this rate, it is going to take a couple more storms before the skiing is good but Frank sure does enjoy himself.

[John]

Awesome!

[NWA395]

Brings new meaning to the phrase "a room with a view"

[Igloo Ed]

A proper addition... circa 1997:

[HighPlainsMedic]

Now that is cool.. across the ages.. question? with the rotten base, just speculating if we do get a lot of snow.. wonder about snowslides?

[rcw]

Are the igloos connected? It looks like a duplex.

[mwilson]

Really cool, Ed! Those views are amazing.

[Scrapinator]

Love the view from the igloo!

[Igloo Ed]

HighPlainsMedic, on 16 January 2012 - 08:05 PM, said:

Now that is cool.. across the ages.. question? with the rotten base, just speculating if we do get a lot of snow.. wonder about snowslides?

Thanks.
Camp will not be exactly where it was at the past Stomps because of the hazard unless things change. There are a couple small areas on the route that can be avoided if needed. The trail base is locked in, we would not trigger any slides ourselves.

[Igloo Ed]

rcw, on 16 January 2012 - 08:05 PM, said:

Are the igloos connected? It looks like a duplex.

The second/smaller igloo was built to overlap with the first igloo and we cut a large door between the two. There's only one door though. Two doors gives a cross draught and we loose our heat.

[jflo]

Nice! Looks spectacular!!!

[Melanie]

Wow, what a view!!


Melanie<><