Igloo maker? What say you?

[GernBlansten]

Stumbled across this. Looks cool. Lots of scout references.

Heading off to OKPIK in Colorado again this January. Might get me one of these for my quiver just to see if its better than building a quinzhee. I didn''t mind the quinzhee, but man it was a lot of work building it. Anyone use one of these?

 

http://www.grandshelters.com/

[Kudu]

Yes! We use it for shelter-building during the second weekend of our Council''s three weekend OKPIK course.

 

The "Ice Box" requires much less snow, creates fewer wet clothes, and takes about 1/4 of the time to build an "igloo" than the classic Polar Dome (a modified quinzhee building kit which was featured at the week-long National BSA OKPIK course at Ely, Minnesota in the olden days).

 

The Ice Box comes in 7, 8, 9 ,10 or 11 footer models. The 11-footer will sleep up to 6 people.

 

19 pics of us using it can be found at:

 

http://inquiry.net/outdoor/winter/shelter/igloo_kit.htm

 

Kudu