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The snows of Arapaho

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Mar 9, 2015 at 9:58 am #1326610

Paul Magnanti
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@paulmags
Locale: Colorado Plateau

A winter backpacking trip where out shelter of choice was a snow cave.

Mar 12, 2015 at 11:22 pm #2182204

Randy Nelson
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@rlnunix
Locale: Rockies

Looks like a great trip. His long did it take to build a snow cave big enough for 2? Hope to get out to try it before the season is over.

Mar 13, 2015 at 9:38 am #2182253

Paul Magnanti
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@paulmags
Locale: Colorado Plateau

About 4 hrs.

In general, a quick and dirty emergency shelter takes ~1 hr per person.

Something more elaborate that is base camp quality takes longer. Our shelter was about the size of a very generous two person tent complete with a cold sink in the middle of the sleeping platform.

A less efficient, but serviceable, shelter would be much simpler and quicker.

But part of the trip was acting like my 10 yr old self and building the coolest snow fort (cave) ever. :)

Mar 13, 2015 at 1:02 pm #2182309

Gordon Gray
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@gordong
Locale: Front Range, CO

I need to get out and do that.
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