Building a Quinzhee (Quinzee) Part 2 of 2 скачать в хорошем качестве

Building a Quinzhee (Quinzee) Part 2 of 2

Part 2 of 2 videos. The first video showed the pile of snow being created. A quinzhee or quinzee is a Canadian snow shelter made from a large pile of loose snow that is shaped, then hollowed. The word is of Athabaskan origin. The structure is different than an igloo which is built up from blocks of hard snow. A quinzhee is also different from a snow cave. A similar, but more elaborate snow house is called a lumitalo. This particular recording was made alongside Colorado's Guanella Pass Road in the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of about 2,900 metres (just over 9,500 feet). In this recording you'll see a number of sticks lying adjacent the structure - those will be used to gauge the wall thickness as the quinzee is being excavated. Always be safe when building any type of snow shelter! You can be crushed and suffocated by collapsing snow in addition to becoming hypothermic while building them. My experience has been that I sweat profusely from the hard work, therefore becoming very wet and cold. Dress appropriately for the weather and your work on the snow. Also, before crawling under or beneath any snow structure you'll need to give if a few hours to solidify. This is called, "Snow Sintering" and happens when snow crystals lose their points due to molecular motion, wind, and direct pressure. And, of course, make sure you have plenty of air holes around the structure! Here's my personal webpage about Snow Caves: http://rogerwendell.com/snowcaves.html Here's my page about Snow Days: http://rogerwendell.com/snowday.html Here's my page about backcountry Skiing: http://rogerwendell.com/skiing.html 02-11-2023