Comments on: How to build a quinzee snow shelter

By: crasher

crasher — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:45:13 +0000

I wish that it would snow often here, that looks fun

By: jamer

jamer — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:44:50 +0000

I am going to build one when I get the chance

By: The Major

The Major — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:04:33 +0000

Sounds pretty cool. I always try to build snow forts but it never works. Once I even succeeded in making one but my dog wrecked it before I even went in it

By: wiilover

wiilover — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:11:16 +0000

i am going to try this when it snows. I cant wait!

By: proffesional snow builder

proffesional snow builder — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:11:18 +0000

If you want to save time just build a quinzee in a snow bank created by snow plows.

By: Argonian

Argonian — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:04:16 +0000

Dont light a fire in your quinze unlees you wanyt all of your stuff to get wet if you want to cook somthing bring along a back packing stove and use that to boil water for hot chocolate just make sure you keep all flamables away from it and make sure you put it under the vent in the top(prevents melt-down)

By: Origami Guy

Origami Guy — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:38:14 +0000

ME TOO

By: Origami Guy

Origami Guy — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:32:52 +0000

cool I’ll try it next time it snows

By: james1234567890

james1234567890 — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:32:25 +0000

can you build a fire inseide one of these?

By: Bill Nye The

Bill Nye The — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:59:37 +0000

Whatever you say.

By: Texas Yall

Texas Yall — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:57:15 +0000

So we are building these this weekend not sure how well it will work.

By: monkey dude

monkey dude — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:46:57 +0000

i went winter camping this weekend with my troop, and we built snow quinzees. for the most part we were very warm. these quinzees take quite a lot ofwork to build. one thing that you want to remember is to dig out shelves in your quinzee and light about three candles. this will help warm up your quinzee tremendousley. it gets kind of cold after they go out though.

By: i says

i says — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:33:47 +0000

my troop is going winter camping this weekend and we are building quinzees. ive never made one before but i am looking forward to it. ive been tld they are very warm but i dont know i guess i will find out soon.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:05:55 +0000

my troop is planning on camping out this weekend and we are planing to build quinzees. ive been told they are very wrm but i dont know iguess i will find out

By: dragonfly

dragonfly — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:53:42 +0000

Do you ever build a fire in a quinzee to make hot chocolate or cider?

By: Wise Ninja

Wise Ninja — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:21:05 +0000

Very cool!! 8) My troop is going snow camping, and I’m going to use this(harness the power of snow!!)!

By: pwn

pwn — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:12:10 +0000

Quincy’s are awsome

By: Simmy!!

Simmy!! — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 23:26:46 +0000

what do you need to make a quinzee???

By: zachie

zachie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:11:38 +0000

sweet bro

By: Up State NY

Up State NY — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:39:57 +0000

Our troop is doing a winter camp out this weekend and we are building quinzees and sleeping in them over night. It is going to be a blast!

By: someguy

someguy — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:13:15 +0000

well in canada it gets to -60 degrees celsuis 5 hours north of the border

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:34:57 +0000

I build one every time it snows!! It so much fun!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:51:53 +0000

You must have missed the article. Scroll up and read it. You will find a very good explanation of what a quinzee is.

By: memyselfandi

memyselfandi — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:41:05 +0000

Awesome im gona use it on my snowshoe camp this weekend

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 01:18:36 +0000

thats what im sayin!

By: womanizer

womanizer — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 02:54:45 +0000

this looks so cool i cant wait for snow but when its done can it hold a lookout tower for snowball-warz?

By: scouterman

scouterman — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:12:43 +0000

this is going to be easy in an ohio blizzard !

By: The One Who Knows All (some dummy)

The One Who Knows All (some dummy) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:49:15 +0000

I think the pellets would go through without much trouble, depending on the fps.

By: 007

007 — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:44:41 +0000

WHAT THE HECK IS A QUINZEE!!!!!??????

By: YOWZA

YOWZA — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:52:21 +0000

Me and some other kids from our troop made one yesterday.
We fit four kids inside. Instead of mixing the snow and letting it sit for90 minutes we just let it sit for three hours. When we got back it was 2 feet smaller cuz some kids went sledding down the mound. At least we still fit 4 kids in!

By: bubba645

bubba645 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:39:36 +0000

what is the diffrence

By: bubba645

bubba645 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:38:34 +0000

how much snow did you get

By: bubba645

bubba645 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:37:50 +0000

don’t try it

By: bubba645

bubba645 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:36:25 +0000

nope

By: GEAR MAN

GEAR MAN — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:52:48 +0000

Negative 22 degrees! That’s nothing! Montana can get up to -50 on NORMAL DAYS! And that doesn’t include windchill!!!!!

-22, that’s nothing!!!!

By: GEAR MAN

GEAR MAN — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:49:13 +0000

I’ve tried this before. I haven’t been on a scout trip when we built quinzees, but I’ve built my own before. It’s fun to do that on snowshoeing trips, and even in your backyard! (if you get that much snow, like hear in Montana, we get lots of snow to practice with!)

By: Ringo

Ringo — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:25:26 +0000

We now have enough snow to do it! My dad and I are going to do it this weekend!

By: outdoorsmanite

outdoorsmanite — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:49:37 +0000

I just built a quinze for 10 it took me 3 days!! I slept in it last nite awesome!!!

By: R19 D49

R19 D49 — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:37:56 +0000

I havent tryed it yet but how about glazing the outside with water to make a shell of ise on the outside

By: Minnesota Ice

Minnesota Ice — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:31:52 +0000

-22 in minnesota this morning. My 3 boy scouts slept in their quinzee last night. Nice and warm inside … very cold outside.

By: Wise One

Wise One — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:34:46 +0000

monkeymiser, i is having snow near my house. I IS BUILDING ONEEE!!
(you and your lingo rock!!)

By: Mwahaha.... ha ha... I pity da' foo!

Mwahaha.... ha ha... I pity da' foo! — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:20:45 +0000

O crap i forgot to mention my dog is in it! He’s a chiwhawhau! -.- >.>

By: Mwahaha.... ha ha... I pity da' foo!

Mwahaha.... ha ha... I pity da' foo! — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:17:50 +0000

Built one to day i am not looking forward to sleeping it… just kidding i am! I built one right inside my house… its great to escape the warmth of my house…. Gotta love igloos >.> -.-

By: tay-dog

tay-dog — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:13:00 +0000

yea i have to write this down cause i am going winter camping with my friend seqouya and everybody is sleeping in a tent except for us we are sleeping in a quinzee for three nights!!!!

By: cobra

cobra — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:38:33 +0000

snowball f1ghts r bettr

By: cobra

cobra — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:36:47 +0000

its good for a dog if itll sit still!!!!!!!!!

By: wolfy

wolfy — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:27:47 +0000

can you make one for a dog?

By: JWI00

JWI00 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:27:37 +0000

good for survival.

By: Chuckles tovog

Chuckles tovog — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:59:52 +0000

that is pretty sweet, i could use in airsoft wars

By: Wise One

Wise One — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:41:23 +0000

So Cool!!!!!
I will sooo build this!!!

By: monkeymiser

monkeymiser — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:25:45 +0000

gnarly!!! im a skater! could u tel? i hav the lingo!
dis looks totally wicked! i could skate on maybe? me will biuld 1.

By: sparky

sparky — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:45:03 +0000

Cool, I wonder if you can have a small woodstove and smokestack in it. Small enough it won’t melt?

By: a person

a person — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:21:12 +0000

i actually made and slept in one of these a year or to back at the Klondike-philmont winter camp, first of the season in fact

By: campingfreak

campingfreak — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:20:10 +0000

Ill have to try that. It stinks its not winter yet.

By: abc

abc — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:44:03 +0000

thats awsome to

By: ploilo

ploilo — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:29:58 +0000

neat we learned this im school

By: Sargie

Sargie — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:51:19 +0000

Mix up the snow in the 7-8 foot circle first before you start to pile it.

By: 648

648 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:43:07 +0000

Sweet!

By: dude

dude — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:00:25 +0000

Troop 637 rules

By: dude

dude — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:59:30 +0000

I Would love to try that

By: mm

mm — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:18:53 +0000

im gonna build 1

By: smartguy

smartguy — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:49:48 +0000

it stinks that it not winter yet. that is the only reason i am looking forward to the snow!

By: smartguy

smartguy — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:48:20 +0000

an igloo is cooler, but quinzees are easier to build

By: cowntdowgylaw

cowntdowgylaw — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:50:38 +0000

i wanna try it

By: Scout1216

Scout1216 — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:53:44 +0000

This will help with my Troops winter survival trip this year.

By: Sg

Sg — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:35:43 +0000

That sounds cool but it sounds like you need alot of snow.

By: playtaypus

playtaypus — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:28:58 +0000

can’t wait to try in in the winter.

By: what?????????

what????????? — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:23:44 +0000

igloos are way cooler

By: awesomedudeiceman479

awesomedudeiceman479 — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:12:36 +0000

cool

By: momo

momo — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:57:25 +0000

awesome. an igloo is kooler, tho

By: dog

dog — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:27:34 +0000

i going to build one

By: snowboardman

snowboardman — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:06:05 +0000

cool

By: condor

condor — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:05:26 +0000

sweet

By: cool

cool — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:03:12 +0000

cool imformation

By: YoYo

YoYo — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:54:24 +0000

I am so confused!

By: shadow

shadow — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:49:58 +0000

that was super cool!!!!!!!

By: Bob Cat

Bob Cat — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:31:07 +0000

that is cool

By: Thor

Thor — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:20:58 +0000

Very impressive. Great instructions.

By: hujabuga

hujabuga — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:05:11 +0000

Me and my brother just built one of these in our back yard today! it is really nice but we haven’t hollowed it out yet.

By: Zog

Zog — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:09:57 +0000

Try to put a wall on the entire northern side on the quinzee. This keeps the wind and snow from blowing into your hut and making it warmer. Just make about 2 foot tall mound going around the side, make it taller near the entrance.

By: Smart

Smart — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:34:13 +0000

A better way to do this and should be taught instead is to pile your gear and place a tarp over it. then pile the snow on top of the gear, then let sit and instead of spending a good hour an a half of getting sweaty and cold you just remove the bags and fine tune the inner shelter. it’s faster and better.

By: scooter

scooter — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:06:41 +0000

You can also poke the sticks in the mound before it sinters and for sure before you start hollowing it out.

By: ScouterDave

ScouterDave — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:22:40 +0000

When laying out the quinzee, pay attention to prevailing winds. You should make your entrance on the side away from the wind; this will help keep snow from drifting in.

Don’t try to incorporate trees into your quinzee – living trees give off heat, and will melt the snow around them.

By: boyscout255

boyscout255 — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:41:53 +0000

I am going to make on for my zero hero award!!!!!!!

By: Lou dog

Lou dog — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:50:15 +0000

If you put your packs in the center before you pile up the snow you will have less digging out to do. This works great when you have a few people, get all the packs together and do one quinzee at a time.

By: king tut

king tut — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:23:28 +0000

I live in maine its goin to be snowing in a little bit i will have to try to make one

By: zoo boy

zoo boy — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:49:21 +0000

I live in alaska and I am working on one but I have to wate until it snows alitel more . I have a smol yard and I yousd up all the snow but it sould be fun good web sit

By: Iron Man

Iron Man — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:55:40 +0000

To Willy:

I don’t think you could. Maybe. I’m not sure… well, I suggest you use battery-powered lanterns. You don’t want to light a candle, accidentlly forget about it, and find your quinzee ruined.

By: SuperSonicTH

SuperSonicTH — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:17:04 +0000

Man, I am bad at making one without this

By: rjo

rjo — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:30:22 +0000

how do you keep the quinzee from falling?

By: mitch

mitch — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:09:27 +0000

sweet

By: sketer

sketer — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:24:52 +0000

sick! so awesome

By: bd

bd — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:23:32 +0000

so cool we go camping in the poconos i should try it

By: tyler

tyler — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:32:50 +0000

wow thats weird..how did you come up with something like that. we dnt have any snow here anymore..so i cnt try it. darn.

By: scout_64

scout_64 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:11:25 +0000

cool

By: Survivor12

Survivor12 — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:23:14 +0000

I built a quinzee with my cousins. They loved it! I even admit that I had an awesome time, too!

By: Willy

Willy — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:30:22 +0000

Great info. Question; if the ventilation seems OK with the cold air flowing down and out of the quinzee, is it safe to use candels or even small fuel stove or heater?

By: OtakuChick

OtakuChick — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:56:34 +0000

good info ^^thanks

By: mr.bob

mr.bob — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:08:40 +0000

I used this when wegot 2feet of snow and it works great:)

By: dude24

dude24 — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:17:27 +0000

cool i might make 1 right now i like this website