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Igloo Site Selection

The easiest place to build your igloo is a flat open area with a snow depth around 2½ to 3ft. That snow depth will help prevent damage to underlying vegetation
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Venting Your Igloo

If you are going to run a stove or lantern in the igloo, you will want to have a vent so you get an exchange of air to lessen the
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General Solo Igloo Building Techniques

When starting to build a solo igloo with the ICEBOX Igloo Tool, set the form in position and get it to set at the proper square to floor angle. Then
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Winter Backpacking

WINTER BACKPACKING USING AN IGLOO TOOL VERSUS PACKING IN AND SETTING UP A WINTER TENT Sure, anyone winter backpacking can throw up a winter tent. They can also build a
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Snow Camping

Don’t Let your Fear of the Cold Keep You From the Snow Although the fear of the cold is enough to make most people stay inside their houses warm and
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Igloos Make the Best Winter Tent

WHY ICEBOX® IGLOOS MAKE THE BEST WINTER TENT FOR BACKCOUNTRY OR BACKYARD WINTER CAMPING You may already know the advantages of snow camping but if not, you may be missing
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Advantages of an igloo vs snow caves, quinzees or winter tents

ADVANTAGES OF BUILDING AN ICEBOX® IGLOO VERSUS A SNOW CAVE OR QUINZEE Years of winter camping taught Igloo Ed that real snow shelters are warmer, stronger, and quieter than tents
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Winter Camping

LET’S GO WINTER CAMPING! Learn How To Use Our Unique, Fun and Exciting Tool! All right campers, let’s be honest here. Just because the weather changes and the rain begins
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Meet Igloo Ed and Start Building Your Own Igloo Today

Who is Igloo Ed? Igloo Ed is the inventor of the ICEBOX® Igloo Tool and loves building Igloos. Ed is more than an enthusiast, he has made it a business.
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Build Your Own Igloo with an ICEBOX® plastic Form.

“Rewriting the books of winter camping! The tool is lightweight (2,2kg), it can be easily packed on top of a backpack as a box measuring 65x36x8 cm, igloos can be
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FACTFILE: Putting up an Igloo/Iglu in a couple of hours

By Timo Rautava at Pyhätunturi American Ed Huesers has developed a method by which it is possible to erect an igloo/iglu in the space of as little as a few
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A Snowy Week

By Timo Rautava at Pyhätunturi A Week for Snow Camping A story about a Week of Snow Camping SUNDAY March 13th. A scouting party skis the trip of around 8km
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Join the conversation!

Want to share a trip report? Have a question to ask? Curious about other igloo builder’s experiences? Check out the Igloos, Quinzhees, & Snow Shelters public Facebook group: a group for those interested in igloos, quinzhees, snow trenches, and other snow shelters, whether for camping in or just for the fun of making and playing in them.

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