Centrally Heated Snow Fort

Intro: Centrally Heated Snow Fort

This is how we amuse ourselves in Vermont when the snow flies. The snow was piled up with a skid steer bucket loader, and the snowbank was hollowed out by hand into a cavern with seating for 6 and enough headroom to stand up in. We put an old open fireplace hood in the ceiling with a 4' section of stovepipe, and added a raised fire pit made from an old wheel. A support pillar was made from 5 gallon bucket ice cubes to keep the ceiling from sagging overnight. We made port-hole windows by ramming a stovepipe through the wall and used more 5 gallon molded ice for windows. It looked particularly spectacular at night especially with the sparks from the fire flying out of the chimney.

Comments

[ChickenJo]

i live in washington state which people would think snows and rains and all that good stuff but where i live, it is a desert.

[zandeelio]

eastern Washington I guess? I am in western Washington and all we get is rain.

[ChickenJo]

you guessed right!

[Melebop]

This is awesome, I live in Boston and we have gotten 7ft of snow in 3 weeks now I know what to do with it. Can't beat it may as well enjoy

[McGrath Labs]

In phoenix we measure snow in... wait we don't measure snow.

[safari420]

there was a couple of kids a few years ago that got plowed while in the fort

[poikilotherm]

I would love to do this! Too bad I live in Florida. :(

[letstormdufield]

Move to Wisconsin! Up here we measure snow in feet, not inches

[jackjackboom]

In Arkansas we measure snow in centimeters!!!!

[nickolaiisoe]

In denmark we mesure in meter (about 2foot)

[S3nna]

About 3 feet

[AJ_Smoothie]

Down here in georgia, we measure snow in flurries :D

[sf49ers]

In Texas we consider sleet to be snow.

[letstormdufield]

Haha we had a blizzard last February with 2 feet of snow and 10 foot drifts.
It was awesome for snow forts!

[letstormdufield]

Haha we had a blizzard last February with 2 feet of snow and 10 foot drifts.
It was awesome for snow forts!

[letstormdufield]

Haha we had a blizzard last February with 2 feet of snow and 10 foot drifts.
It was awesome for snow forts!

[sf49ers]

guys what's snow? It is going to be in the 70s tomorrow.....maybe it has to do with the fact that I live in Texas........

[That One Eegit]

I just love it when snow plows pile up massive amounts of snow! Im gonna start doing this.

[urtlesquirt]

Oh whoops. Didn't see the chimney.

[urtlesquirt]

cool, but dangerous. I know about how it turns to ice under its own pressure, yada yada yada, but the fire could still form weaknesses.