Our Igloo and snowboard

Heather and I decided to go build an igloo and spend the night up butler fork in big cottonwood canyon, we built our igloo on the side of a hill near the dog lake / desolation lake fork. Temperature at time of departure from SLC was 61 degrees, we used the air conditioner on the drive up the canyon... the snow was wet, and heavy, classic spring conditions.

Heather making her way up:


Me in my glacier goggles, it was a nice and sunny day, temps in the low 40's very little wind:


Really wet snow:


Self shot of Heather:


Heather going over the bridge:


Our destination! Dog lake to the left, Desolation to the right:


Snow pile done, starting to dig out the inside:


Heather digging out the Iglo:


All done! About the size of a good 3 man tent! We laid down a tarp, zipped our bags together and slept on two full size thermarests for insulation:


The view from inside:


Lunch!


We emptied our bags in the Igloo and retreated back to the car... to get our snowboards and snowboard gear:


I took the helmet cam with us, and recorded the descent back, quite a ride! I'll get some video footage together in the near future... :D