Last year at Christmas, I entered a contest over on Bladeforums. The premise
of the contest was to build an "all natural" winter shelter. I scouted around
and found a likely spot and proceeded to build a debris shelter.
This is a link to the contest for anyone who is a BF member.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=698991
The contest was supposed to have ended on New Years Day, but my entry was the
only one that qualified, so I asked that the contest be extended to provide for
others to have the opportunity to get in on it.
I think that it's set to go until the end of April now.

A couple of pictures when my wife and I were building it in December




The view from the back as you would be looking down the hill



Yesterday, we went back and visited my debris shelter to see how it looks now, almost a month after we finished it.
As you can see, all the snow is gone now. This is a view of the back of the shelter, as we were coming down the hill.


From the front with the door in place


Door removed and the inside was nice and dry


The mutt checking the bedding out


Arctic swans wintering on the river near the shelter


The mutt deciding to stalk them <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />


Them just swimming away and chattering at him. I didn't get a picture
of it, but he actually went into the water after them...hehe...

Nice job Dave <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> !! You should go out and spend a couple nights <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />.

great looking shelter D!!!!!

man i love that area.

Bob, that's just what I plan on doing. At the moment, I'm waiting for a bit
colder evening, but think that I'm going to head out some evening next week. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />



Bush, all you have to do is head that truck of yours north-east and you'll
do fine.
There's lots of open spaces here. Enough for a person to "get lost in" if the
urge ever overtook one. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/paperbag.gif" alt="" />

D, if i had money, and if my truck wasn;t a junk heap (dead leaf springs, worn carb, no shocks, brakes? and a slipping clutch........i would be up in your area and GONE! once there a mountain bike is just fine for gittin around. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

soon my friend, soon i hope to visit a good friend!

Cool Dave,that looks cozy.
Thats awful nice of you to give others a chance at your outcast.

Man, that has held up very well.

I didn't feel right about things as I was the only one who actually did everything
according to the parameters of the contest.
Actually, I entered the contest just to give myself some incentive to get out
and give it a try.
The Kershaw is a nice knife, and it would be cool to actually win it, but I'm
hoping that others will get out and make the shelters AND submit pictures.

Cheers

I was really surprised too. Actually, I didn't think that I'd made it
very sturdy at all.

Cheers

Looks very sturdy to me <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />. I am thinking is going to be tough for someone to do any better. Nice job my friend <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />. Don't forget pictures when you spend the nigh <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />t-Thanks <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />