We made it by packing snow into that cooler in the background. Still trying to figure out how to make a roof out of snow. I'm considering forming some ice support beams by putting water in troughs carved into the snow and lined with a tarp, then building the roof on top of those.

12/30/2009 3:50:22 PM

admit it, you made this thread as a set up for a parody

12/30/2009 3:51:10 PM

Give it a moat of urine, and some guard towers to spot trouble before it gets too close

12/30/2009 3:51:27 PM

You build a roof by taking it down and starting over with an igloo.

12/30/2009 3:51:57 PM

^^^ I did realize there would probably be a "fart" parody of this, but really, its about my awesome snow fort.

I did use an igloo, thats the cooler in the back that i made the bricks with.

[Edited on December 30, 2009 at 3:52 PM. Reason : -]

12/30/2009 3:52:13 PM

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"You build a roof by taking it down and starting over with an igloo."

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"I did use an igloo, thats the cooler in the back that i made the bricks with."

ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

12/30/2009 3:54:34 PM

That is actually quite badass.

You get cool points.

12/30/2009 3:55:56 PM

When I was a kid, the best forts were made by carving out tunnels and rooms in the huge pile of snow the plow would create at the end of the street. Shit, we had a slide twist around the side of it one year.

Just the same, I love your fort

[Edited on December 30, 2009 at 3:58 PM. Reason : not sure what to do about a roof though. Where do you live?]

12/30/2009 3:57:07 PM

you need a flag for that fort

12/30/2009 3:58:47 PM

a pirate flag arrrr

12/30/2009 4:03:21 PM

A flag would be good, but what it really needs is for someone to build an opposing fort.

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"Where do you live?"

I live in Wisconsin.
I'm sure I can manage a roof somehow, as long as it doesn't use enough snow to trap someone if it falls it should be good. I think a temporary support that is removed once it leans against itself could work if the ice beam idea doesnt.

12/30/2009 4:04:46 PM

That's so cool.

The stuff we got down in chicago on christmas doesn't pack at all.

12/30/2009 4:06:07 PM

[Edited on December 30, 2009 at 4:06 PM. Reason : df]

12/30/2009 4:06:07 PM

just use plywood across the top....and build a second story! worry bout roof later..arrrr

12/30/2009 4:07:30 PM

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"I did use an igloo, thats the cooler in the back that i made the bricks with."

LMAO

12/30/2009 4:08:58 PM

this is awesome

12/30/2009 4:09:04 PM

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"The stuff we got down in chicago on christmas doesn't pack at all."

this was done on a rare day when it was up near freezing enough for the snow to stick a little.

[Edited on December 30, 2009 at 4:09 PM. Reason : now I wonder what ambrosia said.]

12/30/2009 4:09:20 PM

super cold weather brings dry snow, which is horrible for packing and building things. You need some moisure and weight to the snow.

Things like this are why the eskimos have 20 different words for snow.

12/30/2009 4:11:21 PM

I agree that it is an awesome fort

12/30/2009 4:12:42 PM

^^ yeah, and the kind that is dry fluffy powder and the kind that is almost ice probably dog sled way differently.

next is a snow couch and maybe a snow table inside.

[Edited on December 30, 2009 at 4:14 PM. Reason : -]

12/30/2009 4:13:55 PM

Make a spud gun and sub snowballs.

12/30/2009 4:15:15 PM

^^nice. Last year we made a snow couch and table when I was at Lake Tahoe...lemme find a pic.



[Edited on December 30, 2009 at 4:18 PM. Reason : we made it right next to the hot tub, complete with beer holders!]

12/30/2009 4:17:08 PM

the question is, have you got a handjob inside there yet?

12/30/2009 5:42:40 PM

Any of you guys remember a movie (possibly TV show) back in the 80's where a group of kids built a badass snow fort with tunnels and slides and shit? That shit was awesome.

12/30/2009 5:46:06 PM

Check out my gravel pit

12/30/2009 5:59:50 PM

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"When I was a kid, the best forts were made by carving out tunnels and rooms in the huge pile of snow the plow would create at the end of the street. Shit, we had a slide twist around the side of it one year."

I too, have seen the movie Snow Day

12/30/2009 6:06:15 PM

Nah, I just found the movie I was talking about. It's called "The Dog Who Stopped The War". Snow Day was cool though because it had the chick from Entourage with erect nipples.

12/30/2009 6:09:47 PM

here's a snowman I made by simply pissing in the snow

12/30/2009 6:16:14 PM

12/30/2009 7:24:40 PM

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"[Edited on December 30, 2009 at 4:09 PM. Reason : now I wonder what ambrosia said.]"

It was just a double post

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"super cold weather brings dry snow, which is horrible for packing and building things. You need some moisure and weight to the snow."

The snow falling christmas day and the day after was powdery, fluffy, and dry as hell. It was in the 20, IIRC. I.e., it should ahve been anything but powdery

It's must stickier today, yes...in the city. The stuff at my FIL's is still pretty dry

12/30/2009 8:51:19 PM

one i made last March at the base of Mt. Rainier:

12/31/2009 1:25:16 AM

That is freakin awesome. Coincidentally, I used to live in Washington, in bellingham, and I built my first snow dome on mount Rainier.

12/31/2009 1:26:31 AM

ARCHES MOTHERFUCKER ARCHES!

12/31/2009 1:43:30 AM

snow forts are awesome

12/31/2009 1:44:34 AM