Joe Gardner
03-26-2008, 08:00 PM
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:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270967522_HfTnD-M.jpg
Me in my glacier goggles, it was a nice and sunny day, temps in the low 40's very little wind:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270967828_vAryw-M.jpg
Really wet snow:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270967990_mR7xB-M.jpg
Self shot of Heather:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270968456_cA5bE-M.jpg
Heather going over the bridge:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270968528_Cqycj-M.jpg
Our destination! Dog lake to the left, Desolation to the right:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270970011_f3oYv-M.jpg
Snow pile done, starting to dig out the inside:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270970309_gFED3-M.jpg
Heather digging out the Iglo:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270970825_AWU2N-M.jpg
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:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270971252_b7FMB-M.jpg
The view from inside:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270970619_zWsqa-M.jpg
Lunch!
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270971317_FwKp6-M.jpg
We emptied our bags in the Igloo and retreated back to the car... to get our snowboards and snowboard gear:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270971526_Y5SVD-M.jpg
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
Heather making her way up:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270967522_HfTnD-M.jpg
Me in my glacier goggles, it was a nice and sunny day, temps in the low 40's very little wind:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270967828_vAryw-M.jpg
Really wet snow:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270967990_mR7xB-M.jpg
Self shot of Heather:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270968456_cA5bE-M.jpg
Heather going over the bridge:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270968528_Cqycj-M.jpg
Our destination! Dog lake to the left, Desolation to the right:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270970011_f3oYv-M.jpg
Snow pile done, starting to dig out the inside:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270970309_gFED3-M.jpg
Heather digging out the Iglo:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270970825_AWU2N-M.jpg
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:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270971252_b7FMB-M.jpg
The view from inside:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270970619_zWsqa-M.jpg
Lunch!
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270971317_FwKp6-M.jpg
We emptied our bags in the Igloo and retreated back to the car... to get our snowboards and snowboard gear:
http://joe-and-heather.smugmug.com/photos/270971526_Y5SVD-M.jpg
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