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  • February
  • Intermediate Years Deeper Activities, Middle Years Deeper Activities, Senior Years Deeper Activities, Winter

Materials Needed

  • Shovels and buckets
  • Plenty of snow
  • Coloured ice cubes

Size of Group

1-10

Age Range

6-18 years

How to:

A quinzhee is a snow house made by piling snow into a huge mound shaped into a dome, and then carefully hollowing out the inside (making sure the walls remain thick).  Then, the outside can be decorated with pieces of coloured ice.

Quinzhees can be used as winter survival shelters.  This can be a great exercise in teamwork, and a large group can be split into smaller groups to build more than one quinzhee if there is enough snow.