There are exactly 66 days left until the end of winter .

You have lot of snow and a lot of time left to build a snow fort . If you are at the cabin with nothing to do, looking out the window at all that unadulterated whiteness, its time to grab a shovel and get busy.

A quinzhee is a shelter made by hollowing out a pile of settled snow. This is in contrast to an igloo, which is made from blocks of snow.

If snow forts were houses, Igloos would be the large ornate mansions and Quinzhees would be efficient simple bungalows.

We’re going to show you how to build a snow fort equivalent of the simple, modern snow bungalow.
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Approached with proper planning, budgeting and design selection, building a new cabin can be a rewarding undertaking. Your cabin will form the base for all sorts of great experiences and memories. The construction of the cabin itself is no exception. Building a prefab cabin kit streamlines or eliminates several steps associated with traditional building techniques. The result is a quicker build time and reduced potential for error. You might be one of those confident and skilled individuals who takes on the construction yourself or you might work with a local contractor. Whatever the case the process from purchasing the right property to budgeting, planning and building should leave you with that sense of accomplishment you get whenever you do meaningful work.

Building a prefab cabin from start to finish is a 12 step process. Obviously there are many details within the 12 major steps and we will get into some of these over time but for now lets have a look at the process from start to finish. (more…)