This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the
PEM curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the Straw badge in
Traditional Skills.
You may find yourself away from home in the winter and in need of temporary emergency shelter. Let's build a snow cave!
Here's one way to do it:
Minimum requirements:
- Make a snow cave
- Virgin snow or piled up
- Sleeping platform for at least 1 adult
- Air vent
- Anti-drip curved ceiling
- Not where a passing snow plow can cover the opening
- This bb can only use materials that existed 200 years ago
Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 min):
- Place where the snow cave will be
- Several progress points during excavation
- Finished snow cave from inside and outside
- Show an adult can fit on the sleeping platform
