Team members in nearby Snow Cave cleared blasted rubble from a passage that had been blocked by a “boulder choke.” Like mountaineers scaling a Himalaya peak, our expedition of 56 cavers from ...

snow cave, quinzhee, and igloo. Igloos are the best, but also the most impractical in a survival situation. Snow trenches and tree pits are the simplest. A snow trench is a trench dug into the ...

You won’t even recognize it.” McGregor and Cartaya have identified three distinct caves in the Sandy Glacier and named them Snow Dragon, Pure Imagination and Frozen Minotaur. The combined ...

Here's how you build a snow cave. You make a big pile of snow. You get your shovel and you just build a big hill. You pack it down as you go. Maybe you even try to walk on it. After you got a good ...

This is not the first time the dome has collapsed. In April 1983, about a year after the Metrodome opened, heavy snow caused a similar cave-in. At that time, the roof was fixed âÄúvery quick,âÄù ...

The 22-year-old had been on her way to Yordas Cave on Sunday when she passed out ... On the hills we had a decent covering [of snow] and it was freezing," he added. "Lying on the ground for ...

Search and rescue used snowmobiles and skis to get to the injured rider around 1:30 a.m. They built snow caves to protect everyone from the elements, and performed first aid on the snowboarder.