Spending a night out in the Colorado winter can be a dicey proposition. Four-season tents, while cozy, often run upward of $500, the price of an even cozier night in a snowy five-star lodge. Snow caves are, well, cave-like and they leave cave-builders quite damp, a sad condition when it comes to a winter night out. There’s a company in Longmont called Grand Shelters that has provided the nighttime snow lover a third – and best – option. The company’s Ice Box tool (MSRP $176) is a packable igloo builder that sculpts sequential blocks for erecting your own snow castle, with designs that accommodate six people. The design is simple: an adjustable box that orbits the center of a planned igloo and is filled with snow to build the blocked rings of an igloo. Light a couple candles in your snowy abode, and you’ve got a balmy home even with temps well below zero on the other side of the ice.
Get it — www.grandshelters.com has more info.
