2-4 Feb '08. Michael organized this awesome adventure getaway. We used his family's cabin at the foot of Mt.Rainier as a base. The "cabin experience" was great in itself, but the real goal was to climb high enough to the deep snow, burrow in, and sleep there ... because the cabin is too comfortable. ;-) http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/063-3144026/257914281_XcUFp-Ti.jpg http://chango.smugmug.com/gallery/4392171_NRTdj/ 2008-02-23T07:03:46Z Copyright 2010, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911005_aEAia" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/009-IMG3133/257911005_aEAia-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:22:16Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/009-IMG3133/257911005_aEAia-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 01:39:57 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257907553_vhhjz" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/001-IMG3124/257907553_vhhjz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:24:20Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/001-IMG3124/257907553_vhhjz-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 01:24:50 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Michael and his sister Erica. Very nice folks. Dealing with such a large and varied group as ours can be a big hassle...</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257907551_rfjF7" title="Michael and his sister Erica. Very nice folks. Dealing with such a large and varied group as ours can be a big hassle..."><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/003-Michael-Erica/257907551_rfjF7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Michael and his sister Erica. Very nice folks. Dealing with such a large and varied group as ours can be a big hassle..." title="Michael and his sister Erica. Very nice folks. Dealing with such a large and varied group as ours can be a big hassle..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:23:49Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/003-Michael-Erica/257907551_rfjF7-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 01:27:47 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257907539_xvoNp" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/004-IMG3128/257907539_xvoNp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:20:07Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/004-IMG3128/257907539_xvoNp-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 01:33:28 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Janine. New transplant to Seattle. 'Crazy NY girl'... ;-)</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257907564_vcY6C" title="Janine. New transplant to Seattle. 'Crazy NY girl'... ;-)"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/005-Janine-crazy-NY-girl/257907564_vcY6C-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Janine. New transplant to Seattle. 'Crazy NY girl'... ;-)" title="Janine. New transplant to Seattle. 'Crazy NY girl'... ;-)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:22:30Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/005-Janine-crazy-NY-girl/257907564_vcY6C-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 01:37:42 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Ev - snow-throwing vampire</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257907580_fco4y" title="Ev - snow-throwing vampire"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/006-Everett/257907580_fco4y-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Ev - snow-throwing vampire" title="Ev - snow-throwing vampire" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:20:24Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/006-Everett/257907580_fco4y-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 01:39:09 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257907582_dzC6Y" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/007-IMG3131/257907582_dzC6Y-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:21:21Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/007-IMG3131/257907582_dzC6Y-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 01:39:20 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Digging for the water valve. They found it, but the pipes were probably frozen, and we remaining without flowing water.</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911003_Pdqhy" title="Digging for the water valve. They found it, but the pipes were probably frozen, and we remaining without flowing water."><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/015-IMG3141/257911003_Pdqhy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Digging for the water valve. They found it, but the pipes were probably frozen, and we remaining without flowing water." title="Digging for the water valve. They found it, but the pipes were probably frozen, and we remaining without flowing water." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:17:31Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/015-IMG3141/257911003_Pdqhy-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 01:48:55 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Cook Cameron: Snow - best served cold!</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911039_jKyuE" title="Cook Cameron: Snow - best served cold!"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/016-Cameron/257911039_jKyuE-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Cook Cameron: Snow - best served cold!" title="Cook Cameron: Snow - best served cold!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:19:25Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/016-Cameron/257911039_jKyuE-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 01:52:42 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Tiger - the biggest hero of the expedition</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911018_t4sTJ" title="Tiger - the biggest hero of the expedition"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/012-Tiger/257911018_t4sTJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Tiger - the biggest hero of the expedition" title="Tiger - the biggest hero of the expedition" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:20:55Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/012-Tiger/257911018_t4sTJ-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 01:43:21 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Tiger impressively following his owner's commands</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911051_UtCPb" title="Tiger impressively following his owner's commands"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/018-Tiger-tricks/257911051_UtCPb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Tiger impressively following his owner's commands" title="Tiger impressively following his owner's commands" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:19:18Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/018-Tiger-tricks/257911051_UtCPb-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 01:59:04 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Janine, Bill and Will. I climbed Mt.St.Helen's with Will last September.</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911070_i6MSE" title="Janine, Bill and Will. I climbed Mt.St.Helen's with Will last September."><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/019-Bill-Will/257911070_i6MSE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Janine, Bill and Will. I climbed Mt.St.Helen's with Will last September." title="Janine, Bill and Will. I climbed Mt.St.Helen's with Will last September." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:21:23Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/019-Bill-Will/257911070_i6MSE-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 02:00:25 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Denise: "Drinking Rainier beer on Mt.Rainier". :-)</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911076_KZm4C" title="Denise: "Drinking Rainier beer on Mt.Rainier". :-)"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/020-drinking-Rainier-beer-on/257911076_KZm4C-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Denise: "Drinking Rainier beer on Mt.Rainier". :-)" title="Denise: "Drinking Rainier beer on Mt.Rainier". :-)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:18:55Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/020-drinking-Rainier-beer-on/257911076_KZm4C-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 02:19:01 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Megi - Michael's girlfriend. It was a definite surprise for me that she is Bulgarian!</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911089_x93Nv" title="Megi - Michael's girlfriend. It was a definite surprise for me that she is Bulgarian!"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/021-Magi-Bg-Chango-Will/257911089_x93Nv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Megi - Michael's girlfriend. It was a definite surprise for me that she is Bulgarian!" title="Megi - Michael's girlfriend. It was a definite surprise for me that she is Bulgarian!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:20:20Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/021-Magi-Bg-Chango-Will/257911089_x93Nv-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 02:25:35 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />As if to redeem his rowdy behavior from last night, Ev got up early and prepared breakfast for everybody.</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911099_rhLuf" title="As if to redeem his rowdy behavior from last night, Ev got up early and prepared breakfast for everybody."><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/023-IMG3152/257911099_rhLuf-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="As if to redeem his rowdy behavior from last night, Ev got up early and prepared breakfast for everybody." title="As if to redeem his rowdy behavior from last night, Ev got up early and prepared breakfast for everybody." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:19:40Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/023-IMG3152/257911099_rhLuf-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 10:10:41 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />All this snow had fallen from the roof due to the heat within.</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911727_hAgXq" title="All this snow had fallen from the roof due to the heat within."><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/027-IMG3157/257911727_hAgXq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="All this snow had fallen from the roof due to the heat within." title="All this snow had fallen from the roof due to the heat within." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:21:03Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/027-IMG3157/257911727_hAgXq-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 12:06:58 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911758_qA8Ur" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/024-IMG3153/257911758_qA8Ur-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:23:36Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/024-IMG3153/257911758_qA8Ur-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 10:11:38 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Tiger ready to go!</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911722_ZEJfM" title="Tiger ready to go!"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/029-IMG3160/257911722_ZEJfM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Tiger ready to go!" title="Tiger ready to go!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:16:49Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/029-IMG3160/257911722_ZEJfM-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 12:28:47 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911770_eYZDF" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/030-IMG3162/257911770_eYZDF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:23:24Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/030-IMG3162/257911770_eYZDF-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 12:38:21 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911801_AyXf5" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/034-IMG3166/257911801_AyXf5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:22:04Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/034-IMG3166/257911801_AyXf5-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 13:21:16 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911794_R2BYM" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/032-IMG3164/257911794_R2BYM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:21:56Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/032-IMG3164/257911794_R2BYM-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 12:54:42 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />We started climbing here and went up an incredibly steep ridge to an elevatation of 3800 ft.</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911805_7Yqcg" title="We started climbing here and went up an incredibly steep ridge to an elevatation of 3800 ft."><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/033-IMG3165/257911805_7Yqcg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="We started climbing here and went up an incredibly steep ridge to an elevatation of 3800 ft." title="We started climbing here and went up an incredibly steep ridge to an elevatation of 3800 ft." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:19:33Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/033-IMG3165/257911805_7Yqcg-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 12:58:15 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911829_N5U3v" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/035-IMG3167/257911829_N5U3v-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:22:26Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/035-IMG3167/257911829_N5U3v-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 13:22:17 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911842_wAN2F" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/036-IMG3168/257911842_wAN2F-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:19:21Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/036-IMG3168/257911842_wAN2F-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 13:26:36 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />It got discouragingly steep as soon as we left the road.</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911832_53Zsr" title="It got discouragingly steep as soon as we left the road."><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/038-3144011/257911832_53Zsr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="It got discouragingly steep as soon as we left the road." title="It got discouragingly steep as soon as we left the road." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:23:18Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/038-3144011/257911832_53Zsr-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Tons of fresh, powedery snow. It was more than waist-deep. Even with snowshoes, it wasn't easy: we had to break trail...</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911886_YM8RP" title="Tons of fresh, powedery snow. It was more than waist-deep. Even with snowshoes, it wasn't easy: we had to break trail..."><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/038-IMG3170/257911886_YM8RP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Tons of fresh, powedery snow. It was more than waist-deep. Even with snowshoes, it wasn't easy: we had to break trail..." title="Tons of fresh, powedery snow. It was more than waist-deep. Even with snowshoes, it wasn't easy: we had to break trail..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:20:42Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/038-IMG3170/257911886_YM8RP-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 13:44:01 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911875_hyxV4" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/039-IMG3171/257911875_hyxV4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:22:27Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/039-IMG3171/257911875_hyxV4-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 13:59:56 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Drinking snow as we climbed was a practical way to prevent overheating (well, at least for Janine & me ;-) ).</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257911880_hLVUS" title="Drinking snow as we climbed was a practical way to prevent overheating (well, at least for Janine & me ;-) )."><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/040-IMG3172/257911880_hLVUS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Drinking snow as we climbed was a practical way to prevent overheating (well, at least for Janine & me ;-) )." title="Drinking snow as we climbed was a practical way to prevent overheating (well, at least for Janine & me ;-) )." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:23:21Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/040-IMG3172/257911880_hLVUS-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 14:34:06 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257912927_SkDG4" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/041-IMG3174/257912927_SkDG4-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:19:54Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/041-IMG3174/257912927_SkDG4-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 14:39:51 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257912928_jHpvy" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/043-IMG3177/257912928_jHpvy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:21:49Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/043-IMG3177/257912928_jHpvy-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 14:51:40 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />First dig, probably at about 3:30. We didn't have much time before the dark, and most of us had not built snow caves before. But Michael spotted a good, open stop, with snow that was 5-7 fee ...</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257912890_wMMv2" title="First dig, probably at about 3:30. We didn't have much time before the dark, and most of us had not built snow caves before. But Michael spotted a good, open stop, with snow that was 5-7 fee ..."><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/044-IMG3178/257912890_wMMv2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="First dig, probably at about 3:30. We didn't have much time before the dark, and most of us had not built snow caves before. But Michael spotted a good, open stop, with snow that was 5-7 fee ..." title="First dig, probably at about 3:30. We didn't have much time before the dark, and most of us had not built snow caves before. But Michael spotted a good, open stop, with snow that was 5-7 fee ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:20:24Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/044-IMG3178/257912890_wMMv2-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 15:33:46 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257912929_T59by" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/045-IMG3179/257912929_T59by-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:22:25Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/045-IMG3179/257912929_T59by-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 15:34:16 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257912954_WqtmM" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/046-IMG3180/257912954_WqtmM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:19:35Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/046-IMG3180/257912954_WqtmM-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 15:41:54 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257912961_PGzoq" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/047-IMG3182/257912961_PGzoq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:20:33Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/047-IMG3182/257912961_PGzoq-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 19:22:08 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257912965_WByFC" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/048-IMG3183/257912965_WByFC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:19:49Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/048-IMG3183/257912965_WByFC-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 19:22:18 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257912995_ernWh" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/053-IMG3192/257912995_ernWh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:21:18Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/053-IMG3192/257912995_ernWh-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 19:41:46 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Bill: "There is fish in my water!" He had collected some water from the nearly frozen creek under the snow.</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257912994_UmwXJ" title="Bill: "There is fish in my water!" He had collected some water from the nearly frozen creek under the snow."><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/058-IMG3198/257912994_UmwXJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Bill: "There is fish in my water!" He had collected some water from the nearly frozen creek under the snow." title="Bill: "There is fish in my water!" He had collected some water from the nearly frozen creek under the snow." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:22:27Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/058-IMG3198/257912994_UmwXJ-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 20:10:43 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Michael's patent-pending fire-on-snow technology...</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257912997_uKkpT" title="Michael's patent-pending fire-on-snow technology..."><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/055-IMG3195/257912997_uKkpT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Michael's patent-pending fire-on-snow technology..." title="Michael's patent-pending fire-on-snow technology..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:20:57Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/055-IMG3195/257912997_uKkpT-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 20:01:37 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257913032_CSesj" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/059-IMG3200/257913032_CSesj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:21:56Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/059-IMG3200/257913032_CSesj-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 20:21:44 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257913033_x6prU" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/060-IMG3201/257913033_x6prU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:22:42Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/060-IMG3201/257913033_x6prU-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 21:02:47 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Macaroni with tamato paste never tasted better! ;-)</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257913043_qTqBm" title="Macaroni with tamato paste never tasted better! ;-)"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/061-IMG3202/257913043_qTqBm-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Macaroni with tamato paste never tasted better! ;-)" title="Macaroni with tamato paste never tasted better! ;-)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:22:04Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/061-IMG3202/257913043_qTqBm-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 22:05:23 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257913066_9RAaj" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/062-IMG3203/257913066_9RAaj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:21:46Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/062-IMG3203/257913066_9RAaj-Th.jpg 2008-02-02 22:05:34 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257913053_2PPDq" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/063-3144014/257913053_2PPDq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:21:50Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/063-3144014/257913053_2PPDq-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Michael's perfect dome</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257914278_wwgdR" title="Michael's perfect dome"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/063-3144020/257914278_wwgdR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Michael's perfect dome" title="Michael's perfect dome" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:20:00Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/063-3144020/257914278_wwgdR-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />[Michael's long-exposure shot of his snowdome]</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257914281_XcUFp" title="[Michael's long-exposure shot of his snowdome]"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/063-3144026/257914281_XcUFp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="[Michael's long-exposure shot of his snowdome]" title="[Michael's long-exposure shot of his snowdome]" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:20:34Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/063-3144026/257914281_XcUFp-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />By the morning everyone's roof had caved in. But no one got really buried. Unfortunately, my cavemate, Will, got too scared by a long crack he noticed last night, and he decided to sleep out ...</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257914283_fTrFG" title="By the morning everyone's roof had caved in. But no one got really buried. Unfortunately, my cavemate, Will, got too scared by a long crack he noticed last night, and he decided to sleep out ..."><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/063-IMG3205/257914283_fTrFG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="By the morning everyone's roof had caved in. But no one got really buried. Unfortunately, my cavemate, Will, got too scared by a long crack he noticed last night, and he decided to sleep out ..." title="By the morning everyone's roof had caved in. But no one got really buried. Unfortunately, my cavemate, Will, got too scared by a long crack he noticed last night, and he decided to sleep out ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:19:40Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/063-IMG3205/257914283_fTrFG-Th.jpg 2008-02-03 09:38:55 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Cameron, the Cave Destroyer. I didn't want to destroy my own creation, but I let him do it.</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257914311_w3mnj" title="Cameron, the Cave Destroyer. I didn't want to destroy my own creation, but I let him do it."><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/065-IMG3208/257914311_w3mnj-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Cameron, the Cave Destroyer. I didn't want to destroy my own creation, but I let him do it." title="Cameron, the Cave Destroyer. I didn't want to destroy my own creation, but I let him do it." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:20:03Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/065-IMG3208/257914311_w3mnj-Th.jpg 2008-02-03 10:22:51 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Just look at his smirk.</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257914329_CMkVf" title="Just look at his smirk."><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/067-IMG3210/257914329_CMkVf-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Just look at his smirk." title="Just look at his smirk." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:21:35Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/067-IMG3210/257914329_CMkVf-Th.jpg 2008-02-03 10:23:02 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Preparing to leave the snowcave village. This was with some mixed feelings. We were all frozen and eager to get back to the warm cabin but reluctant to leave behind this fairytale-like place ...</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257914331_MiJib" title="Preparing to leave the snowcave village. This was with some mixed feelings. We were all frozen and eager to get back to the warm cabin but reluctant to leave behind this fairytale-like place ..."><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/068-IMG3212/257914331_MiJib-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Preparing to leave the snowcave village. This was with some mixed feelings. We were all frozen and eager to get back to the warm cabin but reluctant to leave behind this fairytale-like place ..." title="Preparing to leave the snowcave village. This was with some mixed feelings. We were all frozen and eager to get back to the warm cabin but reluctant to leave behind this fairytale-like place ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:23:39Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/068-IMG3212/257914331_MiJib-Th.jpg 2008-02-03 10:53:35 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />This dry wood would have burned the whole night...</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257914361_K2bxB" title="This dry wood would have burned the whole night..."><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/069-IMG3213/257914361_K2bxB-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="This dry wood would have burned the whole night..." title="This dry wood would have burned the whole night..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:17:59Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/069-IMG3213/257914361_K2bxB-Th.jpg 2008-02-03 10:53:47 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Candice pondering the sinking of the fireplace.</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257914357_r9uxZ" title="Candice pondering the sinking of the fireplace."><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/070-IMG3215/257914357_r9uxZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Candice pondering the sinking of the fireplace." title="Candice pondering the sinking of the fireplace." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:19:02Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/070-IMG3215/257914357_r9uxZ-Th.jpg 2008-02-03 11:22:36 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257914377_UwFAQ" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/072-IMG3217/257914377_UwFAQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:19:17Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/072-IMG3217/257914377_UwFAQ-Th.jpg 2008-02-03 12:03:02 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />Getting down the steep hill was big fun & action.</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257914392_yix47" title="Getting down the steep hill was big fun & action."><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/074-IMG3219/257914392_yix47-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Getting down the steep hill was big fun & action." title="Getting down the steep hill was big fun & action." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:22:38Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/074-IMG3219/257914392_yix47-Th.jpg 2008-02-03 12:05:35 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257914387_sPEQC" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/075-3144029/257914387_sPEQC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:22:38Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/075-3144029/257914387_sPEQC-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257914411_GoDkV" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/075-IMG3220/257914411_GoDkV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:17:22Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/075-IMG3220/257914411_GoDkV-Th.jpg 2008-02-03 12:07:01 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257914419_dvuJb" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/076-IMG3221/257914419_dvuJb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:18:30Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/076-IMG3221/257914419_dvuJb-Th.jpg 2008-02-03 12:10:33 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />The easiest way down!</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257914441_6nr63" title="The easiest way down!"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/077-IMG3222/257914441_6nr63-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="The easiest way down!" title="The easiest way down!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:20:42Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/077-IMG3222/257914441_6nr63-Th.jpg 2008-02-03 12:30:32 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a> </p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257914518_BTRHM" title="Chango's photo"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/079-IMG3225/257914518_BTRHM-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Chango's photo" title="Chango's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:21:30Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/079-IMG3225/257914518_BTRHM-Th.jpg 2008-02-03 12:41:27 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />The pancakes also tasted extraordinary... ;-)</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257914515_zAujX" title="The pancakes also tasted extraordinary... ;-)"><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/080-IMG3227/257914515_zAujX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The pancakes also tasted extraordinary... ;-)" title="The pancakes also tasted extraordinary... ;-)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:20:56Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/080-IMG3227/257914515_zAujX-Th.jpg 2008-02-03 13:35:40 <p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com">Chango</a><br />And everyone was back safely, warm again, and feeling happy.</p><p><a href="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/4392171_NRTdj#257914564_8qiQL" title="And everyone was back safely, warm again, and feeling happy."><img src="http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/081-IMG3229/257914564_8qiQL-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="And everyone was back safely, warm again, and feeling happy." title="And everyone was back safely, warm again, and feeling happy." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-14T12:20:36Z Chango http://chango.smugmug.com http://chango.smugmug.com/Other/Snowcaving/081-IMG3229/257914564_8qiQL-Th.jpg 2008-02-03 13:58:46