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{{Construction}}[[File:The Snort.jpg|thumb|The main entrance of the Snort, which faced the path between the Deece and Noyes House.]] | {{Construction}}[[File:The Snort.jpg|thumb|The main entrance of the Snort, which faced the path between the Deece and Noyes House.]] | ||
[[File:3D Scan of the Snort.png|thumb|A 3D scan taken of the Snort Feb 6, 2026]]The '''Snow Fort''' ('''Snort''') was a large quinzhee (snow cave) built by [[User:FaffingFia|Fia Marrison]] and their friends on the [[Noyes Circle]] in the winter of 2025-2026. It contained four chambers and an outdoor courtyard, with various connecting tunnels. | [[File:3D Scan of the Snort.png|thumb|A 3D scan taken of the Snort Feb 6, 2026]]The '''Snow Fort''' ('''Snort''') was a large quinzhee (snow cave) built by [[User:FaffingFia|Fia Marrison]] and their friends on the [[Noyes Circle]] in the winter of 2025-2026. It contained four chambers and an outdoor courtyard, with various connecting tunnels. | ||
== Structure == | |||
The Snort underwent many changes, which can be categorized into three main stages. These stages were primarily characterized by snowfall events. In December, the first two chambers were built. During winter break, the Snort melted to | |||
== Building == | == Building == | ||
=== Tools === | === Tools === | ||
The initial pile of snow for the Snort was shoveled with one plastic shovel that Fia and Asher went on the bus to buy at Addams on the first day that it snowed, and various large shovels borrowed from facilities. The first chamber of the Snort was tunneled out with gloved hands and a frying pan from [[Noyes House|Noyes]]. After the majority of the second chamber was built, the builders used a metal shovel and the ice pick from the [[Outing Club]]. After winter break, Fia brought two more small metal shovels and two big plastic ones. Later the builders also used a large plastic shovel (with a metal edge) from the outing club. | The initial pile of snow for the Snort was shoveled with one plastic shovel that Fia and Asher went on the bus to buy at Addams on the first day that it snowed, and various large shovels borrowed from facilities. The first chamber of the Snort was tunneled out with gloved hands and a frying pan from [[Noyes House|Noyes]]. After the majority of the second chamber was built, the builders used a metal shovel and the ice pick from the [[Outing Club]]. After winter break, Fia brought two more small metal shovels and two big plastic ones. Later the builders also used a large plastic shovel (with a metal edge) from the outing club. | ||
In December and in March Members of Vassar's Grounds team used snow plows to give extra life to the Snort. | |||
=== Time === | === Time === | ||
According to Fia's spreadsheet schedule, | According to Fia's spreadsheet schedule, the group spent about 32 hours on the Snort in December, 65 hours in January, and 2 hours in March building the Snort. | ||
=== Technique === | === Technique === | ||
For | We shoveled naturally fallen snow from the Nircle into a pile. We allowed it to sinter, and then hollowed the pile out, putting the spoil on top to increase the height of the cave. To maintain structural stability and safety, upon reaching certain chamber sizes, we tunneled new chambers. For the construction of the first two chambers, there was fairly dense and sticky snow, so many builders made large snowballs (inspired by the snocks by the Deece) to incorporate distant snow to the mass of the pile. | ||
== Community Engagement == | |||
Many people collaborated on building the Snort. Fia, Cormac, Quin, Etta, Sophia, and Reave were the main consistent builders. Other collaborators included: Xander, Melody, Asher, Valentin, Parker (as secretary), Rachel, Este, Mari, Ziva and others who just came for an hour or so. | |||
Fia also collaborated with two members of the grounds team, Bernardo and Jaime, to plow snow to give the Snort some more life, and to make a small snow structure by the preschool [[Winpfheimer|Wimpfheimer]]. | |||
Starting March ? there was a guestbook in the Snort that people could write notes in. It is also included in this folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1j7c9dL2GSkMwLjVxsq7oWwgfXyc6uA2j | |||
== Documentation == | == Documentation == | ||
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=== Notebook === | === Notebook === | ||
Fia kept a notebook for the duration of the Snort. Here is a link to the notebook: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1j7c9dL2GSkMwLjVxsq7oWwgfXyc6uA2j | Fia kept a notebook for the duration of the Snort. Here is a link to the notebook: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1j7c9dL2GSkMwLjVxsq7oWwgfXyc6uA2j | ||
== Artwork == | == Artwork == | ||
[[File:Melting Snort.jpg|thumb|264x264px|Part 1 of Fia's Drawing I final project.]] | [[File:Melting Snort.jpg|thumb|264x264px|Part 1 of Fia's Drawing I final project.]] | ||