In 1996, Forty Below developed and co-sponsored with the Sherpa Snowshoe Company a “model winter camp” set up for testers from the Outdoor Retailer Trade Show during the “On Snow Demo Days.” This allowed people to walk out to and see a real winter camp in action! We made, stayed in, and maintained all of the typical winter camp features including an igloo, snow caves, tent, and cooking pyramid shelter.  It was a lot of fun!

This event turned out to be quite a hit, with plenty of testers taking the tour and numerous people getting to see and go inside a real igloo for the first time. Forty Below Founder, Bill Lokey, alongside Joel Attaway and Chris Perry, were the Forty Below team and coordinated/built the winter camp. Bill Prater, founder of Sherpa Snowshoe company, and Ken Kutac, tester and “snow shelter builder extraordinaire” lead tours of snowshoe testers to the camp.  The event was held at Donner Pass, CA. 

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