Yurt in northen Scandinavia: Tips?

[Seigan]

Thanks for the ideas! The helps alot.

I was thinking about silicon prepared cotton canvas for cover. But it might be better as you say to use a acrylic cover instead... Had not thought about that.

My goal is to set ut the yurt in a sunny slope faceing southwards to get the most sun. I was hopeing to have some trees in the north but not in the other directions to break some wind but not be in the shadow.

Stephanwik: if you are on the westcoast and have your yurts up all year round then you will probably have much more damp, fog and rain then in the north. The westcoast do not have as cold as up north but when the westcoast get snow it is often very wet and heavy. So if you have any lessons, experinces or tips I would be eager to hear it!

Knecht: Where did you buy your PVC cover? What isulation do you use, and how thick?

Bob Rowlands: Thanks for the ideas. I have no real clue on how much the fallen snow weight. We do not usually get very heavy snow fall at once - not like Buffalo this year. Because of that lack of knowledge it is kind of hard to get the correct dimensions... You might be rigth: I'd better build to contain bears

Hierony: the 2-6 feet of snow is accumelated and not in one storm. However it very much depends on the temperature. If it is cold the it is very fluffy (so fluffy I can die) snow and it adds to the height but is light weight. But if it is just a bit warmer the it is much denser, heavier but do not add so much height... Damn I never thought it would be so hard to describe snow...

I have both sapplings and sawn planks avaible to me. I do however both need to keep the weight down a bit (as it is a trailer) but I need it to be strong to manage to hold the snow. So the big question is how can I both have it light weight and strong at the same time?

MT Rod: Thanks! I'll look in to it! Thanks for the link!