I built a ten foot diameter yurt suitable for camping. The ten foot diameter seemed suitably large for comfort but not so large as to provide a transportation problem and also not so large as to overflow available camping spots. Our intent was to give it a good workout in Kings Canyon National Park. By and large, it worked out with minor problems. Pictures and comment below.
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| This shot was meant to show how small the yurt looks in a natural setting. It looked much larger when I first set it up in the driveway of our house. We left the roof cover off so we could look at the stars at night. |
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| Here is a picture of the yurt in the afternoon when the sun is hitting it. We peeled back the wall for better air circulation. |
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| Here is the yurt with the roof cover on. We may still sew darts into the overhanging portion of the roof to take up the wrinkles. |
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| After we got kicked out of Kings Canyon due to government shutdown, we found a camping spot in Sequoia National Forest right next to a Jeffrey pine. |
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| Here is a longer shot of the yurt to show its size in proportion to the pines. |
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| And then it snowed. Clouds moved in in the morning and we put the roof cover on. I had not yet made a smoke hole cover so a plastic tarp had to do the job. The snow all melted once the sun came out. |
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| A closeup on the tension band that holds the top of the wall in against the pressure of the roof poles. |
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| And a closeup of the roof pole to wall junction. |
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| The tarp leaked a little since laid flat over the smokehole ring to which I had not yet added any arch. Here I have added some willow twigs to remedy that problem. |
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