Frabil Refuge

[perryt]

I just bought a new Frabil Refuge ice shelter ............. anyone have a good anchor system for this shanty ?

[ewelcher1986]

Not sure what style that is but the best anchors ive found are eskimo. They will bend b4 they pull out (thats in good ice not the junk white ice but thats my recommendation

[beavercreekoutdoors]

I have a refuge that I used last year.  I tied to the middle of a 12" stick and put the stick down a hole and under the ice.  Other end I tied off to the anchor points on the refuge.  Never needed more than two "anchors", both into the wind.  At the end of the day i could reach down the hole, twist the stick and pull the anchor back up the hole.    if anything happened where I couldn't retrieve my "anchor" I could just cut the rope and I was out a stick, nothing more.

[JAGER61]

Perry, if you're willing to spend a few bucks, go on eBay and look up "ice screws" the kind those nuts who climb frozen waterfalls use.  I have several of them and not only do they screw into the ice effortlessly, they come out even easier.  They hold no matter what! I use them for the sides of the shanty. I still use the anchors that came with my frabills to in down the corners. 

Good luck-Mike