BJ,

Good call on the tent poles. Thanks. I remember thinking, " those will be nice and light for the horse to carry...." . I would imagine the center pole in particular and the " side poles" near the stove would be critical. If the whole thing collapses under snow while you are maintaining the stove through the night, then in a matter of seconds you are going to have a hole melted in the side/top of your tent where it " laid down" on the heating stove plus the flue might come disconnected/offset and fill everything with smoke. It would make for a great story after a year or two passes but would major suck at the time.

EKM