Template:Gear list:backcountry skiing hut trip
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Essentials
- food
- water bottle (at least 1L, 2L is probably safer)
- headlamp
- garbage bags - bring a few, these are useful for everything
- sunscreen
- sun glasses and/or goggles
- map
- compass
- pack
- pocket knife
- something warm
- first aid kit
Ski stuff and Avalanche Safety Gear
- skis (must have touring bindings that allow the heel to be free) or a split snowboard
- skins for going uphill. They must fit your skis and have reasonable glue. Test them.
- poles
- boots to match your skis or snowboard - there are many different kinds of binding interfaces. Make sure to test that both your boots fit into your bindings before the trip.
- 457kHz avalanche transceiver
- shovel
- probe
- snow saw (optional)
- CAC Public Avalanche Bulletin Printout
Clothes
- warm jacket (fleece or down)
- long underwear (top and bottom)
- toque, mitts
- weatherproof jacket (goretex or coated nylon or softshell if weather is going to be ok)
- weatherproof pants (goretex or coated nylon or softshell if weather is going to be ok)
- gaiters (optional if your pants have an integrated snow cuff)
- 2 pairs of socks
- booties (optional but recommended)
Sleeping
- sleeping bag
- sleeping pad
- ear plugs, because somebody will snore (optional)
Cooking and Eating
- bowl, spoon
- Stove with fuel. If using white gas, for each person*night bring
- 200mL if cooking outside in the winter
- 150mL if cooking in a hut in the winter, or outside in the spring when the snow is likely to be wet
- 75mL in the summer and fall where you don't have to melt snow for water.
- Add 300mL per night to run a lantern
- 1L per night (per group) to run a catalytic heater such as those found at the Burton Hut and the Brian Waddington Hut.
- Water treatment (can safely ignore this if melting snow for water in winter and spring)
- Pot and matching pot gripper
- Toothbrush
