Personal Gear: Clothing (NO COTTON!!!) |
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| ☐ | 1 | Windproof and Rainproof Coat | Windproof and Rainproof coat with hood – should fit comfortable over all of your clothing |
| ☐ | 1 | Windproof and Rainproof pants | Should fit comfortably over all of your clothing |
| ☐ | 1 | Heavy Layer | 300 weight synthetic jacket, coat or sweater |
| ☐ | 1 | Medium Layer | Mid weight poly fleece top insulation layer |
| ☐ | 1 | Long underwear | Synthetic tops and bottoms |
| ☐ | 1 | Nylon pants | |
| ☐ | 2 | Pairs of Heavyweight socks | Heavyweight wool or synthetic |
| ☐ | 2 | Pairs of sock liners | lightweight synthetic |
| ☐ | 1 | Winter Boots | Insulated and waterproof |
| ☐ | 1 | Hat (winter weight) | Stocking hat or balaclava |
| ☐ | 1 | Headband | Synthetic or Wool - headband or Buff |
| ☐ | 1 | Gaiters | |
| ☐ | 1 | Gloves, heavy | |
| ☐ | 2 | Glove liners | |
10 Essentials - Winter (Snow) |
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| ☐ | 1 | Pocket Knife | Durable locking blade acceptable but fixed blade knife is
preferred |
| ☐ | 1 | First-Aid Kit | Small personal kit (half sandwich bag sized) |
| ☐ | 1 | First-Aid Kit - Whistle | Small pealess whistle for signalling |
| ☐ | 1 | Extra Clothes | Heavy Top and Bottoms, Head and Neck protection |
| ☐ | 1 | Rain Gear | Waterproof jacket and pants. Jacket must have hood |
| ☐ | 1 |
Rain Gear - Shelter | Mylar emergency blanket or bivy bag, tarp, insulating pad |
| ☐ | 1 |
Rain Gear - Shelter Maker | Snow Saw and Shovel |
| ☐ | 1 | Water Bottle | 3 liter capacity in 2 or more containers |
| ☐ | 1 | Water Bottle - water melter | Way to melt snow (stove and pot) |
| ☐ | 1 | Flashlight | Replace batteries before trek. Bring extra batteries and bulbs; headlamp preferred |
| ☐ | 1 | Trail Food | High calorie |
| ☐ | 1 | Matches & Fire Starter | 2 different types of fire starters. Small lighter, waterproof matches, ferrorod or magnesium bars are acceptable. |
| ☐ | 1 |
Matches & Fire Starter - Tinder | Fuel tablet or other longer burning tinder |
| ☐ | 1 | Sun Protection - Sunglasses | Doesn't need to be expensive. Ideally protects peripheral vision. sunglasses or goggles |
| ☐ | 1 | Sun Protection - Sun Screen | Zinc Oxide & Titanium Dioxide works best |
| ☐ | 1 |
Sun Protection - Lip Balm | Chapstick or similar; SPF of 25+ |
| ☐ | 1 | Map & Compass- Compass | Working Compass; Suunto will work; waterless military lensatic compass recommended |
| ☐ | 1 |
Map & Compass - Map |
Coated Map; Ask SPL for map; USGS Quad Maps |
| ☐ | 1 |
Map & Compass - GPS |
Optional and does NOT Replace Paper Map and working compass; waypoints programmed |
| ☐ | 1 |
11th Essential - Repair Kit | Duct Tape; small roll warped around pencil or water bottle; possibly also multi-tool, scissors, screw driver, cable ties |
Personal Gear: Other Gear |
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| ☐ | 1 | Backpack or large daypack | Large enough to carry all winter equipment |
| ☐ | 1 | Dry bags (for sleeping bag, clothes) OR 1 backpack rain cover + 1 dry bag OR 1 pack liner |
Keep gear dry |
| ☐ | 1 | Spoon | Long handle |
| ☐ | 1 | Shortie pad | Cut down closed cell insulation pad - use to sit or stand on |
Specialty Snow Gear |
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| ☐ | Snowshoes | ||
| ☐ | Ski poles | ||
Other Prep |
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| ☐ | Necessary permits | Parking, Wilderness, Snow, Camping, etc | |
| ☐ | Paper and pen | ||
| ☐ | Emergency Money | ||
| ☐ | Emergency Plan | Evac plan and emergency numbers | |
| ☐ | Trip itinerary | One set under car seat and one with a friend/family at home | |
| ☐ | Weather forecast & Avalanche forecast | ||
| ☐ | PMA (Positive Mental Attitude) | ||
Food |
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| ☐ | Lunch | ||
| ☐ | Snacks | ||
Group Gear (to be divided among patrol members) |
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| ☐ | Stove | One heavy duty stove - propane or white gass | |
| ☐ | Fuel | Extra fuel | |
| ☐ | Stove insulation | Stove board and windscreen (do NOT use windscreen around stove over canister setup) | |
| ☐ | Pot | Large enough to melt lots of snow. Lid and handle | |
| ☐ | Emergency Fire Starter - Scoutproof | Road flare - adult use only! | |
| ☐ | Large tarp | Emergency shelter or for evac | |
| ☐ | Snow shovel | ||
| ☐ | Snow saw | ||
| ☐ | Axe | Optional - For cutting down trees, obstacles and ice | |
| ☐ | Saw | For fire wood and shelter construction | |
| ☐ | Paracord | Shelter construction, tying down equipment, "roping in" in blizzards | |
| ☐ | Group First Aid Kit | 1 per patrol | |
| ☐ | GPS tracker | 1 per patrol or any group that separates | |
| ☐ | Poo Kit - Paper towels | Regular TP just isn't good enough | |
| ☐ | Poo Kit - Bag or tube | Used to collect and pack out solid waste | |
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