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4 Night Backcountry Ski Trip

Clothing and equipment for a 4 night ski tour. 
My pack weight was approximately 37 pounds, including 2 and a half liters of water and a little over half of the group gear and food.

Clothing
Capilene 3 zip T top         8.9
Patagonia  “Dragonfly” windbreaker      3.5   
Ibex softshell jacket        16.3
Arcteryx “Dually” belay jacket.      29
Powerstretch bottoms       7.6
Patagonia Mixmaster pants       26.7
Balaclava with face covering      2.2
Powerstretch headband       .8
Buff headband        1.2
Cloudveil softshell hat       1.6
2 pair Smartwool ski socks        7  (3.5 each)
Garmont  “Mega Ride” boots      119.4
OR Supercouloir Gloves       10.1
Pile liners for Gloves        1.6
 
Personal Gear
Avalanche Pack with ABS and Avalung     122.8
North Face sunglasses       2.3  
Uvex pocket goggles       2.7
Camelback         7.8
Mammut Lucido TX1 headlamp      4.9
Suunto Vector altimeter watch (around neck)    2
Leatherman “squirt” tool       1.9
Ricoh GR II Digital camera       7
Sunscreen          1.9
Compass          2.5
4 paper towels        .7  
Pee bottle         1.8
Toothbrush/paste        1.6
3 extra AAA batteries (for Tracker and Camera)
Pouch (attached to pack strap)

Lunches (We packed our own lunches.) 
18 energy gels, 5 shot blocks      35.5
15 energy bars        24.7
8 sports drink mixes        15.9

Ski Gear
Life Link ski poles with powder baskets and self arrest grips  30.2  
Goode BC95 skis with Dynafit bindings     118.6
Tracker Avalanche beacon with new batteries    10.8
Grizzly Folding shovel       21.4
Rutschblock cord        1
Ski skins with “cheater sheets”      25.5
Velcro ski strap        .8
 
Personal Camping Gear
Snowpeak Titanium cup and lid       3.8
Karrimat sleeping pad         11.6
Thin Evazote pad (½ length)
Marmot Lithium sleeping bag/ID compression stuffsack  
Spoon          .3
Orikaso bowl         1.5
 
Group Gear:
Pyramid tent         25
MSR Reactor stove        20.1
4 Fuel canisters       50 (12.5 each)
1st aid kit          9
Duct tape         1.5
Lighters         1
Map          1.7
Firestarter          1.2
Blue wax, purple wax, cork, and scraper     5.2
Skin Wax

Group Food (We shared Breakfasts and Dinners)
4 freeze dried dinners        24.8 oz
18 oatmeal         25.9
5 ramen, 3 salmon, 1 oysters      29.9
10 hot drink mixes, 1 freeze dried ice cream    9.9

Group Food Menu (2 people)
Day 1 dinner  Freeze dried dinner; smoked salmon; ramen
Day 2 breakfast 6 packages oatmeal
Day 2 dinner  Freeze dried dinner; Ramen; smoked oysters
Day 3 breakfast 6 packages oatmeal
Day 3 dinner  Freeze dried dinner; ramen, salmon
Day 4 breakfast 6 packages oatmeal
Day 4 dinner  Freeze dried dinner; smoked salmon; ramen
 
Additional food:   10 hot drink mixes; 1 extra ramen; freeze dried ice cream

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