Winter What To Bring
(STS – Spring Touring Sessions, RRP – Recreational Risk Process)
Touring
- Skis or snowboard with proper touring set-up
- Comfortable boots
- Skins with good glue, cut to fit your skis
- Shovel, beacon, probe, in good repair
- Day pack, avalanche airbag systems are optional
- Spare batteries
- Headlamp
- Sunscreen
- Repair kit – individual and to suit group needs
- Gloves and good socks
- Down jacket
- Emergency tarp, small, compact, heat reflective
- Personal first aid kit with blister repair
- Helmet
- Ski/Board crampons
- Ice axe if you have one (optional)
- Digital thermometer (RRP)
- Snow study Kit (RRP)
- Snow saw (RRP)
- Harness, mountaineering axe and boot crampons (STS)
Layering
- Thin gloves and good quality ski socks suggested
- Base layer; thin Merino or equivalent top and bottom
- Insulating layer for colder days, lightweight Merino recommended
- Shell – waterproof, breathable top and bottom
- Hat/toque, good gloves, goggles and sunglasses, spares for the group
Group Extras – required for all self-guided groups
- Altimeter Map and compass
- Ice Creek Lodge KML
- First aid kit
- Emergency shelter – nylon tarp or envelope sack to cover group or injured member
- Group repair kit – may substitute for personal repair kits or supplement them
- Group VHF radios, required freq Local chat, 158.940 simplex
- Satellite phone or Inreach
- GPS – optional depending on the trip
Cabin stuff
- Down booties/slippers or cabin shoes
- Casual clothes
- Towel
- Wet wipes
- Entertainment/board game – we provide a small selection
- Selection of music, we have an auxiliary cable to our stereo
- We have a selection of two guitars, a drum and a ukulele