What do you look for in a backpack for Splitboarding?

[pow_hnd]

Size?

Features?

Do you use a Camelback for water or just a bottle?

What never leaves your pack? I.E. first aid kit, shovel, probe, etc

Do you use compactor type poles or 3 piece collapsable? Are they inside or out on the way down?

Where are your skins kept

[_Aaron_]

Depends

Depends. Mainly very little

Bottle

Nothing is a permanent except food/water and maybe a shovel

3 piece. In my hand or outside

In my jacket usually but top of pack occasionally.

[XXX-er]

other than being able to carry a board when its in 1 piece, the same as any ski pack

[adrenalated]

I ski, however I do tour with many splitboarders and many of your questions are universal anyway.

Size?

I find around 35L to be the most versatile for the widest variety of trips. I sometimes carry smaller or larger, but I could do everything with a 30-35L pack if I wanted to.

Features?

Easy way to carry your board in either snowboard or split modes, independent avy tools compartment, airbag, google pocket, good suspension, helmet carry, backpanel access.

Do you use a Camelback for water or just a bottle?

I carry a water bottle in an insulated cozy for most of the year, but switch out to a Camelback in the spring/summer when it's warmer.

What never leaves your pack? I.E. first aid kit, shovel, probe, etc

Shovel, probe, first aid kit, snow saw, repair kit, headlamp, knife, compass, down jacket.

Do you use compactor type poles or 3 piece collapsable? Are they inside or out on the way down?

Most spliboarders I know are now carrying compactor poles and carry them on the outside of their packs.

Where are your skins kept

Jacket or pack is personal preference. I generally put mine in the top or back of the main compartment (not avy tools compartment) of my pack.

[XXX-er]

I don't board but I 've noticed that a splitter using their poles while riding makes a big difference

[LiveLarger]

Kerosene, matches and something to barbecue on the boardfire?