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01-22-2021, 11:31 AM #1Registered User
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How Heavy is your Touring Backpack Setup?
In the same theme as the touring rig setup (skis, skins, boots, bindings) I thought we'd geek out on pack weights when setup for a typical day tour. I'll have to weigh some shit and report back for my setup but something like this:
Pack
Shovel
Probe
Hydration
Food
Helmet
Goggles
Communication
Layers/Gloves
First Aid/Repair Kit
Total: xxxxxxx
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01-22-2021, 11:36 AM #2
I usually drill some speed holes in my peanut butter and jelly sandwich to shave some grams.
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01-22-2021, 11:37 AM #3
how much does a snowmobile weigh? Pretty much that many grams, give or take.
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01-22-2021, 01:36 PM #4Registered User
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01-22-2021, 01:54 PM #5
my first aid kit is a blood stopper thingy, an inreach mini, some voile straps, some handwarmers and some duct tape
i have exactly one extra crisis layer (it's a big one)
goggles are dumb for touring except on the most shitty of shit days
helmet lives on my head
calories - i take enough for two people on one tour. so not a ton of excess. plus a bar that lives in my pack.
not sure on weight, leave that to the skimobros.
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01-22-2021, 01:59 PM #6
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01-22-2021, 02:09 PM #7
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01-22-2021, 02:14 PM #8
Dude? No coffee or coffee related items?
If you have to hunker down in a survival snow-cave for a few days what will you do?
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01-22-2021, 02:19 PM #9Registered User
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01-22-2021, 02:24 PM #10
nahhhh tea for touring. night tours = hot tea that i don't touch until i'm back at the car, day tours, hot tea that i drink while touring. dawn patrols, coffee is in the car (and hot) for when i get back.
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01-22-2021, 02:35 PM #11Registered User
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YYMV but I cna't tour with a helmet on my head
but after toruing with somone who had repetative concussion incident i carry a helmet all the time in a helmet carrier on the back of my 40 liter pack
if it starts snowing I want the googlesLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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01-22-2021, 04:52 PM #12
This fall I got 1 of my packs out to get ready, and the Clif bar in it was very nearly cleanly opened and all of it was gone. Only a few small metallic package particles to indicate the mouse had been there. I was expecting a hole somewhere or other damage, but nothing. Kinda cool actually.
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01-23-2021, 09:47 AM #13
Everything on the list minus food and water comes to 12 pounds for me. Add my usual amount of consumables and I’d guess 15-16 pounds. I carry a decent repair and first aid kit.
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01-23-2021, 09:59 AM #14Registered User
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you need 3 of the longest Titan or voile straps to strap your boot to the ski when your RAD1 splodes
1 strap won't do it , 2 is ok in a pinch, 3 is even betterLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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01-23-2021, 10:48 AM #15Registered User
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Would it really be a touring-related thread without XXXer ranting about exploding rad 1s?
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01-23-2021, 03:06 PM #16
Agreed on xl voile straps, also nice for strapping skis to shovel handle and probe to create a basic evac drag sled
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01-23-2021, 03:36 PM #17Registered User
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01-23-2021, 05:40 PM #18Registered User
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01-23-2021, 05:52 PM #19
Last edited by Boissal; 01-23-2021 at 06:24 PM.
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01-23-2021, 06:29 PM #20
I always bring goggles. Sunglasses on the up, goggles on the down. The end.
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01-23-2021, 06:31 PM #21
I hardly ever use goggles touring, and typically don't bring them unless its nuking. Wildcats or pit vipers or the like work fine for me, maybe I just don't ski fast enough.
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01-23-2021, 07:06 PM #22Registered User
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I have big MTB glasses (Smith Trackstand) and they've proven to be more than enough for touring. If they can handle 35+ mph on a bike, they're good enough for non-resort snow. No reason to take goggles unless it's gonna be heavy. I usually take a little off the high end speed touring anyway when there's not a staffed patrol sled ready to bring my ass off the hill.
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01-23-2021, 07:21 PM #23
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01-23-2021, 08:35 PM #24
I switched from a stripped down alpine climbing style pack to a Jetforce bag this year, so that added about 6-7lbs right off the bat. Ugh the weight of safety.
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01-23-2021, 08:39 PM #25swing your fucking sword.
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