FROG LAKE
WINTER GEAR

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Never travel in the backcountry unprepared. None of your equipment is helpful unless it fits, it works, and you know how to use it!

What you don’t need to bring are: kitchen supplies, stove and fuel, condiments, spices, oil, or dish washing soap.

Skiing Frog Lake Cliff, photo by Grant Barta

Skiing Frog Lake Cliff, photo by Grant Barta

What to bring for the Hut:

  • Pillow (or use your pile jacket)

  • Sleeping bag

  • Optional: Bed sheet to cover existing polyester or polyurethane mattress covers

  • Shoes for wearing walking between your hut and the stone house (or you can put slippers inside your shells.)

  • A compactor bag for taking out your garbage and trash.

    General Equipment to Bring:

  • Boots (AT, Tele, XC, Snowboard)

  • Skis, snowshoes, or split snowboard (designed for backcountry)

  • Poles (large baskets preferred)

  • Backpack sized for all your equipment

  • Climbing skins or wax kit (including grip and skin waxes)

  • Headlamp

  • Pocket knife or multi-tool

  • Sunglasses protective enough for bright alpine conditions

  • Goggles with lenses sufficient for changing conditions

  • Water bottles or hydration system

  • Sunscreen and lip balm

  • Avalanche transceiver, probe and shovel

  • Snacks, whatever you like to eat in the backcounty, before bed, or between meals

PERSONAL CLOTHING

Photo by Grant Barta

Photo by Grant Barta

  • Long underwear top and bottom (no cotton, synthetic or wool suggested)

  • Socks plus extra pair(s) Warm/Insulating Layer

  • Fleece Jacket/Vest/Sweater

  • Pants

  • Down/synthetic puff jacket

  • Waterproof Outer Layer

  • Gloves/mittens plus extra pair

  • Ski hat(s)

  • Sun hat

  • Neck gaiter/balaclava

  • Hut slippers (or you can use ours)

  • Personal items (toothbrush/paste, medications, prescription glasses, earplugs, watch w/ alarm)

  • Personal wash cloth/travel towel

  • Disinfectant wipes

GROUP EQUIPMENT

  • Guidebook/Route descriptions

  • Topographic maps

  • Compass

  • GPS and extra batteries

  • Altimeter

  • Emergency shelter (bivouac sack, light-weight tarp)

  • First-aid kit

  • Fire starting kit (matches, lighter, starting fuel) OR lightweight emergency stove

  • Emergency communication device (such as SPOT, inReach, satellite phone)