Here’s a peek at what some of our staff pack in their day ski touring bags.

HAYDEN ROBBINS

Guide and Operations Manager

Main compartment

• Repair kit/first aid kit
• Guides/Rescue tarp
• Mini therma rest
• Lunch 
• Snack sack
• Water
• Cordelette, carabiners, triple length sling
• Radio
• Satellite communicator (inreach)
• Layers (weather depending) – always pack my bonus vest
• Gloves x 3 varying weights
• Ball cap
• Toque
• Goggles

Tool compartment

• Shovel
• Probe
• Snow saw
• Sam splint
• Snow science kit

Top lid pocket

• Sunglasses
• Sunscreen
• Skin wax/scraper
• Ski straps
• buff

FRANK RENAUD

Lead Practicum

32 L Dakine bag

• 3 antenna transceiver
• Probe (3m+ for our deep snow)
• Shovel (metal)
• saw ( silky in g3 sleeve because it actually cut trees not like those useless snow science saw…)
• First aid kit
• Repair kit
• Inreach
• small tarp
• Rope kit ( will vary according to objectives but usually just 15m of 5mm techcord, 120cm slings, 60cm slings, 2x non locking biners and 2 x locking biners)
• big puffy
• extra gloves
• Sunglass
• Ski google
• Sun screen
• water/tea
• Real food (like those whitecap lunchs!  staying away from eating those cliff bars things everyday…)
• Headlamp
• Multitool
• Scrapper
• Skins

MICHELLE “MEESH” MORAN

Chef

Favorite Item

• a thermos filled with miso

• a delicious wrap or leftover spanakopita or my new favorite onigirazu
• dried fruit & nuts
• fruit bars
• tahini almond cherry cookies
• hi-chews/gummies
• candied salmon bites

• shovel
• probe
• headlamp
• spare transceiver batteries
• hand/toe warmers
• duct tape
• zap straps
• leather man
• fire striker & small piece of a bike tire
• pocket ski scrapper
• lip balm
• Kleenex
• Water
• Goggles (spare lens) & sunglasses
• Ski mitts & spare light gloves
• Spare toque & buff
• Hat & Helmet
• Puffy jacket

Interested to learn more about our guiding ski touring programs?  Check out our Peaks of Pemberton page or email us at winter@whitecapalpine.ca.