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TIP: The online Bushwalk Inventory System can help bushwalkers with a variety of bushwalk planning tasks, including: Manage which items they take bushwalking so that they do not forget anything they might need, plan meals for their walks, and automatically compile food/fuel shopping lists (lists of consumables) required to make and cook the meals for each walk. It is particularly useful for planning for groups who share food or other items, but is also useful for individual walkers.Main Range snowshoe trip big 4 gear review.
Sun 04 Sep, 2011 7:01 am
Pack: Lightwave Ultrahike, 60 liters, (1.25kg).
Not my lightest pack but it is my most comfortable and has become my go to pack for cooler weather trips where I need to carry a bit more gear, on this trip I did not experience any back, neck or shoulder pain.
Tent: Mountain Designs Nutrino 1 (MD-N1). modified to make it into a 4 season tent, plus snow pegs (1725g with snow pegs). The MD-N1 held up very well in the strong winds but was quite noisy, another problem that I experienced was the tent does not have good ventilation and in the windy cold conditions I had some ice fall on me.
Sleep system: my sleep system comprises of a Western Mountaineering (WM) Summerlite sleeping bag, 525g, BPL 180 synthetic quilt 490g. (total 1015g), plus WM Down Flash Jacket 255g and Down Pants 185g.(total 440) both jacket and pants are dual use and where used to supplement warmth both in and out of the sleeping bag.
This was the first time I have used this complete sleep system and I am very happy with it, the system worked extremely well, with the BPL quilt I was able to regulate the my warmth, and I was toasty warm in the minimum temperatures we experienced, which at a guess was around -10C and possible lower, this setup appears to be a winner.
Sleeping Mat: Neoair regular 410g + three quarter length closed cell mat 72g which was used on top of Neoair (Total.482g)
This was the biggest surprise, after reading the recent excellent sleeping mat review on BPL by Roger Caffin and Will Reitvel which also covered combinations of inflatable mats and closed cell mats, I decided to try this system out, even though it was quite cold at night I did not feel any cold coming through the bottom of my sleep system, for me this is a big winner.
Tony
Not my lightest pack but it is my most comfortable and has become my go to pack for cooler weather trips where I need to carry a bit more gear, on this trip I did not experience any back, neck or shoulder pain.
Tent: Mountain Designs Nutrino 1 (MD-N1). modified to make it into a 4 season tent, plus snow pegs (1725g with snow pegs). The MD-N1 held up very well in the strong winds but was quite noisy, another problem that I experienced was the tent does not have good ventilation and in the windy cold conditions I had some ice fall on me.
Sleep system: my sleep system comprises of a Western Mountaineering (WM) Summerlite sleeping bag, 525g, BPL 180 synthetic quilt 490g. (total 1015g), plus WM Down Flash Jacket 255g and Down Pants 185g.(total 440) both jacket and pants are dual use and where used to supplement warmth both in and out of the sleeping bag.
This was the first time I have used this complete sleep system and I am very happy with it, the system worked extremely well, with the BPL quilt I was able to regulate the my warmth, and I was toasty warm in the minimum temperatures we experienced, which at a guess was around -10C and possible lower, this setup appears to be a winner.
Sleeping Mat: Neoair regular 410g + three quarter length closed cell mat 72g which was used on top of Neoair (Total.482g)
This was the biggest surprise, after reading the recent excellent sleeping mat review on BPL by Roger Caffin and Will Reitvel which also covered combinations of inflatable mats and closed cell mats, I decided to try this system out, even though it was quite cold at night I did not feel any cold coming through the bottom of my sleep system, for me this is a big winner.
Tony
- Nutrino 1 with Mt Townsend in the distance
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Re: Main Range snowshoe trip big 4 gear review.
Sun 04 Sep, 2011 10:18 am
Thanks for the review. What sort of base weight did you end up at?
Re: Main Range snowshoe trip big 4 gear review.
Sun 04 Sep, 2011 11:33 am
cams wrote:Thanks for the review. What sort of base weight did you end up at?
Hi Cams,
I actually do not know my base weight, I did weigh my pack just before I left on my bathroon scales +- 0.5kg and my pack weighed 12kg including food for two nights/three days and 1.2 liters of water, if I can I will do a more accurate measure later today and post.
Tony
Re: Main Range snowshoe trip big 4 gear review.
Sun 04 Sep, 2011 8:17 pm
Main Range snowshoe trip gear list.
This is what I carried in my pack at start of walk, as the temperature changed, food eaten and gas used, the weight in my pack varied quite a bit, a few items like camera, compass, matches, knife and a few other small things where carried in a bum bag on my waste.
Pack: Lightwave Ultrahike, 60 liters, (1.25kg).
Tent: Mountain Designs Nutrino 1 (MD-N1). modified to make it into a 4 season tent, plus snow pegs (1725g with snow pegs).
Sleep system: Western Mountaineering (WM) Summerlite sleeping bag, 525g, BPL 180 synthetic quilt 490g. (total 1015g),
WM Down Flash Jacket 255g and Down Pants 185g.(total 440) both jacket and pants are dual use and where used to supplement warmth both in and out of the sleeping bag.
Sleeping Mat: Neoair regular 410g + three quarter length closed cell mat 72g which was used on top of Neoair (Total.482g)
Sea to Summit dry bag, 89.4g
Clothes and storage bag:- spare socks, spare thermal top, thermal pants, spare undies, 734.8g
Water proof jacket and pants in storage bag, 636.6g
Cooking gear, fuel, pots, utensils, plate, mug+ storage bag, 523.2g
460g canister gas, 592g
First Aid kit/toiletries, 246.9g
Pillow, 127.1g
Maps, 146.1g
GPS + pouch, 268.8g
PLB, 288.9g
Day pack S2S 20l, 75.1g
Torch, 84g
Total, 8.725 kg
Plus 1200 ml water and food for winter
Total around 12kg
Tony
This is what I carried in my pack at start of walk, as the temperature changed, food eaten and gas used, the weight in my pack varied quite a bit, a few items like camera, compass, matches, knife and a few other small things where carried in a bum bag on my waste.
Pack: Lightwave Ultrahike, 60 liters, (1.25kg).
Tent: Mountain Designs Nutrino 1 (MD-N1). modified to make it into a 4 season tent, plus snow pegs (1725g with snow pegs).
Sleep system: Western Mountaineering (WM) Summerlite sleeping bag, 525g, BPL 180 synthetic quilt 490g. (total 1015g),
WM Down Flash Jacket 255g and Down Pants 185g.(total 440) both jacket and pants are dual use and where used to supplement warmth both in and out of the sleeping bag.
Sleeping Mat: Neoair regular 410g + three quarter length closed cell mat 72g which was used on top of Neoair (Total.482g)
Sea to Summit dry bag, 89.4g
Clothes and storage bag:- spare socks, spare thermal top, thermal pants, spare undies, 734.8g
Water proof jacket and pants in storage bag, 636.6g
Cooking gear, fuel, pots, utensils, plate, mug+ storage bag, 523.2g
460g canister gas, 592g
First Aid kit/toiletries, 246.9g
Pillow, 127.1g
Maps, 146.1g
GPS + pouch, 268.8g
PLB, 288.9g
Day pack S2S 20l, 75.1g
Torch, 84g
Total, 8.725 kg
Plus 1200 ml water and food for winter
Total around 12kg
Tony
Re: Main Range snowshoe trip big 4 gear review.
Mon 05 Sep, 2011 7:35 am
I've also been wanting to give the inflatable + CCF pad combo whirl. Great to see it worked for you!
Some of the items at Gossamer Gear have caught my eye so I was thinking of picking up one of their pads for this purpose. How thick was the one you used ?
Some of the items at Gossamer Gear have caught my eye so I was thinking of picking up one of their pads for this purpose. How thick was the one you used ?
Re: Main Range snowshoe trip big 4 gear review.
Mon 05 Sep, 2011 8:03 am
Dale wrote:I've also been wanting to give the inflatable + CCF pad combo whirl. Great to see it worked for you!
Some of the items at Gossamer Gear have caught my eye so I was thinking of picking up one of their pads for this purpose. How thick was the one you used ?
Hi Dale,
The CCF mat I used is 5mm thick and has been cut down to around three quarter length.
Tony
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