I was cleaning my 100 today and I figured someone might benefit from seeing my winter car kit. Living and playing in Colorado comes with some realistic risks. Winter brings on another whole can of worms to address to make sure you can live to play another day.
I'm not talking about your general preparedness items, jumpers, recovery gear, bush tools... but winter specific stuff you add in the Cruiser for these cold months.
I'd be interested in the collective wisdom of the IH8MUD community. I always learn from others peoples kits...
My moat likely situation is to slide off the road or become mired in snow and unable to get out my own. I keep a base level of tools, recovery gear and communications in the rig I wanted to focus on winter gear. I know from living in Florida and the south most of my life that this doesn't apply to all and a Florida kit can include flip flops and sunscreen but this could actually help some of us northerners.
Here's a few shots of my setup.
And one of the pack itself....
Main Winter Kit: Arc'Teryx backpack Silo 30
On my backpack:
Wool blanket (military surplus)
Snow shovel
Two man shelter
Trekking poles for walking or shelter setup
Ice axe
6 pack bottle water
In my backpack:
Clothes
Full change of clothes
Winter cap
Heavy winter gloves
Two pairs wool socks
Face mask thing
Shemag
Food and water:
6 water bottles
Empty water bladder
3 MRE's
Stove, fuel, and fuel canister
Utensils
A big stick of pepperoni
One pack of sea/marine rations
Starbucks coffee packs
Gear:
Compass
Emergency Tarp
Knife
Chem lights
Flashight
Small camping lantern LED
Hand warmers
Candles
Rope
Zip ties
Gorilla tape
Fire kit
Medical IFAK
Contractor trash bags
Solar charger with battery pack
Spare HAM radio battery and antenna
Yak trax micro spikes
I'm not talking about your general preparedness items, jumpers, recovery gear, bush tools... but winter specific stuff you add in the Cruiser for these cold months.
I'd be interested in the collective wisdom of the IH8MUD community. I always learn from others peoples kits...
My moat likely situation is to slide off the road or become mired in snow and unable to get out my own. I keep a base level of tools, recovery gear and communications in the rig I wanted to focus on winter gear. I know from living in Florida and the south most of my life that this doesn't apply to all and a Florida kit can include flip flops and sunscreen but this could actually help some of us northerners.
Here's a few shots of my setup.
And one of the pack itself....
Main Winter Kit: Arc'Teryx backpack Silo 30
On my backpack:
Wool blanket (military surplus)
Snow shovel
Two man shelter
Trekking poles for walking or shelter setup
Ice axe
6 pack bottle water
In my backpack:
Clothes
Full change of clothes
Winter cap
Heavy winter gloves
Two pairs wool socks
Face mask thing
Shemag
Food and water:
6 water bottles
Empty water bladder
3 MRE's
Stove, fuel, and fuel canister
Utensils
A big stick of pepperoni
One pack of sea/marine rations
Starbucks coffee packs
Gear:
Compass
Emergency Tarp
Knife
Chem lights
Flashight
Small camping lantern LED
Hand warmers
Candles
Rope
Zip ties
Gorilla tape
Fire kit
Medical IFAK
Contractor trash bags
Solar charger with battery pack
Spare HAM radio battery and antenna
Yak trax micro spikes