Here’s my gear list for multiday Winter climbs in the sierras, as taken on a Winter ascent of the Northeast Ridge of Lone Pine Peak with Scotty.
Rack:
Six nuts
Six cams from blue TCU to #2 Camalot
6 or so tripled draws
3 tied slings with 1 biner each
1 tied double length sling (for rapping and whatnot)
2 anchor setups (double length sling with 2 biners and a locker)
Rope - Charles’s 50 meter 9mm
Personal Climbing Gear:
Backpack
Harness - the crappy old light one
Rock shoes (big enough for socks)
Belay device and locker
Ice Axe
Crampons
Ultralight Helmet
Boots (La Sportiva Trango Evo S, freaking light and they climb really well)
Clothing:
Socks: one liner pair and 2 thicker pair
Light powerstretch gloves
Shell gloves that fit over the light ones
Long Underwear
Soft shell pants
Baselayer - really light
Soft Shell Jacket
DAS Parka
balaclava
gaiters
Bivy:
3/4 length Sleeping Pad
2lb 10 degree WM Sleeping Bag
Bivy Sack (BD 8 ounce one)
Cooking Gear:
Stove and Fuel (We took a pocket rocket and 2 8oz cannisters…. this stove sucked. Next time take the Reactor or a white gas stove)
Pot (6oz titanium)
Lighter/firestarter
Spoons
Cheap light homemade insulated bowl for 2 people
Food/Water:
Water: 3 liter capacity each (3 gatorade bottles)
3 liter water bag for holding water overnight
Breakfasts, Lunches, and Dinners each in their own stuffsacks:
Breakfasts: 3 packs of oatmeal each, coffee powder, chocolate espresso beans
Lunches: 2 gu’s, 2 bars, bits of cheese and sausage, chocolate espresso beans
Dinners: Dehydrated stuff, extra butter, bits of cheese and sausage, chocolate bar, tea
Misc:
Headlamp
Toilet Paper
Extra batteries
Camera
Cellphone
Topos
Plastic Bag for trash
Climbing Tape
Knife
Lip Balm
Sunscreen
Sunglasses
Extra Crap:
Snacks and water for the drive
Snowshoes… if conditions require…. if at all possible try to ditch these things
Notes:
Next time take a squeeze bottle with some sort of liquid butter… plastic bag got super messy.
Even though the pocket rocket sucked, it did make us water and it was probably lighter than the MSR Reactor and definitely lighter than a white gas stove + fuel. For another night out the reactor would have been the ticket. Some sort of windscreen would probably have helped a lot.