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Note on Equipment List: Each piece of gear on this list directly relates to your comfort and safety. This list is made to help you manage yourself in poor mountain weather. Each person may need to add additional layers if you run cold. We may choose to subtract certain layers if the weather forecast dictates. A sign indicates gear items you can rent from ECMG.
Travel documents
- Valid Passport
- Airline Confirmation code
- Travel Insurance Documents
Luggage
- Ski/snowboard bag
- Large travel duffel
- Large ski bags will live on the deck of the boat. Duffel bags will live in the galley or near your bed. Please don’t bring a surplus of gear!
Avalanche Safety
- Antennae Transceiver (3 antennae with fresh batteries)
- Avalanche Shovel (metal required)
- Avalanche Probe
Skiing/Splitboarding
- AT skis, Telemark or Splitboard
- Tech style bindings strongly recommended
- AT ski or splitboard boots (walk mode required for AT boots)
- Climbing skins (must cover full width of base)
- Poles with powder baskets (adjustable for splitboards)
- Ski strap (eg voile strap)
- Repair kit for your specific binding setup
- Backcountry ski pack 30-40 liters
- Helmet
Required Technical Equipment
(Depending on group desires and conditions, we may use some of this gear to access steeper slopes or glaciated terrain. If the use of this equipment is new to you, that’s ok. It’s safer to have and not use than need and not have!)
- Short ice axe 40-50cm (eg. Petzl Ride)
- Boot crampons aluminum (eg. Petzl Leopard )
- Ski crampons
- Lightweight harness (Petzl Tour or Petzl Altitude)
- 1 locking carabiner (eg. Petzl Attache or Rocha)
Ski Clothing
- Hardshell Jacket
- Softshell Jacket or light puffy
- Hardshell or softshell pants
- Insulated Jacket (Mountain Hardwear Phantom)
- Long underwear top (3-4) and bottom (2) (synthetic or wool)
- Ski socks (4 pairs) (synthetic or wool)
- Warm, waterproof ski gloves
- Backup pair of ski gloves
- Lightweight gloves for skinning
- Ski hat
- Goggles
- Sunglasses
- Sun hat
- Buff
Travel Clothing
- Sweater or sweatshirt
- T-shirts
- Jeans/pants
- Loungewear
- Swimsuit
- Pack towel
- Casual socks
- Tennis Shoes
- Snow-boots or insulated water-proof boots for boat and shore
Food and Water
- 2 Liters of H20 (1 hard sided, 1 soft sided)
- Optional thermos (can act as second water bottle)
Miscellaneous
- Sunscreen
- Chapstick
- Camera
- Headlamp
- Kindle or book
- Earplugs/mask
- Electrical plug adapter
- Small personal first aid
- Toiletries and medications
Eagle Cap Mountain Guides operates in partnership with the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest under a special use permit, and is an equal opportunity provider and employer.