What do you carry that others may not have thought about?

[mattlynde12]

Some thing else that every one should be packing is Advil, Ibuprofen, Tylenol.
If you get hurt, sprain, broken ribs, leg and so on. You will be glad to have them. It's important in these situation to get the swelling under control and control the pain. This will help you function to get out.

I carry Vicodin along with ibuprofen. I actually used it a few weeks ago after a bad wreck. I ended up with a facture vertebrae and bruised ribs. Sure took the edge off the pain. I don't know if I would of been able to ride out without it.

 

[Teth-Air]

Got stuck almost vertical with ski on the wrong side of a tree. Took 2 hours for 2 guys to dig the mountain out behind the sled in order to pull it back. If I did not have a ratchet style pulley we would have had to remove the ski. With the ratchet we were able to preload a rope from the bumper to a tree while pulling the sled backwards while in reverse. Every 2 inches we would stop and re-tension the rope. Removing the ski seemed a worse plan as it was buried beneath many branches of the tree.

 

[kenvb]

after breaking the clutch bolt off flush with crank while climbing. i carry a spare clutch bolt and box of various size other metric bolts.washers.nuts. then after being pulled by my grumpy friend 35 miles out to parking lot and turning the broken stud out with my finger? not taking that chance again.

 

[brew_doo]

I'm a Doo guy and have carried a spare key / DESS key in my avy pack since 2012. I have seen 3 key issues or 'lost my key' situations in this time. One was last weekend in Renshaw and buddy knocked his dess off in a little accident and it wasn't tethered to him or the sled for some reason - key was gone ! Luckily he had a spare but unfortunately it was in his gear bag in the trailer. 2 of us ripped back to get it... he bought us fuel and supper!!!

 

[Dooitorbust]

after breaking the clutch bolt off flush with crank while climbing. i carry a spare clutch bolt and box of various size other metric bolts.washers.nuts. then after being pulled by my grumpy friend 35 miles out to parking lot and turning the broken stud out with my finger? not taking that chance again.

FYI, the clutch bolt turned out by hand after it was broken because there wasn’t torque on it anymore it and the threads were likely very clean. Good idea to bring an extra bolt though.

 

[Dooitorbust]

What brand vac packs do you guys use? Where do you buy them from?

If you don’t have a food saver, Ziplock makes vacuum bags you use a vacuum cleaner with. Most grocery stores or amazon have them.

 

[armascott]

That's why I asked, I tried the ziplock ones and found they didn't work great. I may buy a food saver I'm sure we would use it. Thanks

 

[lilduke]

Most years I never have really bothered with this stuff. But this year is really sketchy and didn't come here to ride the bunny hill all winter.
So we will be digging lots of pits and testing the snow pack.

Folding snow saw 32inch



Rutschblock Cord

 

[skegpro]

Most years I never have really bothered with this stuff. But this year is really sketchy and didn't come here to ride the bunny hill all winter.
So we will be digging lots of pits and testing the snow pack.

Folding snow saw 24inch

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Rutschblock Cord

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Post up your pit findings, good info.

 

[lilduke]

Post up your pit findings, good info.

Yeah I could do that in another thread maybe.

 

[imdoo'n]

Yeah I could do that in another thread maybe.

good deal, glad to see someone looking out for there own safety, very few look beyond a snow report,

 

[lilduke]

good deal, glad to see someone looking out for there own safety, very few look beyond a snow report,https://www.snowandmud.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

Edit: the snow saw is actually 32inches. It is the Brooks Range Scientist 70 if anyone is interested in that kind of thing.

The one that comes in your shovel is too short to be much good for snow studies.

 

[imdoo'n]

Edit: the snow saw is actually 32inches. It is the Brooks Range Scientist 70 if anyone is interested in that kind of thing.

The one that comes in your shovel is too short to be much good for snow studies.

i would imagine there are not many (likely in single digits) that will take the time to do a snow analysis. glad to see you are looking out for yourself and others in your group

 

[Dooitorbust]

Most years I never have really bothered with this stuff. But this year is really sketchy and didn't come here to ride the bunny hill all winter.
So we will be digging lots of pits and testing the snow pack.

Folding snow saw 32inch

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Rutschblock Cord

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Where did you get the Rutschblock Cord? Thought about buying one a few times.

 

[Lund]

i would imagine there are not many (likely in single digits) that will take the time to do a snow analysis. glad to see you are looking out for yourself and others in your grouphttps://www.snowandmud.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

Even this weekend you didn't need too much brains too realize snow conditions were sketchy, yet i saw a few hitting the big stuff. Either climbing or dropping.

 

[lilduke]

Where did you get the Rutschblock Cord? Thought about buying one a few times.

I got it from Avalanche safety solutions in Golden BC 6 years ago. Im sure they still carry that kind of thing, I haven't been in there for a couple years though.

 

[Bernoff]

Yeah I could do that in another thread maybe.

Could you explain more about the cord. Never seen that before.

 

[Bernoff]

Can you do Lund's gas trick in a plastic water bottle aswell?

 

[lilduke]

Could you explain more about the cord. Never seen that before.

Watch this video: ( I modified this test a bit for sledding, but you can see what the cord is used for. )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKvqwMAAtRI

 

[lilduke]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdVHW6kYCtg