22 Jul 2009
Norway Cross-Country Ski Trek Kit List
Filling in some extra details on our cross-country skiing trek in Norway earlier this year, here's my kit list that saw me fairly comfortably survive 6 1/2 days skiing between huts in the Arctic Circle.
Clothing and non-food kit list
- Skis, Poles, Boots
- Thin under-socks, thick outer socks
- Leggings, Waterproof trousers, Gaiters
- Baselayer, Mid-layer (eg. thin fleece)
- Down jacket (for stops / evenings / very cold days)
- Hard shell
- Sunglasses, Goggles
- Warm hat
- Thin gloves (to enable fiddly tasks without using bare hands)
- Thick gloves (that will fit over thin gloves)
- Sleeping bag (Rated to -15C or better in case of night in a snow-hole)
- Liner (because the bag will be too hot in huts)
- Bivvy (we went for Blizzard Bags)
- Snow shovel
- Bowl, Mug, Cutlery
- Multitool with knife
- Head torch & spare batteries
- Camelbak
- Snood / Buff / Scarf
- GPS (with huts marked as waypoints)
- First Aid Kit
Food for one person
- 500g Couscous
- 18 Cuppasoups
- 1 Chorizo
- 500g Instant Porridge pre-mixed with sugar, cinamon and dried apple
- Teabags
- 100g Milk powder
- 3 sachets of Instant Custard
- 3 sachets of Hot Chocolate powder
- 1 packet of Tangfastics
- 600g Homemade Trail Mix (inc peanuts, raisins, chocolate, jelly tots and M&Ms)
- 500g Spaghetti
- 400g Chocolate
- 2 Cereal Bars
- 1 Kendal Mint Cake
- Small pots of Salt, Paprika, Curry Powder
- 300ml Port
- ~200g Energy Powder
Didn't take but should have done:
- Epoxy resin / Superglue (for fixing stuff!)