Cutbank Valley
Photo courtesy of the National Park Service
Iceberg LakePhoto courtesy of the National Park Service
Glacier National Park Multimedia Site
Our Equipment List:
- 2 65 Liter backpacks
- 100 feet of rope each
- Snowshoes and Poles (Cabella's Snowy Range Shoes, made by Atlas)
- Nautica Wind Shells, waterproof
- Polarguard vests under, packable
- Fleeces
- Fleece long underwear and foundation layer
- Waterproof wind pants
- Goretex Gloves
- 3 pairs wool socks, each in the packs
- Packcloth waterproof gaiters, tall
- Cabella's Sorrel Packer boots for me, or Herman Survivors as an alternate. My wife has some lighter weight packer boots with Thinsulate and a goretex inner boot.
- 2 Surveyors compasses
- Set of waterproof Topo maps of Glacier each
- Avalanche beacon each.
- GMRS Radios
- We'll rent the snowshovels from Glacier Outdoor Center and I don't think we'll really need ice axes, since we aren't really going to be doing any traverses on steep glacier faces and we can't carry ice axes on Amtrak, anyway.
- 2 1 liter Nalgene Bottles each for water
- Small backpackers stove, and fuel, to melt snow if we run short on liquids as well as 2 lighters and waterproof matches
- Small thermos for hot chocolate at the Overlook looking down on Lake McDonald from the mountaintop. (Good photo opportunity)
- Survival bivvy sacks if we get caught out in the back country in a Spring Storm + 3 days food. If we get caught in a bad one, we'll just dig in in a snow cave and ride it out.
- Glacier sunglasses for the wife and sunscreen for both. I have some very good polarized cycling/ski glasses, already
- Flashlights and survival whistles
- Back Country First Aid Kit
Here's a bit of our planned terrain: This is about 15 miles out in the park.
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