Splitboarding – One Day Gearlist

Clothing

  • Gloves – spring touring  
  • Gloves – shell mits  
  • Hat – merino wool  
  • Hat – visor (condition dependent) 
  • Jacket – shell  
  • Jacket – puffy  
  • Pants – shell / softshell (weather dependent)  
  • Goggles
  • Helmet – condition dependent  
  • Shirt – baselayer 
  • Boots – soft snowboard boots  
  • Socks – knee high  
  • Underwear – merino or polypro  
  • Sunglasses – shaded and clear lenses  
  • Tights – merino or polypro  

Snowboard Gear

  • Snowboard – splitboard  
  • Binders – splitboard-specific  
  • Crampons – splitboard-specific  
  • Skins – splitboard-specific  
  • Poles – collapsible carbon fiber  
  • Straps – condition dependent  
  • Pin – extra binder pin  

First Aid and Repair

  • First Aid – wound care kit  
  • First Aid – splint  
  • First Aid – ace bandage  
  • Compass – adjustable declination  
  • Documents – I.D. / cash / credit  
  • Knife – small, light  
  • Info – maps and guidebook pages  
  • Whistle – on neck lanyard  
  • Tool – snowboard/binder repair tools  

Electronics

  • Camera – digital camera (possibly use phone)  
  • Light – headlamp  
  • Watch – altimeter enabled watch  

Avalanche Gear

  • Avalung  
  • Backpack – size is trip-length dependent  
  • Shovel – metal avalanche shovel  
  • Beacon – multi-antennae digital  
  • Saw – snow saw  
  • Rutsch Saw   
  • Probe – collapsible, lightweight  
  • Snow Study – slope meter, crystal cards, magnifier  
  • Stuff Sack

Emergency Gear

  • Pad – foam pad  
  • Bivy – emergency bivy  
  • Firestarting – lighter, matches, firestarter  
  • Cordage – 40′ of spectra cord  
  • Sunscreen
  • Mug/pot – titanium mug for emergency h20 boiling