What To Carry When You Go Skiing
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What to consider taking with you when you go out skiing.
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On you
- Plastic whistle
- Piste map
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In your pack
- Survival blanket / bivvy bag
- Small first aid kit
- Tubigrip / elasticated bandage
- Strapping
- Triangular bandage
- Some tampons
- Analgesia
- Latex gloves
- Antiseptic
- Plasters
- Sterile pads<
- LED head torch / small strobe
- Spare batteries for torch
- Powder traces.
- Spare piste maps
- Phone with the local emergency numbers already tapped in (don't forget 112 / 911)
- Sustenance
- Chocolate / mint cake
- Water
- A nice single malt in a hip flask
- Chemical heat pads
- Spare boot laces
- Swiss Army knife / multi-tool
- Basic toolkit
- Ratchet and bits / spare bits
- Duct tape
- Zip ties
- Two-way radio
- Compass
- Ski lock
- Spare money / emergency credit card
- Insurance details
- Passport
- Binoculars
- Sun cream
- Lip balm
- Spare socks
- Buff
- Spare hat / gloves / layer / goggles / sun glasses + case
- Knee brace
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Off-piste
- Shovel
- Probe
- Transceiver
- Spare batteries for transceiver and GPS
- Small, basic GPS
- A better first aid kit
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Backcountry
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