 Poster: A snowHead
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... there always seems to be lots of advice on hardware (skis, boots, etc.) but I just wanted some collective wisdom on all the other stuff people take out for a day's skiing.
To get the ball rolling, and at the risk of getting loads of  for starting the list sounding like a big girl, I always take out (amongst a lot of other less girly things!):
Body Shop Elderflower Eye Gel
(if you wear contact lenses and get dry eyes in the Alpine air, it really helps)
Cuticura Hand Cleansing Gel
(really good for French loos with no water / soap / towel)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Oh dear. You sound like a big girl. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Still am! How's VT? Do you remember meeting in the Roast beef around 15th December and you showed me your  sweatshirt?!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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my list is too dull.
SkiBod, don't you find anything in your eyes/nearby screws up your lenses? or do I just have oversensistive eyes?
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A crockpot to prepare hot meals, according to the good people on Epicski.
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Duck tape wrapped around the poles, never know when you need to do running repairs.
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I AM a big girl and I don't take anything like that SkiBod, sunscreen lip salve and a mars bar is about all I usually take with me?? aj xx
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lubricants and a Mars bar . . . partaaaay! wot... no vodka?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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a bit of choc, water(I now got a camelbak),lip stuff,camera & a foil thermal blanket- just in case I come across an accident (or need it myself).
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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David Murdoch,
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SkiBod, don't you find anything in your eyes/nearby screws up your lenses? or do I just have oversensistive eyes?
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If you put a great dob of it right in your eye, would probably not be the best, but it is only really Witch Hazel [which is what Optrex is, basically, and you do put that right in your eye!] with something to make it a bit gloopier and seems not to cause me any problems, and I do have relatively sensitive skin.... bit of a sensitive flower really, as you can see from my girly list!
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Sorry, just realised I probably missed the point there, David Murdoch, it doesn't seem to make my lenses go blurry or anything, either, even if I do inadvertently get some in my eye - it just clears away - and yet even if put it around my eyes it seems to make them feel less dry.
Anyway! Back to the list ~ my friend takes port in a hip flask and if she has a wobbly morning, takes a swig or two of it and reckons it really improves her confidence.
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You know it makes sense.
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I used to take a whole load of stuff in a rucksack, but have been cajoled to not taking one anymore so I suffice with Milkyways, suncream, and lipsalve.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Camelbak, suncream, lip balm, tiger balsm, leatherman (like a swiss army knife but not), cell phone, chocolate, Not Wax.....I have found my hip flask so there will be single malt of the day during the next 9 days holiday 
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Poster: A snowHead
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diamond file
phone
wallet
sun screen
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Skis
Boots
Warm clothes
Sense of Adventure
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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marc gledhill, phone number of a good dentist?
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Oh great, another listing opportunity... none of you seem to take any cash which is why you'll never see me on one of your bashes.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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JohnHill, it's in my wallet!
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JohnHill, my butler carries it.
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My least girly thing:
Navman A300 Ski Tool
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Fri 24-02-06 18:20; edited 1 time in total
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Although it may seem a bit extravagant for a couple of week's skiing a year, it's also v useful for running, cycling, walking, etc...
"useful" being a relative term ....
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I got one of the leatherman tools with a diamond file and conventional file on it. Damn handy 
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Mini binoculars, "Shall we go over there, looks good" A big Marley for the drive home. 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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JohnHill, How vulgar, one never talks of cash 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Thin half zip fleece...
...so I can faff around all day putting it on and taking it off again, which entails taking off gloves, goggle, hat, turtleneck, coat .... much to amusement / annoyance of everyone else in cable car.
But seriously, how do other people get their temperature right? I usually ski in one thermal and a ski jacket. In Val Thorens in December it was bloody freezing at the tops but then by the time I got to the bottom of the valley, if I had put the extra (Polartec 100 weight) fleece on, I was so hot I began feeling funny....
Any good ideas for that one?
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SkiBod, - Mrs Ed is quite particular when it comes to being just right- and this is very important as if too hot- extreme irritability, too cold- grinds to a halt.
Ruchsack- with bladder, phone, (cash&cards- no butler) s/screen etc, small 1st aid kit, spare gloves & goggles (v useful after face plants and if you drop either of these you are stuffed), fleece vest and down vest for Mrs Ed, if vv cold down vest for me as well, shovel if required. Seems like a lot but being cold is really rubbish.
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You know it makes sense.
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SkiBod, pit zips and taking my hat and neck gaiter on and off work wonders for me. I generally wear a layer of thermals then a layer of fleece under my shell, then a spare fleece in my pack if I need it.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Of course I carry a wallet and my mobile. although while doing a fun race, landed on my wallet and back at end of Jan and have only in the last few days or so got rid of the bruise on my leg!!!!!!!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Kramer, Yes, pit zips do work wonders, don't they? But can be a bit of a pain if you fall over in lots of fluffy stuff and it all gets in everywhere.
You must be quite a cool dude / cold fish [delete as applicable] if you ever need to wear all that lot - or you just aren't skiing hard enough 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Annehillskiing, I know someone who fell off their mountain bike onto a can of coke they were v ill-advisedly carrying in their rucksack, and it burst all over the key to their car, b@ggered up the key's chip, and cost £100 to replace
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Kramer, pit zips??? Any way things In carry .. powder trails (which I never seem to use even in deep snow - too much of a faff), bottle of water, whistle (see previous threads), insurance documentation, extra top, binoculars etc etc
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stevew, armpit ventilation zips. You open them up and they let air in, and heat out.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Camera with spare batteries and memory cards
Hat (I normally wear a helmet) this is for when lunching outdoors
Non boarding gloves. - for sitting outside.
sunnies - see above
water bottle, dont like boarding with a platypus/camelbak.
wallet - to buy beer/food
additional thin fleece
mobile - just in case although best to check your provider has coverage.
piste map! Although this does depend on the resort.
Next trip
GPS for recording speeds , routes etc. Could be interesting.
May take binoculars next time for reasons given above.
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Wear The Fox Hat,
is that for doing your nails with on the lifts, then?
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I have a little back pack that has a pair of mittens in case it gets too cold for gloves, water, a towel, goggles(eventually I'll pack extra lenses for changing light), and some spray-on wax in case I was too lazy to wax the night before. My ski jacket has a ski-key lock that permanently lives in a pocket. GPS is fun. I always have an extra door key to the car in my wallet.
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Wear The Fox Hat, thanks .. new jacket I got this season has these .. didn't need them in Saas Fee in Jan (b**ody cold) but hope to try them out in March!!
Last edited by After all it is free  on Sun 26-02-06 18:48; edited 1 time in total
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Ghost, what's the towel for? 
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I make sure my feet are dry before I put my boots on. I dry my skis off before I put them in the car for the trip home.
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