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Hi, not sure which section to put this in.
Doing Haute Route hut-to-hut trip next week.
gues there will be food in huts, but what do people carry with them for sustenance during the day. Is it worth taking a Jet-Boil small stove and some de-hydrated meals. Chocolate and dried fruit dont seem much.
any advice appreciated. Thanks
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fuego,
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| worth taking a Jet-Boil small stove and some de-hydrated meals |
- no way : travel as light as possible.
This time of year the huts are all wardened (apart from maybe La Saleina - which has a stove - if you're doing the Grande Lui variant or 3-Cols etc) so you'll get good filling meals in the evenings & basic breakfasts.
Carry normal hill food - maybe carry enough for 2-3 days & top up enroute - huts will have basic hill food & you'll be down at valley level (Champex or La Foully) after day 2.
One tip : remove all the packaging from bars, choc etc - surprising how much excess rubbish you'll be carrying otherwise.
Split hill food into individual 1day ziploc bags - one at top of sac & rest packed away. Mix everything together, so you get a nice lucky dip when you dig your hand in. Personal faves are M&Ms and marzipan mixed in with everything else
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Finished the Haute Route last week. Took sarnies from the boulangerie in Argentiere for day 1 lunch, Got sarnies in Le Chable on Day 2 and bought extras for lunch day 3. Lunch day 4 was a sarnie prepared by Dix hut. Last day forgot to order a sarnie and just ate the remaining cereal bars we had left.
That was plenty of grub, huts have loads of mars bars etc if you want to top up more
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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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For multi day hiking trips or long climbs I like those little protein/total nutritian bars. Pretty much a meal replacement (apart from leaving you still feeling hungry) and fairly light weight.
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It also depends on how the group travels, too.
When I do hut-to-hut trips by myself, I carry power bars or get whatever I can from the hut. I don't stop for a long lunch so I simply munch every hour or so. Small food.
But when traveling with a group that likes to stop for an hour for lunch, I pack a more substantial lunch. I don't know if you can get that, but I got a collection of military rations from a friend who's a former army type. These come with its own chemical heating element to warm the food up. Feels really good on a chilly mountain to have hot food!
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and of course there will be rosti available for late lunch in most huts. you wouldn't want to ruin your appetite for that would you?
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Nothing to add to this really... I make a trail mix and keep it in my pocket and just eat from it all day.
We don't stop for to eat while touring so from the minute I start skining I'm munching. Beer and roesti never tasted so good when you arrive at the huts.
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Not exactly food - but without fail - a decent flask, fluids, warmth, energy and morale all in a handy 'can'
Id have to disagree about the jet boil comment, given their weight (less than 500g inc cannister) IMO its always a necessity having the means to heat food/ water if things go wrong ie a fall, twist, break, damaged equipment etc. You should always carry some form of emergency pack, i use a small tupperware container with a stripped down *British Army ration pack in it, containing:
1x boil in the bag meal (usually Burgers/ Sausages and beans)
1x pate and Biscuits
1x Hot chocolate sachets/ instant tea and sugar
1x Chocolate bar/ Kendal mint cake
1x Bag boiled sweets.
This is then stashed at the bottom of my bergan/ daysack and i have it if i (or someone else who hasnt got anything) needs it. The last thing you want is to be sat around for potentially hours or more and not have something to keep you going, plus if you know you are going to be assisted then great get the brew on warm up and raise your morale!
Food for enroute, as has been pointed out in above posts should be high nutrition and low bulk: nuts and chocolate chunks in a ziplock bag are great, although my personal faviourite is beef jerky - i love this stuff its uber lightweight, high in protein and is the food of the gods.
ABC makes a very valid point about what your group will be doing for scran en route - are you going to be flying along or taking it easy? as Hollers points out - you can have butties en route, combine with instant soup w/ hot water from the flask and some chocolate and nuts - et voila "haute" cuisine  otherwise its jacket pockets with nuts, chocolate and hmmmm Beef Jerky all the way.
Now off to order some more beef jerky.
* 4000 calories in a box and these can be purchased online and through Army Surplus outlets.
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