one bottle, lighter, multi tool, tie wire, ROPE!, plugs, belt, zip ties, beacon. oh and ROPE!
what do you bring with you on your sled
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Sledcrazy2014
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Jeff you are right on it has happened to my brother while riding the snowies last season
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After watching Rob Kinkades video last year I have started carrying a small metal water bottle that I can melt water in if I need to. I like the idea of bringing stuff with me that has more than one purpose. I'm more of a Baby Ruth fan myself!
I carry almost everything you guys do, but I didn't see anyone carrying an alcohol stove, very small, I have seen where making a fire has been impossible for me.
2-way radios with ear piece have proven to be pretty fun and come in very helpful. A few of us in my group have Garmin Rino, which is GPS plus radio and you can see your buddies location on your map.
This thread reminds me, I need to pick up a recovery sled and keep it in the trailer. I was looking at one marketed as a game sled? http://www.amazon.com/Magnum-Deer-Sleighr-Game-Sled/dp/B001CJI7XA
This thread reminds me, I need to pick up a recovery sled and keep it in the trailer. I was looking at one marketed as a game sled? http://www.amazon.com/Magnum-Deer-Sleighr-Game-Sled/dp/B001CJI7XA
Bottle of everclear. Good for keeping fires burning hot, good for sterilizing, and good for when your bored and waiting for S&R
I have a BCA shovel that has a saw that pulls out of the handle, and then i also have a chainsaw blade style one for the bigger trees. The usual beacon, shovel, probe, gopro, cell phone (off while riding of course), lunch, lots of water at least 2 bottles 1 is never enough, small first aid kit is always handy, didnt have one 2 seasons ago on a ride where my buddy managed to put his knee into his clutch...Good times. And then I always have tons of tools since I ride a turbo and tend to hit A LOT of stuff, people are always stealing tools off of me. Spare gloves and goggles at least one of each or not two spares. Walky talkies are something ive never carried but a buddy who I commonly ride with does so I steal his, very VERY helpful, theres been so many times when somebody gets stuck just behind a tree or something and you're doing circles around him looking for him. Also a way to start fire ALWAYS.
Im sure theres more im missing because I always have a full backpack and then still dont have enough stuff, but its been a while since winter.
Heres a pic of my buddies knee just for a reminder that accidents do happen so make sure you're always ready, because I know we werent that day but given some cut up clothing and some tape we managed to make it work.
Im sure theres more im missing because I always have a full backpack and then still dont have enough stuff, but its been a while since winter.
Heres a pic of my buddies knee just for a reminder that accidents do happen so make sure you're always ready, because I know we werent that day but given some cut up clothing and some tape we managed to make it work.
I carry two spare belts. A good one for myself and a worn out one for other people that don't carry a spare.
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schu
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Surprised to see few things missing.
I carry an inReach (http://inreachdelorme.com/) it's like a sat phone, except without the voice, it only does text, which actually works better because you can type a message to any cell phone and it will plug away at getting the message though, so you aren't fighting with it to make it work. Service is cheap at $25 a month and it's got an oh crap button. I use it for flying, snowmobiling, back country hiking, traveling to Fairbanks, etc....
Muffpot. It's not survival gear, but it's required on my sled.
GPS. I don't use the inReach for the gps, because I don't have the explorer model, so I cary a Rhino mounted on the handle bars.
First aid kit. Nothing serious, enough to stop the bleeding.
Limited tools, I'll probably add that crunch thing, that looks good.
Extra gloves.
Enough food and water for 24 hours, which isn't much.
So basically if I'm in trouble I have enough to get me out, or text a buddy for help, or hit a button and call mountain rescue.
I carry an inReach (http://inreachdelorme.com/) it's like a sat phone, except without the voice, it only does text, which actually works better because you can type a message to any cell phone and it will plug away at getting the message though, so you aren't fighting with it to make it work. Service is cheap at $25 a month and it's got an oh crap button. I use it for flying, snowmobiling, back country hiking, traveling to Fairbanks, etc....
Muffpot. It's not survival gear, but it's required on my sled.
GPS. I don't use the inReach for the gps, because I don't have the explorer model, so I cary a Rhino mounted on the handle bars.
First aid kit. Nothing serious, enough to stop the bleeding.
Limited tools, I'll probably add that crunch thing, that looks good.
Extra gloves.
Enough food and water for 24 hours, which isn't much.
So basically if I'm in trouble I have enough to get me out, or text a buddy for help, or hit a button and call mountain rescue.
Doubles as a ski brake and if sh!ts hairy enough, use the good one on the other ski.
Only used ski brakes a cpl times but when I did, there wasn't enough wiskey to make me feel alright about going back down without them!
Good point on the long needle nose pliers too. Hate to have to take apart a clutch on the hill if it got wrapped up.
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05M7
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Tools: I carry enough tools to do pretty much anything short of a full rebuild of the sled, sockets, rachets, wrenches, alans, torx, a few screwdrivers. also always have my leatherman on me. Weights about 12lbs but when you need it your glad you have it.
Backpack: Heavy socks, dry sweatshirt and shirt, beanie hat, 4 pairs of gloves thick and thin, 4 bic lighters, pain killers, roll of electrical tape, spare batterys, gps, 2 extra pairs of googles, #9 wire, 2 rachet straps, 20ft tow rope, a compass, map, two gatorades, some random food, and a few others im sure im forgetting.
Biggest thing is being able to survive a night in the woods by yourself or being able to get out alive. with the things i keep with me i have no worries about staying out for at least 2 days. Ive done it for a night and glad i had the things i do.
Backpack: Heavy socks, dry sweatshirt and shirt, beanie hat, 4 pairs of gloves thick and thin, 4 bic lighters, pain killers, roll of electrical tape, spare batterys, gps, 2 extra pairs of googles, #9 wire, 2 rachet straps, 20ft tow rope, a compass, map, two gatorades, some random food, and a few others im sure im forgetting.
Biggest thing is being able to survive a night in the woods by yourself or being able to get out alive. with the things i keep with me i have no worries about staying out for at least 2 days. Ive done it for a night and glad i had the things i do.
Y would u have to stay out for 2 days?
Everywhere i ride, u can't get 10miles away from a trail.
Shouldn't take more than a few hrs to get to a trail?
I always ride with partners, we all have radios. We should be able to get at least one sled rideable and ride as many people as possible to the truck to get help or gas and parts to get the other people and sleds.
GS6
Everywhere i ride, u can't get 10miles away from a trail.
Shouldn't take more than a few hrs to get to a trail?
I always ride with partners, we all have radios. We should be able to get at least one sled rideable and ride as many people as possible to the truck to get help or gas and parts to get the other people and sleds.
GS6
A ten mile walk would be almost impossible without snowshoes in anything more than 2 feet of snow. A 1.25 mile hike took us 6 hours last year and I've never been as tired in my life as I was that night. We are in decent shape and come prepared but snowshoes got added to the list this year. 10 miles would take 2 days with snowshoes I bet. If you don't bring enough food and water to keep up with the energy you will burn hiking that far it will be extremely hard to make it out. If our situation last season would have been a much longer hike things could have gotten ugly real quick, there wasn't much left in the energy tank to go much farther. We drank a ton of water in 6 hours that night and had eaten almost all of our emergency food just keep us moving.
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05M7
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never been in the situation eh? it goes back to the old saying id rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it. I also know of a fella last year that was 200 yards away from the group that couldnt hear him or see him in a ravine that spent the night. tough to walk straight up 200 yards before everyone leaves you at last light.
I've had to walk out before. Went off a cliff with a buddy. No sled has been where we were and i hope no sled ever ends up in the same place.
We had to cross a tree that fell over a creek, about 30ft across and 15ft over the water. The bank on the other side couldn't have been more than 50ft but took 30-40 min to climb, about 18" of fresh snow. One of us would break trail for a few hundred ft then we would switch. About 1/2 mile and we found snowmobile tracks that led to a trail. We walked those tracks (sank 6-8in with every step) in the trail for 1-2 miles then we made it to a groomed trail and walked just over a mile and sleds came down the trail and gave us the 9mile ride back to the truck.
The next day we took 2 sleds and 4 guys back up to rescue our sleds.
We had 2 come alongs and 200ft of rope. We could only get the sleds within 1/2mile and had to carry the rope and come alongs to the tree crossing. We managed to get both sleds across the tree without anyone falling in to the water. My uncle slipped off the tree and was hanging on to the back bumper of the sled with his feet dangling but he didn't hit the water Lol. That 50ft bank that we could barely crawl up the day before, we had to pull the sleds up with the come alongs. It took us close to 4hrs to get the sleds to a rideable point.
I learned a lot those 2 days.
I guess my riding area is smaller than what most of you ride.
And we don't get more than 2ft of snow at once very often. We also have a few warming cabins up there if we can make it to them.
I think its great that people are prepared and carry plenty of supplies. I did not say it can't happen or that u shouldn't be prepared. Just asking y it would take 2 days.
If a big storm is dumping a lot of snow, i ride in a safe place close to trails, i don't go exploring. I do all of my exploring in good to decent conditions .
Not telling anyone to do any different than what they do or that i am smarter or better than anyone else. It's just what i do.
I try to think safe while having fun, i want to go home every night.
I do carry a space blanket, extra base layers, fire starters, food and a Geigerrig water filter that is good for more than 50 gallons of filtering fish piss and elk urine, saw, shovel, peips becon, rino 650 radio, cell phone. And i tell people where i plan to ride, who i am going with and approximate time i plan on returning.
Go ahead and flame me.
GS6
We had to cross a tree that fell over a creek, about 30ft across and 15ft over the water. The bank on the other side couldn't have been more than 50ft but took 30-40 min to climb, about 18" of fresh snow. One of us would break trail for a few hundred ft then we would switch. About 1/2 mile and we found snowmobile tracks that led to a trail. We walked those tracks (sank 6-8in with every step) in the trail for 1-2 miles then we made it to a groomed trail and walked just over a mile and sleds came down the trail and gave us the 9mile ride back to the truck.
The next day we took 2 sleds and 4 guys back up to rescue our sleds.
We had 2 come alongs and 200ft of rope. We could only get the sleds within 1/2mile and had to carry the rope and come alongs to the tree crossing. We managed to get both sleds across the tree without anyone falling in to the water. My uncle slipped off the tree and was hanging on to the back bumper of the sled with his feet dangling but he didn't hit the water Lol. That 50ft bank that we could barely crawl up the day before, we had to pull the sleds up with the come alongs. It took us close to 4hrs to get the sleds to a rideable point.
I learned a lot those 2 days.
I guess my riding area is smaller than what most of you ride.
And we don't get more than 2ft of snow at once very often. We also have a few warming cabins up there if we can make it to them.
I think its great that people are prepared and carry plenty of supplies. I did not say it can't happen or that u shouldn't be prepared. Just asking y it would take 2 days.
If a big storm is dumping a lot of snow, i ride in a safe place close to trails, i don't go exploring. I do all of my exploring in good to decent conditions .
Not telling anyone to do any different than what they do or that i am smarter or better than anyone else. It's just what i do.
I try to think safe while having fun, i want to go home every night.
I do carry a space blanket, extra base layers, fire starters, food and a Geigerrig water filter that is good for more than 50 gallons of filtering fish piss and elk urine, saw, shovel, peips becon, rino 650 radio, cell phone. And i tell people where i plan to ride, who i am going with and approximate time i plan on returning.
Go ahead and flame me.
GS6
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