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Requirements of Winter:

The Appalachian Trail was a great hike, but one that only required what's called 3-season gear. My tent was made with a solid tub section and mesh netting for great summer ventilation, which when paired with a 20-degree down sleeping bag made for a cozy place to spend the night. With a hike that started in frigid temperatures and all kinds of icy precipitation from Georgia through the 5,000+ foot evelations in the Smoky Mountains and later included 90-degree nights in the valleys of the mid-Atlantic coast, I needed gear that was versatile enough to change with the weather and keep me comfortable throughout.

When it came to a 273 mile winter thru-hike in Vermont's Green Mountain range, I needed to focus on having gear that is strictly designed for the rigors of winter use and weather. I needed to buy a new backpack, sleeping bag (rated for much colder temperatures than my 3-season 20 degree bag), tent, clothing, and water purification system. I already owned a plethora of wind and waterproof jackets that have proven very useful on previous winter hikes, and added some crampon foot wear in order to keep a good grip on ice and snow in the mountains.

The investment in winter gear wasn't cheap, but in the long run I chose high quality gear that will serve me well on both this specific thru-hike and future winter adventures.
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Winter gear occupies a lot more volume than 3-season equipment.

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Winter Gear List:

Core Gear:
- Mountain Hardwear Lamina Z Blaze -15 Sleeping Bag
- Sea to Summit Reactor Thermolite Sleeping Bag Liner
Core Gear:
  • Cold Cold World Chaos 66L backpack 
  • Mountain Hardwear Direkt2 Tent (4-season, 2-man) 
  • Sea to Summit Reactor Thermolite bag liner
  • Therm-A-Rest NeoAir X-Therm R5.7 sleeping pad
  • Tubbs Flex Alp 24" snowshoes

Clothing & Footwear:
  • Marmot PreCip outer shell (also used on A.T.)
  • Patagonia Fitz Roy puffy down jacket
  • REI Quarter-Zip fleece pullover
  • New Balance long sleeve poly base layer
  • NB compression underwear
  • NB long underwear bottoms
  • REI Teton fleece pants
  • Patagonia Simul Alpine softshell pants
  • Merrell Men's Glacier Boots - 400 grams insulation
  • Kahtoola MICROSpikes Traction
  • REI Merino Wool Expedition socks (3x pair)
  • RBH Designs VaprThrm VBL socks
  • Seirus Neofleece Face Mask
  • Black Diamond Mercury Insulated Mittens
  • REI glove liners
Cooking & Food Preparation
  • MSR Pocket Rocket Stove w/ 8oz gas canisters 
  • SnowPeak 700 Cooking Pot
  • GSI Infinity Backpacker Mug
  • GSI plastic spoon
  • 2x Nalgene Ultra-light 32oz bottles w/ insulating sleeves
  • Lighters and matches

​Misc.
  • Petzl Tikka Plus 140 lumen headlamp
  • Spare 120 lumen headlamp
  • Midland T-10 walkie-talkies
  • Mountain Hardwear Dome Perignon hat
  • MSR Responder Snow Shovel
  • iPhone 6 w/ Guthook Long Trail App
  • 22,000 mAh Anker external battery pack
  • GMC Long Trail End to End Guide

Merrell Glacier Boots
Therm-a-rest NeoAir XTherm MAX
Mountain Hardwear Lumina Bag
Direkt2 Alpine 4-season
Marmot PreCip Shell
Kahtoola MICROspikes
Midland T10 Radios
Tubbs Alp Flex 24
Patagonia Fitz Roy Down Jacket

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