I’m headed north to central BC to document a mountain goat hunt for Sitka Gear in a few days. These cold, late-season backpack hunts take some serious gear and planning. Here is a list of everything I’m taking (and then some):
Food/Calories per day. Shoot for 3,500 cal/day. |
Item |
Calories |
Honey Stinger Waffle |
160 |
Honey Stinger Waffle |
160 |
Honey Stinger Waffle |
160 |
Probar Meal Superfruit |
350 |
Nature Valley Peanut Butter Bar |
170 |
Nature Valley Peanut Butter Bar |
170 |
Trail Mix Kirkland Single Packs X 2 |
620 |
Instant Coffee |
10 |
Cliff Shot Energy Gel |
100 |
Clif Shot Energy Bloks |
200 |
Protein Powder (1 scoop) |
140 |
Olive Oil packets |
190 |
Freeze Dried Dinner |
790 |
Pro Bar Almond Butter |
190 |
tuna packet |
90 |
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|
Total |
3500 |
Camping Gear |
Stone Glacier Sky Guide 7,900 backpack w/Lid |
-Stone Glacier Rain Fly |
-2x waistbelt pockets (1 for food, 1 for headlamp) |
-2x swing out pockets |
-1x camp pocket |
1 man Hilleberg Enan |
-Sponge for wiping out condensation |
Emergency Kit |
-Garmin InReach |
-Global Rescue Card |
-Firestarter |
-Lighter |
-Matches |
-TP |
-Whistle |
-Compression Wrap |
-Quik Clot clotting sponge |
-Ibuprofen |
-Pepto |
-SOL Emergency Bivy |
-Water treatment tablets |
Fenix HL60R Headlamp |
-Extra battery |
BD Whippet |
Valandre Bloody Mary sleeping bag |
-granite gear compression sack |
Thermarest Neoair pad |
Bivy Sack? |
1L Platypus Water Bottle |
1L Platypus Water Bottle |
1.5 liter Nalgene |
GSI fare share mug |
Titanium Spork |
Toiletry Kit |
TP |
Wet wipes |
Water purification tablets |
MSR Wind Burner stove |
Fuel |
lighter |

Clothing (check weather prior to trip) |
REI Belt |
Sitka Large Logo Beanie |
Sitka Stormfront Jacket and pants |
Sitka Timberline pant with removable knee pads |
Sitka Kelvin Lite Hoody |
Sitka Kelvin Active Jacket |
Sitka Merino Core Lightweight tee |
Sitka Core Heavy weight hoody |
Buff |
Sitka Kelvin Lite Pant |
Sitka Blizzard Mitts |
Sitka shooter gloves |
Sitka cap |
2x – Fits Socks |
2x – Sitka Merino Underwear |
Sitka Long Underwear |
Sitka Kelvin Down WS Hoody |
Sitka Kelvin Lite Pants |
Sitka Neck Gaiter |
Marmot Down tent booties |
Sitka TTW travel wear |

Camera Gear |
Sony a7riii Body |
Sony a7riii Body |
-dual USB charger |
Micro usb charging cable |
Sony rx100VI |
extra batteries |
charging cable |
Sony 70-200 F2.8 G Master Lens |
Sony 24-70 F2.8 G Master Lens |
Sony 16-35 F2.8 Lens |
1.5 sony batteries/day (10 days = 15 batteries) |
1 TB of memory cards |
Swarovski 95mm Spotting Scope |
Sirui Tripod |
Iphone |
Phone Skope WITH SPOTTING SCOPE ADAPTER |
Intervalometer |
– 2x extra AAA batteries |
Polarizing and ND filters |
Sennheiser MKE 400 shotgun mic |
– 1 extra AAA battery |
Lens Coats |
2x Battery Bricks and charging cables |
iphone cable |
Micro usb charging cable |
Cleaning Kit |
-zeiss wipes |
-lens pen |
-blower |
Cotton Carrier Camera Harness System |
– (sling, shoulder and holster attachments) |
Multi Tool |

Footwear |
Kenetrek Mtn Extreme |
Inov8 trail runners w/odor eater insoles (for travel) |
OR Gaiters |
Crampons? |
Micro Spikes? |
Luggage |
Yeti Tocayo bag for computer |
Yeti Panga 100L Duffle |
Sitka Nomad |
Pelican 1510 Air for camera gear |
Computer Gear |
Computer |
Charger |
2TB SSD |
SD Card Reader for USB-C |
backup SD Card Reader for USB-C |
Misc |
Trim nails before going |
copy of passport |
notify banks |
Glasses |
Sunglasses |
Glasses Case |
Passport |
iphone cable |
iphone cable |
business cards |
Travel toiletry kit |
Extra travel clothes |
Large deodorant in luggage |
garbage bags in luggage for dirty clothes |
Travel Food |
Gear for Dustin |
Format all memory cards pre-trip |
Charge batteries |
Go to chiropractor |
Get K-Tape |
Prototypes from Sitka |
free up space on Iphone |
tighten baseplates, cotton carrier plates, tripod legs |
clean camera/spotting scope |
blower to sensors |
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