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 |
| 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 |
annulicollective 
Awesome! Love your gear breakdowns…
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