Mt. Olympus: Equipment List

Clothing:

• Long underwear top and bottom
• Expedition weight long underwear top or wool shirt
• Pile or thick wool sweater
• Pile or thick wool pants
• GORE-TEX® jacket
• GORE-TEX® pants or bibs
• Down jacket
• Gaiters
• Wool or pile cap
• Face mask or balaclava
• Heavy insulated shell gloves
• Pile or wool gloves
• Heavy mountaineering socks
• Liner socks
• Baseball cap
• T-shirt
• Hiking shorts

Gear:

• Full size pack - 5000 to 6000 cubic inch capacity
• Sleeping bag with stuff sack- rated to at least 20 degrees Fahrenheit
• Sleeping pad
• Plastic or leather mountaineering boots that can be used w/ crampons †
• Snowshoes †
• Avalanche transceiver †
• Crampons - fitted to your boots †
• Ice axe - 60 to 70 cm long †
• Climbing harness †
• One large pear shaped locking carabiner †
• One mechanical ascender with one non-locking carabiner
• Climbing helmet †
• Ski poles - with the baskets attached †
• Head lamp- with a new battery and spare bulb †
• Dark glasses - with side shields and UV rated
• Ski goggles or spare glasses
• Two water bottles - 1 liter wide mouth with a personalized identifying mark
• Pocket knife
• Sunscreen - spf 15 minimum
• Lip balm- spf 15 minimum
• Eating utensils - bowl, insulated cup, spoon
• Camera and film
• Iodine tablets
• Personal lunch - for three days

† Items with an asterisk are available for loan from Northwest Mountain Guides

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