Three nights on the high route: what we carried
A full packing list for a three-night trip above 2,000 metres, with the weight of every item and what we would leave behind next time.
Four of us walked the high route in the second week of September: three nights, 58 kilometres, about 4,200 metres of climbing. We weighed everything on the shop scale the evening before. Base weight means everything except food, water and fuel.
The big three
| Item | Weight |
|---|---|
| Lowpoint 1 Tent | 1,020 g |
| Talus 38 Pack, size M | 1,180 g |
| Sleeping bag, comfort 2 °C | 890 g |
| Inflatable pad | 410 g |
That is 3,500 g before anything else goes in. The tent, pack and pad are what we would change first if we wanted to go lighter; the bag we would keep, because the second night dropped to minus one.
Clothes
We walked in the same shirt and trousers every day and kept one dry set for camp. The Drizzle Rain Shell went on twice, both times for less than an hour, and the Firn Insulated Jacket came out every evening and every morning before the sun reached the tents.
What we would leave behind
- The second fuel canister. One 230 g canister cooked for two people for three nights with a third left.
- A full first-aid kit each. One shared kit and a small blister kit each is enough for four.
- The camp shoes. Untied boots worked fine.
What we were glad of
Poles on the descents, a paper map and the Bearing Baseplate Compass on the second day, when cloud sat on the pass for three hours and the path vanished under old snow.