Packing is one of the most important things on a tour. Your caring your Backpack for long distances, so you don´t want to carry too much weight but you want spent a comfortable and good time outside. And you don´t want to unpack your backpack every time you need something in a break.

How to pack you Backpack in general?

On a Winter trip with ski´s you should put the heaviest point in the middle of the backpack and as close as possible to your Body. Make sure that you don´t put bottles or other stuff outside of your Bag where you can lose it if your falling.

Where to put what? (Organisation is everything)

You should put small things like a knife, first aid kid, head torch or ski wax in an easy excess pocked. Other things like extra layer, snacks or hot beverages that you will need during the skiing should be too hard to reach. Important Things like a snow shuffle or an avalanche probe should be packed outside of the backpack because “if we need them we´ll need them fast”.

You should keep you stuff dry because especially in the winter it is really hard and sometimes almost impossible to dry your stuff. I would recommend having dry bags or at least different plastic bags for Food (one for dinner, one breakfast, and one for snacks all food should be prepared as far as possible you don´t want cut carrots in -10°), another bag for spear underwear, and another for spear cloth. I pack nearly everything in different bags to organize and to keep it dry.

Packing the first aid Kit:

To cut weight you can organise the different first aid tools in your group but in general are there better parts in your backpack where you can cut weight. You first aid kit should have painkillers, stereo stripes, pressure tape, plaster, saflon, compression pack, blister plaster, imodeum tape, elastic bandage, safety pins, antibiotic, forceps, splint, scissor.