Essential Equipment (3/3) Group Gear

Here is a list of things needed for group gear:

Gear for a multi-day sojourn to mountainous areas with snow or ice fields

• Beacon, avalanche (optional)
• Food
• Fuel for stove, 1-liter bottles
• First aid kit, group
• Ice hammer
• Rescue pulley, belay device (8 ATC)
• Ropes, 9.5mm, dry, 150-foot
• Slings and runners, assorted
• Snow saw
• Snow shovel
• Stove, lightweight, ripstop-treated nylon
• Wands (50)
• Water purification system.

(Dougherty, Neil J. IV. Mountaineering Safety. Outdoor Recreation Safety. United States: The School and Community Safety Society of America, 1998.)