What to take up the mountain?

Lift pass
Mobile
Money
credit card
Camera (Most days)
Fags
lip balm/suncream dongle thingy

All in my pockets.

Dave Mac wrote:In all these lists, nobody has mentioned the only thing you really need.
[b][i]Lift Pass

Dave, you dont get up the mountain without it. Its in my pocket already.

Vid cam, hip flask, phone, wax .

I take a backpack with me, though it's a pretty slim one. It will have my mobile, keys, wallet, penknife, extra layers of clothing, camelback, lunch (baguette and chocolate), glove liners, lip balm/sun block, and sometimes a GPS unit. It has an expandable front strap-thing for my helmet if it's ridiculously hot, and has ski carry straps for when I'm hiking for some snow :D

Tony_H wrote:

Dave Mac wrote:In all these lists, nobody has mentioned the only thing you really need.
[b][i]Lift Pass

Dave, you dont get up the mountain without it. Its in my pocket already.

I am pretty sure it is a occasional forgotten item. Not too bad when you can just walk back over the road to your room and retrieve it, but if you are a ski bus ride away....

This leads me an aligned point, methodology at the end of the ski day. People often go out in the evening, wearing their ski jackets, but don't want the day trivia. Our method is a ski pile. Only the stuff that goes in your anorak goes on the pile. In the morning, we do a double check. Sure most people do the same.

Jackets have lift pass pockets. I tend to use them for just that.

Tony_H wrote:In all these lists, nobody has mentioned the only thing you really need.
Lift Pass

Dave, you dont get up the mountain without it. Its in my pocket already.