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Packing List for Our Winter Adventure Trips

We want to provide you with a detailed packing list for our winter adventure trips. It is good to know in advance what gear you’ll need to be prepared as best as possible.

And if you still have questions, then just reach out to us, we are here for you.

Skiing in Finnish Lapland

Gear list

  • Daypack with hip belt (20-35l)
  • H2H: Dry bags or smaller duffel bag to keep your thing together in the sled (a zippered Ikea bag works well here, too)
  • H2H: Sleeping bag (Comfort rating -15°C on Jan/Feb trips, -5°C on March/April trips) *
  • Sleeping bag liner
  • Pillowcase (for pillows in wilderness cabin (50x60cm)
  • Head torch (plus spare batteries)
  • Drinking bottle 1l (insulated bottle works better in winter)
  • Thermos bottle 1l

H2H: only needed on our Hut to hut skiing trips

* Sleeping bags can be rented with prior notice

 

Skiing Gear

  • Shell (Ski) jacket and shell (ski) pants
  • Insulated down or synthetic jacket for under shell layer
  • Bigger down jacket to go over all layers (for breaks)
  • Warm woollen jumper or thicker fleece
  • Mid layers, like a thinner fleece jacket and fleece pants or outdoor pants to go under shell
  • Base layer set (preferably wool, min. wool thickness 180-200g/m²)
  • Sock liners x2 (no cotton!)
  • Wool or thick ski socks to go over liner socks (no cotton!) x2
  • Neck warmer (buff)
  • Beanie
  • Liner gloves
  • Thick gloves (mittens work best, make sure you have enough room for liner gloves
  • Ski googles
  • Sunglasses and sunscreen (for the March-April trips)
  • Winter boots

 

 

Pssst… Want some recommendation for good quality and locally produced woollen base layers? Check out our trusted partner Ruskovilla. We love wearing their products and can’t recommend enough. There is also a blog post on our website introducing a few of our favourite items. 

 

 

 

Other Personal Items

  • Set of comfortable clothes for the evenings in the huts
  • Hut shoes (Crocs work well)
  • Travel towel
  • Bathing suit (for sauna – not always needed but good to have😉)
  • Personal hygiene kit
  • Personal medication kit (blister pads!)
  • H2H: set of clothes before and after the ski trip
  • Powerbank + cables (no electricity in the wilderness huts)
  • Personal snacks during the day

H2H: only needed on our Hut to hut skiing trips

Optional

  • Book
  • Card game
  • Camera/tripod
  • Notepad

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CARRY RAMBAUSEK
Ever since Carry's travels to West Canada and Alaska she was fascinated by the vast, untouched landscape of the North. In Finland she has found her European equivalent and a place she calls home. Founding Wild Awake Outdoors and guiding others to the beautiful wild North made perfect sense to her.
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