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All the Gear You Need for a Luxe Hut Trip

Gear up with everything you need for your next backcountry adventure with soft goods and equipment from local retailers.

February 14, 2017 Published in the Midwinter/Spring 2017 issue of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine

Men's Soft Goods

Outdoor Research Skyward jacket, $350; Outdoor Research Skyward pant, $299, Haute Route.

Women's Soft Goods

Dyanfit Mercury jacket, $229.95, Cripple Creek Backcountry; Outdoor Research UberLayer jacket, $299, Haute Route; Dynafit Mercury pant, $229.95, Cripple Creek Backcountry.

Soft Goods

Dynafit Mercury glove, $74.95, Cripple Creek Backcountry.

Equipment

G3 Alpinist LT mohair skins, $195; G3 Synapse 109 powder ski, $899; Leki Haute Route Lite SL winter touring poles, $109.95, Haute Route.

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G3 Ion LT 12 binding, $479, Haute Route.

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Fischer Travers Carbon alpine touring boot, $899.95, Haute Route.

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2017-18 Weston Big Chief splitboard, $899; Voile skins, $180, Weston Snowboards.

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Spark R&D Surge binding, $419, Weston Snowboards.

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Deluxe Spark XV splitboard boot, $319, Cripple Creek Backcountry.

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BCA Stash 40 ski pack, $194.95, Cripple Creek Backcountry.

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BCA Stealth 270 avalanche probe, $55, Cripple Creek Backcountry; The Avalanche Handbook by David McClung & Peter Schaerer, $21.95, Haute Route; BCA Tracker 3 avalanche beacon, $335, Cripple Creek Backcountry.

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BCA Dozer how shovel, $89.95, Cripple Creek Backcountry.

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Sierra Designs Mobile Mummy women's sleeping bag, $309.95, Haute Route.

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Vuarnet glacier glasses, $699, Eye Pieces of Vail.

A backcountry hut trip rates as a springtime rite of passage for active valley locals and visitors seeking off-piste adventure. Once you’ve booked a bunk at the Shrine Mountain Inn or Janet’s Cabin, shop locally for these touring essentials.

Cripple Creek Backcountry, Lionshead, 970-510-0450, cripplecreekbc.com

Eye Pieces of Vail, Lionshead, 970-476-0226, eyepiecesofvail.com

Haute Route, Avon, 970-949-1282, hauterouteskiandrun.com

Weston Snowboards, Minturn, 970-827-4060, westonsnowboards.com

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