Winter clothing for San Jacinto

[tinaballina]

Good information Schützenweber.

[snoopyadog]

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[bluerail]

a little late with that important bit of wisdom snoopy.

but I enjoyed the little bit of insight into how a dog thinks.

[neverwashasbeen]

@ Steve, I'm most intrigued by the free mother.

[KathyW]

edit.

I just noticed the part about renting the axe and crampons for Shasta. Does that mean you'll be using an ice axe and crampons for the first time on Shasta? I hope not unless you're going guided.

Anyway, add an ice axe and crampons to the list so you can take them with you on climbs this winter and spring here in So Cal.

[bluerail]

Patti ordered the rbh liners......

[Lermo]

Catalyst81

Check out this San Jacinto Hiking Group trip & TR from last July 4th weekend.

http://www.mtsanjacinto.info/viewtopic. ... ght=shasta

Happy Trails!

[Snowhiker]

Right now I'm using liners and thick smartwool socks with Vasque Breeze GTX boots. I don't know how the boots will hold up in the snow. I'll be renting a helmet, ice ax, and crampons for Shasta.

I am not really one to give advice from my small amount of experience but I thought I have heard from a few different people that renting a ice ax and crampons is normally a bad idea.
The trip sounds like it is going to be amazing though! I hope you have a great time!

That's interesting. Why did those people say it was a bad idea to rent?

I had heard that you can not trust the quality of it and its something that your putting your lives hands in. Actually its more towards ice ax then the crampons because you don't know how much stress the ax has had on it you don't want to slip need to arrest your self and have your ax end up breaking somehow.

I would think the "false sense of security" one would receive from renting an ice ax and crampons, and not knowing how to use those items, would be more dangerous then such equipment actually failing/breaking if used correctly?!?

[hawkbill666]

I ALWAYS packed too much for warm clothing and ended up sweating and having to take stuff off. I recently completed C2C and I swore I would pack just right this time. It was 41 degrees on the summit 6 weeks ago with some crazy high winds. I packed two very light weight long sleeve REI closeout long underwear, a moisture whisking tshirt and an Eddie Bauer RipPac jacket (ultra light weight ‘sortof’ rain jacket) with a hood. I also had a wool head sock, and $9 handyman gloves from Lowes. I have never been so perfectly warm and comfortable and it felt like I was wearing nothing.

Of course if I stopped for more than five minutes I got cold, but as soon as I was moving I was just right. When I look at going up skyline in the winter I will probably add a small compact down jacket for sitting, as long as I am sure it won’t be raining….still not sure on that last part but the combination above was perfect.

<queue personal rant>I tried to buy another of those RipPac jackets as they are so great and Eddie Bauers no longer sells them ! It happens to me all the time and I have very limited options as I need to buy Eddie Bauers Tall as I have 37 inch ape arms </end personal rant>

I too am interested in the risk associated with rented equipment discussion....