Alpine Climbing Equipment List for Europe

Alpine climbing equipment list for mountaineering in Europe.

Technical gear:

• Back pack   (30 litre, the bigger the bag the more you carry)
• Steel Crampons with anti-snow plates eg Petzl Varsaks, no aluminium crampons as they will likely break on rocky sections
• Ice axe (50-60 cm mountaineering axe)
• Harness eg Petzl Altitude
• Mountaineering helmet
• 2 small prussik loops
• 2 locking karabiners (pear shaped – Petzl Attache)
• 1×120 cm sling
• Headtorch + spare batteries / USB charging cable
• 3 piece walking poles that can fit inside the rucksack

Personal gear:

• B2/3 Mountaineering boots, leather/synthetic with vibram soles
• Warm Hat
• Sun hat, sun viser( must fit under the helmet)
• Cat 4 Sunglasses
• Cat3/4 Ski goggles
• Light weight gloves
• Heavy weight gloves
• Neck gaiter or scarf

Layering system:

• Lightweight underwear –  top and bottoms (1 set)
• Warm wool socks – 80/20 merino/silk mix is very warm
• Softshell/fleece midlayer
• Treking pants, perferrable windproof
• Jacket – Goretex with good hood
• Paclite goretex overtrousers with full length zips to pull over crampons
• Down jacket

For the Hut:

• Lightweight  sleeping bag liner
• Ear plugs
• Toothbrush
• Blob of toothpaste
• A few wetwipes

Other items:

• Phone and charging cable
• Sunscreen & lip screen
• Extra pair of prescription glasses and contacts – if applicable
• Contact solutions – if applicable
• Prescription medication
• Water bottle or Thermos (unbreakable eg Nalgene bottle), insulator for Mont Blanc
• Pic-nic lunches and Snacks
• Pocket knife
• Blister kit/zinc oxide tape
• Paracetamol/ibuprofen
• Cash
• Credit card