BSA Troop 53
An Outdoors Experience Troop

 

The Winter Equipment List


All items listed are to be brought as many times as they are listed (i.e. wool hats). On longer trips, scouts will wear full scout uniform in vehicles and will change into items in Change-into Kit. If the trip is local, the scouts will wear items in Change-into Kit. (*denotes that the kit is the DIFFERENT FROM THE BASIC EQUIPMENT LIST- all other kits are the same.)

Wear *
Full scout uniform
Ankle-high boots
Brimmed hat
Scout neckerchief
Handkerchief
Pocketknife
Watch
Heavy jacket
$10 Spending Money


Change-into Kit *
Long-johns top and bottom
1 pair wool/fleece pants w/ belt
2 pair wool/fleece socks
1 pair PROPER WINTER SOREL BOOTS
1 pair felt liners
Windproof jacket/shell (can be rain jacket)
Sunglasses
1 pair mittens
Wool/fleece shirt
Wool/fleece sweater
2nd belt, knife, rope


Extra Clothes Kit *
3 pair wool/fleece socks
1 pair under shorts
1 handkerchief
1 wool/fleece shirt (button-down is best)
1 Medium weight sweater/sweatshirt
1 Heavy wool/fleece sweater
1 pair wool/fleece pants
1 pair wool/fleece mittens
1 long john top
1 long john bottom
Wool watch cap
Rain suit (top and bottom)
1 pair extra felt liners


Sleeping Kit *
[Appropriate] sleeping bag
Sleeping bag liner
Groundsheet
Closed cell foam pad
Wool/fleece watch cap
Flashlight (relatively new batteries and bulb and/or spares are recommended)


First Aid Kit
10 Band-Aids (assorted sizes)
First aid cream (Neosporin or generic)
First aid tape
Tylenol or Advil
Rubber bands
Roller gauze

Alcohol Swabs
Latex gloves


Fire Starting Kit
24 waterproof strike-anywhere matches (waterproofed YOURSELF with nail polish, etc)
Small flint
Small steel
Dry cedar-bark tinder
Charred cloth
Small candle (about 2 inches high and 1.5 inches in diameter, wrapped in tin foil)


Personal Kit
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Toilet paper (1/3 of a roll)
Washcloth
Soap (Ivory or biodegradable)
Small towel
Metal/plastic (non-glass) mirror
Comb
Sunscreen


Clean-up (KP) Kit
Liquid soap
4 soaped steel wool pads
Dish rag
Paper towels
Rubber gloves


Survival Kit
Fishing line
Hooks
Whistle
Waterproof matches
Sinker

 

Eating Kit
Plastic Bowl (with hole in it and string through it!)
Plastic Spoon (with hole in it and string through it!)
Cup with Handle (with string through it!)
5 linear feet aluminum foil
2 [FILLED!] quart-size wide-mouth Nalgene bottles


Food Kit
2 Brown bag lunches, no juice boxes of any kind
GORP and snacks
Patrol Food
Hot chocolate packets
Instant oatmeal (for emergencies)


Rope Kit
150 feet parachute or 1/4 inch cord
100 feet strong string


Advancement Kit
Scout handbook
Knot cords
Merit badge card & requirements (if a leader is a counselor, badge can be worked on on the campout)
Small notepad and pencil


Path Finding Kit
Compass
Map of area
Written directions

 

Sewing Kit
2 large-eye needles with strong thread

Optional Kit
Book
Playing cards


ITEMS WHICH ARE NOT TO BE BROUGHT
Radios
Soda (or anything) in cans or bottles
Fireworks
Cigarette lighters