hikingfish
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Hi!
Once again, I turn to my fellow VFTT members to help me out with something. My girlfriend and I are going to the Monts Valin (Qc) for St-Valentine's day. We're doing a 4 day snowshoeing circuit. We're doing the circuit in the non-standard way, which means our first day should be very very easy (50m elevation change, no, I didn't forget a zero ), however the second, third and fourth days should be much harder (600m elevation change on the second day, with a high probability we'll be braking trail since it'll be mid-week, in a region that's reknown for it's precipitation).
My question pertains specifically to meal planning. For the first day, we'll probably allow ourselves to bring more elaborate stuff, however we'll have to keep the weight down for the other days (read: dehydrated!).
I was planning on bringing some of the following:
instant rice
instant mash potatoes
instant oatmeals
couscous
sauce packet (Knorr or the likes)
beef stock cubes
salami and the likes, perhaps some of those tuna envelops (trash packs better than tuna cans)
powdered milk
dehydrated fruits and veggies (I got a dehydrator for Christmas, going to give it a try...of course I'll make sure I try anything I make FIRST hehe)
I was also reading in freedom of the hills about interesting stuff, however I haven't been able to locate some and would appreciate name brands of companies that make some:
dehydrated (instant) applesauce,
dehydrated (instant) pudding
Any idea how long dehydrated food keeps in a ziploc bag (assuming I do my very best to remove most of the air from the ziploc bag)?
Any light-weight / high energy suggestions?
Appreciate any info!
Fish
Once again, I turn to my fellow VFTT members to help me out with something. My girlfriend and I are going to the Monts Valin (Qc) for St-Valentine's day. We're doing a 4 day snowshoeing circuit. We're doing the circuit in the non-standard way, which means our first day should be very very easy (50m elevation change, no, I didn't forget a zero ), however the second, third and fourth days should be much harder (600m elevation change on the second day, with a high probability we'll be braking trail since it'll be mid-week, in a region that's reknown for it's precipitation).
My question pertains specifically to meal planning. For the first day, we'll probably allow ourselves to bring more elaborate stuff, however we'll have to keep the weight down for the other days (read: dehydrated!).
I was planning on bringing some of the following:
instant rice
instant mash potatoes
instant oatmeals
couscous
sauce packet (Knorr or the likes)
beef stock cubes
salami and the likes, perhaps some of those tuna envelops (trash packs better than tuna cans)
powdered milk
dehydrated fruits and veggies (I got a dehydrator for Christmas, going to give it a try...of course I'll make sure I try anything I make FIRST hehe)
I was also reading in freedom of the hills about interesting stuff, however I haven't been able to locate some and would appreciate name brands of companies that make some:
dehydrated (instant) applesauce,
dehydrated (instant) pudding
Any idea how long dehydrated food keeps in a ziploc bag (assuming I do my very best to remove most of the air from the ziploc bag)?
Any light-weight / high energy suggestions?
Appreciate any info!
Fish