Here is a list of what to potentially take to the cabin during your stay, provided by good friends of ours. They are frequent visitors to the cabin. This list is for 3 nights in the Wildcat Cabin during the ski season so obviously it needs to be modified for summer time.

Per your request, here's the checklist of what we pack for our 3 night stays at the 'cat. The individual items vary each time but the basic list has been unchanged for the last couple of years.

This list is actually just a variation on our typical backpacking list. Since we don't have to carry the tent or sleeping bags to use the cabin, we afford ourselves the luxury of carrying wine, orange juice, and reading materials. The secret to packing small is to consider the trek in as a backpacking adventure with a few additional creature comforts.

The only other tip we could offer your other guests is to repackage almost everything that they want to bring to eliminate extra weight. Pack only the portions of something that you need in Ziploc bags, eliminate outer cartons, and above all, repackage any wine in Platypus bags (or 1 liter Evian bottles) to eliminate the weight of the glass.

Enjoy

 

Packing List for 3 nights at the Wildcat
(for 2 people)

Breakfast

Pancake mix for 3 mornings: Three one-cup packets of Krusteaz
Maple Syrup: 8 oz repacked in a small nalgene bottle.
Butter: One stick
(substitute oatmeal packets or granola in individual servings)
Orange Juice: One 6 oz can of frozen OJ
Coffee: Ground plus coffee filters
Teabags: 2 per day
Thick sliced ham
Rösti prepacked and ready to sauté
Dried shredded potatoes for hash browns

Tips:
Drink one bottle of wine the night you arrive so you can prepare the frozen OJ in the empty container in the morning. Hard work but sacrifices must be made.
After heating water for coffee/tea, place the maple syrup in the kettle to warm it up.

Lunch

6 small pita bread (makes 2 sandwiches each for each day)
1 small 6 inch dried salami; Molinari or other dry cured style
Mustard in small tubes
Cheese; hard cheese like Gruyere or Gouda
Miso soups in individual packets; other dried soups (if you return to the cabin for lunch)
Sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, dried apricots, granola bars, power bars

Tips:
We like to travel light so small lunches and lots of water are the rule for the day.
We each carry a 70 oz Camelbak for each day and typically have that finished by the time we climb back up to the cabin at the end of the day.
For snack bars, go for the granola bar style or plan to carry it close to the body to keep it soft. At 32° those things will break teeth and dislocate jaws if they're not kept warm.

Dinner

3 frozen dinner fixings, such as:

Lamb Bolognese (meaty chunks of lamb shank in a tomato based sauce, bring frozen in plastic bag), 2 portions only
2/3 cup dried pasta per person (orchiette preferred)
or
Green Thai curry (chicken, vegetables, frozen in bag) 2 portions only
2/3 cup basmati rice
or
Boeuf Bourguignon, 2 portions
Wide cut fresh pasta noodle
or
Louisianna Red Beans (A stew of red beans with sausage prepared ahead, frozen in plastic bag)
2/3 cup basmati rice
or
Fondue for 2: Pre-grate 400 g gruyere, 100 g raclette, one clove garlic, one teaspoon corn starch in a plastic bag. Need about a half bottle of dry white wine to prepare final mixture. Add a little kirsch at the end for tradition.
French bread cut into cubes
Cornichons
or
Cassoulet (beans, sausage, duck confit)
Baguette

Selection of cheeses and crackers for three days of appetizers, 6 portions only
Wine: 3 bottles decanted into individual 1 liter platypus bags or used Evian bottles
Selection of chocolate bars for desserts (we prefer the Lindt lindor truffle bars)
Nightcap: eau de vie, cognac, schnapps in a small 250 cc platypus bag

Tips:
Most of the main dishes listed have at least the starch (rice, pasta) as dry so it packs lighter.
If you really want to travel light, substitute freeze-dried camping food for any of the dishes listed above.
The dishes that use rice as the starch are more efficient from a water usage standpoint. One cup of basmati rice will fully absorb 2 cups of water whereas one cup of pasta requires several cups of water to cook in with the excess water disposed of afterward.

Clothing for the winter time:

One ski pants, one XC ski jacket (windproof shell), one med wt fleece per person
Clean socks, underwear, and long sleeve synthetic t-shirts at your discretion
Extra pair of gloves, fleece hat, fleece ear warmers per person
Tips:
The first line are the basic requirements that you'll probably wear in.
If you're cross-country skiing, 3 layers (t-shirt, fleece, windshell) are the most you'll ever need.
How many times you change is up to you (or your companion).

Other Items:

LED headlamps for reading
Books and magazines to read
Toothbrush, toothpaste, sunscreen
Hairbrush
Travel Kleenex
Camera
Sunglasses
Sunhat

This list has been submitted by Wayne and Lisa.
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