SOLAR Gear List

Below is a partial list of available equipment:

Tents1 to 6 persons, 3 and 4 season
Backpacks2000 to 5200cu (day to weeklong trips), internal and external frames, men and women designs, variety of sizes
Sleeping Bags-5 to 30 deg bags with stuff sacks
Sleeping Pads1/2, 3/4, and full lengths
StovesWhisperlites, Dragonflys, Jet Boils, Pocket Rockets, and Titanium Alcohol Stoves
Water Filters
CookwarePots, Pot Kits, Bear Vault, Coffee Pots, etc
Tarps/Flys/BivysHeptawing, Vistawind, Paraflys, Siltarps, bivys
First Aid Kits (group)
Caving EquipmentHelmets, Headlamps, Pads
Hiking Poles
Winter EquipmentShovels, snow claws, snowshoes
MiscellaneousGPS, 2-way radios, laterns, folding saws, SOLAR banners

Books:

  • Wilderness First Aid
  • 50 Hikes in Michigan
  • Backpacking in Michigan
  • Roughing it Easy (cookbook)
  • Climber's Guide to Devil's Lake
  • American Alpine Club Climber's Guide - Tahquitz and Suicide Rocks
  • San Bernardino Moutain Trails - 100 Hikes in Southern California
  • Basic Rockcraft
  • Advanced Rockcraft
  • Southern California Peaks
  • Stoney Point Guide
  • Guide to Joshua Tree
  • A Climber's Guide to Joshua Tree National Monument
  • Sierra South - 100 Back Coun try Trips
  • Lip Smackin' Backpackin'
  • Trail Atlas of Michigan - Over 680 Trail Systems

A complete list of available equipment is available as a PDF document SolarEquipment.pdf