In light of the article about the Colorado kids burning their under equipped snowmobile, The BLIZZARD SURVIVAL SLEEPING BAG {BSSG} should be reconcidered.

As a side note, we have a large customer base of snow mobilers. Very few are equipped for the night. There is quite a list of PERFECT PRODUCTS that don't sell. Maybe you can add to the list.

1. PLB
2. BSSG
3. Kahtoola Microspikes
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pics and descriptions of the bag you mention would heve been nice. I have never heard of this product but it sounds interesting. Thanks.

Here ya go Snake:

http://www.blizzardsurvival.com/product.php/100/blizzard-survival-bag

Countered with this:

http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=125842&page=1

Thanks Jac! I had just logged off that page and found that you had posted the link 15 seconds before! Much appreciated. Reminds me of silver bag I saw years ago. Paired with a space tent and decent clothing that might help in winter. I seem to recall REI carrying a survival suit of space blanket material years ago. Could be a compact life saver in snow country. Thanks again.

The army poncho can be very compact if folded and rolled properly. The one I carried for many years and finally had to ditch one night had a Thinsulate liner modified with zippers to form a sleeping bag, and a neck cord. it had a zipper in the head hole so it could still be worn as a poncho. Later I came across a fiber re-enforced space blanket, lightly sprayed the inside of the poncho with a light adhesive and added the blanket, carefully smoothing out wrinkles and cutting a head opening. Very warm for the size and wieght. Hope this helps.

My nomination for #4 would be some sort of stove and fuel. Lots of choices, including some models that could run on automotive gasoline, I would consider an alcohol stove, something like the mini-trangia cookset, which costs all of $35, and is about the size of a typical canteen. Lots of options.

#5 should be some sort of tarp or shelter. Again, many options in different sizes, at different prices.

If you're driving a sled there's no excuse for not having some gear on you. Pretty much any snowmobile has storage capacity for survival gear, so it's not like it's going to be a burden to carry it.

Precisely. As a matter of fact,rather than mess around with some marginal plastic/mylar contraption, squirrel away a decent, compact sleeping bag so that you can spend a night out in relative comfort. A good down bag that compresses small is not cheap, but then neither is a snowmobile. A bag, shelter material or tent, and the means to make a fire, along with a decent FAK, and you can be comfortable while a response is made to your PLB signal.

i know this thread is old but by equipment is "road flares".

They are a great source of spark and can get your fire going as well.

the other is "rope"

Northerner