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Mt or anyone else- What kind of bars do you normally carry with you? Been looking at a few options lately.

Probars are good, about 400 calories each. Add a foil pouch of Justin's Almond butter slathered on top and that's 600 calories that are about the size of a hockey puck. My other favorite is Kind bars.

I make sure my partner has everything and I go light.

Kind Bars are my favorite. But I am really not that picky and will eat just about any of them. However on my one or two day trips I take a Burrito from Chipotle with me. I don't get sour cream or guac on it just rice, beans, meat, and whatever extra's you like. It keeps really well and is a solid meal that is filling. No cooking, cleaning, just fast easy real food.

Generally I pack Mojo bars (Cliff)- like the taste

Not a bar, but I almost always have a couple of bagel/peanut butter/bacon/honey sandwiches with too- they keep very well and loaded with calories.

Last year on day 1 of the Bob Marshall Open, I packed a large burrito with for lunch- I'm telling you that tasted really good!

Me too Clint, poor Greg is gonna be loaded down!!! Haha

[quote=mtwarden]Generally I pack Mojo bars (Cliff)- like the taste

Not a bar, but I almost always have a couple of bagel/peanut butter/bacon/honey sandwiches with too- they keep very well and loaded with calories.

Nothing like a butthole sandwich huh. Do you use precooked bacon or cook your own when making them?

I had mine fail years ago on Kodiak with a bag full of bloody deer meat, just as night fell and we were still a mile from camp.

Talk about pucker factor!

Luckily, the guy I was hunting with was an Airborne Ranger and quickly provided me one (of his two) backups.

That was the first time I'd heard the adage "one is none, two is one...."

Since that day, I carry duplicates of most of the small essentials.

Bet it took you a full day to unclench!

We have a lot of headlamps. I'm a believer and will have a spare.

yeah that would be the name of them

I cook the bacon at home; I've used them up to five day trips without any problem- I'll sometimes use the mini bagels instead of the regular size ones and pack two for every one of the regular, eat a late morning one and then another in the afternoon

One trick with the bagels is put them in a ziplock with a book or plate over them and stand on it until they’re flat. Same nutrition and packs way smaller. I like the “everything” bagels.

Bacon and peanut butter, I'm gonna try that combo this year. I like to use pita bread for my packable sandwiches, it's indestructable.

A hind quarter of something that had fur on it...Couldn’t resist 😁😎

I always have a couple peanut butter taquitos in my pack

A slice of bacon inside those might be great!!

You pack those in??

That is truly badass.

I believe you guys from Cali and Colorado are forgetting one thing that I know is always on your list

That's right, a first aid kit. On account of I'm always running into folks from Alabama and they always need first aid

I am always horseback, so I take a few extra things. A saw and hatchet, a slicker, bare bones horseshoeing stuff, quick tinder of some kind, my daypack, extra wool socks and leather gloves, a spare clip, spotting scope and short tripod and cheesecloth. Tea and a Billy Paul....'bout it.