[TripleXtreme]

I am with Sleddin' Daddy on this one.....
I also carry an extra Avy probe in mine. That snow sets up like cement after it has settled and you are bound to break a probe pole. In the sled, under the hood I have a "snow claw" shovel that moves alot of soft snow if'n I get stuck.

I carry mine in a Black Diamond Frenzy Pack and it actually does not weigh much at all. Plus with the HMK and B.D. packs, the Avy tools are really easy to get to.

That is how we ride everytime we go out so we are used to the little extra weight. even with all that crap we carry, it maybe weighs 5 pounds.

Add to that an MP3 player(gotta have riding tunes!), shades, and sunscreen(yea, I have been burnt pretty good on the face), and you maybe brought the weight to 5.2 pounds. I'd rather pack a little extra and not need it than to pack it and freeze my a$$ off!

I'll set mine up this weekend and get a pic or 2 of it. Right now it's all set up for sumer hiking.

Ciao.......