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What to pack for The Canadian Rockies in December
Typical December, built from ten years of weather
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Typical for your dates
Highs 16°F, lows 3°F, rain 13 of 31 days
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Sunset lands around 5:35pm. Wind averages 4 mph. There is paperwork on this one, so start with Before you go.
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Packing for
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Essentials
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13 rain days a month finds every seam. A real shell, not a windbreaker.
Lows around 3°F. Goes under the shell when the wind picks up.
Highs below freezing. A puffy alone won't do it.
Wear one, dry one. Cotton stays wet all week here.
Check ankles and, if there's a dog, paws and ears every night.
Set it up before you land. Signal drops for long stretches outside cities.
Dark by 5:35pm. Every campsite chore after that is a two-hands job.
Fits the overhead on every airline that matters. Skip the checked-bag line entirely.
For the passport, the chargers, and the one dry pair of socks.
Before you go
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SafetyWing Nomad Insurance, Month-to-month cover you can start after you leave
Going, Cheap cash fares, emailed when they droppoint.me, Finds the flight your points will actually book
AllTrails, Download your trails before you lose signal.
Recommended
13 items
For the mornings and the nights.
One brick charges the laptop, phone, and camera.
Hotel and cafe wifi is shared with everyone else in the building. A VPN keeps your banking and email to yourself.
Lows around 3°F. One blanket that packs small covers the car, the campsite and the beach at sunset.
Nice to have
10 items you could skip
Basics
16 things you probably own already