The Randonnée is a versatile backpack built to perform on winter enchaînements and alpine traverses. Winter mountaineering is exciting and beautiful, but skinning up long ascents or climbing while carrying a pack causes the body to perspire as it works to lower its temperature. This can leave your back and shoulders soaked with sweat and at risk of overcooling, especially if temperatures drop or the wind picks up when belaying or during descents. Our Dry Back Contact carrying system provides a ground-breaking solution to this problem. It allows higher perspiration per cm² than conventional constructions and lowers the temperature in the central back area by 1.6°C after 15 minutes. This is made possible by reducing the contact area to the body and the built-in micro-ventilation system with 3D air channels that lets greater airflow get to the back. As a result, you get extended comfort for long days in the mountains. The Randonnée also features further smart solutions designed to make it the perfect winter pack. Its robust ROBIC® fabric is a special, high-tenacity nylon that is 60% more tear-resistant than conventional nylon pack fabrics and withstands just about everything from rock to crampons and ice tools. The tried-and-tested Split Shoulder Strap system allows greater arm mobility than conventional packs, a key feature on long ascents with skis and skins, or for overhead moves when climbing. This pack features functional details such as rope attachment, ice axe attachment and multiple ski attachment options (both parallel and diagonal) that allow rapid fixation without having to take the pack off. There is a fleece-lined pocket for goggles to prevent them from scratching, separate side pocket for wet skins, and a specific compartment for your shovel and probe.
