Description
Designed for, and with the feedback from, the most demanding mountain hunting guides in the world.
This pack is built to carry all your gear and then some for long extended hunts where running out of room for gear and food is not an option.
INTERCHANGEABLE BAGS AND FRAMES
All past and current Stone Glacier bags and frames are interchangeable. This allows you to swap bags on and off your frame for different hunts you may have without requiring the purchase of a whole new bag and frame system.
Many Stone Glacier customers own one frame with a smaller day bag, and a larger expedition-sized bag to have a system for day hunts and backpack hunts.
When viewing our packs on the website, you will notice a "bag only" purchase option if this is something you are considering.
SPECS
- Weight - 6lb 1oz on Medium Xcurve, bag only weighs 3lb
- 7,400 cubic inch main bag
- 4,500 cubic inch bivy-mode
- 129 L main bag and Sky Lid
- 1 large side zip pocket
- 2 external pockets
- 22” front vertical zip pocket
- 150+ pound load rating
- Hydration compatible (Hydro Sleeve - Sold Separately)
- 2,500+ cubic inch expandable load shelf
- Belt attachments
- Heavy-duty YKK #10 zipper
- Cordura 500 and Xpac fabric
- Heavy-duty, 1" Duraflex military approved buckles and webbing
- Made in the USA
LOAD-RATING
We spent over 3 years of design and field testing with loads from 70 to 150 pounds without any structural issues to accomplish our goal. Here's how we tried to break the frame...Starting with 1-inch steel plates 13” by 25”, we worked our way up to four plates in the pack. Each plate weighed about 85 pounds, 40 pounds per square foot. When it was time to add the third and fourth plate, we welded the plates together, lifted them with a crane, wrapped the Solo 3300 around the plates, and set it back down on the edge of the welding bench where we could get it on our back. The final load weight was 340 pounds with no damage, failure, or signs of stress. While the goal of testing to failure was not accomplished, the load test did prove the 150 pound plus load rating structurally conservative.
MATERIALS
The overall goal was to build a durable load carrying pack, an ultralight pack without using ultralight materials. Stone Glacier packs are constructed of 500 denier Cordura fabric, X-Pac textiles and heavy duty webbing and buckles. X-Pac is a waterproof, USA manufactured fabric technology that has a tear strength double the military requirements for Cordura 500d and is used in the high stress, high wear areas. Cordura 500d is utilized for the main bag due to its balance of strength, flexibility, and noise reduction. The thread is a heavy duty, military grade UV resistant #92 thread. Buckles are Duraflex Berry Compliant heavy-duty military hardware. In every aspect, the most durable, technical, heavy duty materials were selected.
NEW ZEALAND CUSTOMERS ONLY:
Please note will incur a duty fee in NZ for orders over $1,000
For full terms and conditions check the NZ government website via the link: NZ Duty & Allowance