Trip in the Rockies: Would you make these changes?

For a 17-day mountain trip, if you decide to go no-cook I would at least add back in a way to make a small fire.  Wet/cold/injured, could make a big difference.  Especially if you at least have a metal cup to heat water.  Do you already know a good no-cook menu plan that you like?

I too struggle with that 10 lb.-carried “barrier” although my clothing items would be lighter than yours because of me being smaller.

P. S. With the emergency fire suggestion, I am assuming no current local burn ban.  Burn ban = no fires, maybe even no ignition sources if stringency dictated by the circumstances.  But more likely if you need a safety fire it’s because of a lot of rain and probably cold, plus an injury, so less likely for a burn ban to be immediately relevant.

Hi, Mina. Thanks! I do have a suite of no-cook foods that I like, don’t become unappealing after many days, and are calorie dense. What concerns me most about going no-cook for this long is the morale factor. I just don’t know how much of a morale boost a warm, cooked dinner will be after two weeks. I do find cooking to be a bit of a hassle with the stove components, prep, and cleanup. This is really not a big deal but a slight inconvenience.