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AFMETINGEN
55 cm x 30 cm x 25 cm
21,7" x 11,8" x 9,8" (H x W x D) -
VOLUME
35 L
9,2 gal -
GEWICHT
1020 g
2,2 lbs
Gyme Backpack 35L - Ski Touring Pack for the Longer Day (1020 g)
There is a point in a ski touring season where the day stops fitting in a daypack. You are still moving under your own power, but now there is a helmet, a rope, a second pair of skins and a night in a hut at the end of it.
The Klättermusen Gyme Backpack 35L answers that day with ten extra litres and the same chassis as its smaller brother: a ventilated system that pulls the load against your back, S-shaped shoulder straps, and a hip belt that wraps rather than pinches.
The one addition you feel immediately is on top, where the helmet carry doubles as a skin compartment. Below it the layout is unchanged and deliberately so, down to the separate front compartment for safety gear. All of it in a fully recycled 10 000 mm shell, for 1020 g.
Who is it for?
Ski tourers running long days and hut traverses, and winter alpinists carrying a helmet and a rack. If your kit list has outgrown 25 litres but you still want a pack that moves like a touring pack, this is the volume.
What the Extra Ten Litres Actually Buy You
Going up a size usually costs you something in how the pack carries. Here it does not, because the harness and belt are the same as the 25L. What changes is where things go.
- ✔️ Helmet carry that doubles as a skin compartment: wet skins get their own space on top, out of your dry layers.
- ✔️ Close-to-body carrying system: 35 litres still tracks with your shoulders through a turn instead of swinging behind them.
- ✔️ Separate safety compartment: shovel and probe on the front, reachable without opening the main bag.
- ✔️ Side zip into the main compartment: reach a layer or the rope without emptying the pack from the top.
- ✔️ Ski and ice axe carry: side compression straps for an A-frame, quick-release toggles for axes, both usable with gloves.
- ✔️ 10 000 mm recycled shell: Retina® Light Seawastex, 200D, fully post-consumer recycled polyamide, bluesign® approved and PFC-free.
At 1020 g, the pack stays on the light side of its category without giving up the belt that makes 35 litres bearable.
Who This Pack Is For
The Gyme 35L is for the days that start in the dark and do not finish at the car.
- You tour hut to hut and need a change of layers plus a sleeping bag liner to fit.
- You climb in winter and carry a helmet, a rack and a rope on the approach.
- You manage wet skins and want them out of the main compartment.
- You bootpack with skis on your back and want them to stay put.
- You want recycled fabric that is bluesign® approved and GRS certified, not a marketing line.
One honest note on the numbers: the recommended load is still 10 kg, the same as the 25-litre version. The extra ten litres are for bulk, so if your problem is weight rather than volume, the bigger pack will not solve it. For a single technical day, the lighter Gyme Backpack 25L is the sharper tool.
The Gyme sits at the technical end of the Klättermusen range, above the Ull Backpack 30L in ski-specific features. If you are looking at a shorter, lighter ski pack from another house, the Patagonia SnowDrifter Pack 20L covers the quick-hit end of the same use.
Technical Specs - Gyme Backpack 35L
Brand: Klättermusen
Product type: Ski touring and ski mountaineering backpack
Volume: 35 L
Weight: 1020 g
Dimensions: 55 × 30 × 25 cm (H × W × D)
Recommended carry weight: Up to 10 kg
Main fabric: Retina® Light, Seawastex - 100% post-consumer recycled polyamide
Fabric weight: 200D - 202 g/m²
Coating: SkylCoat and TPU coating
Water resistance: >10 000 mm water column
Certifications: bluesign® approved fabric, GRS (Global Recycled Standard)
Fluorocarbon / PFAS-free: Yes
Access: Seam-taped top lid with pocket, side zipper into the main compartment
Pockets: Separate front safety compartment, top lid pocket, hip belt pocket
Carry system: Ventilated system with S-shaped shoulder straps and body-hugging hip belt with gear loop
External features: Helmet carry doubling as skin compartment, front bungee system, side ski and compression straps, quick-release ice axe toggles
Compatible accessories: Bottle holder, communicator pocket, elastic gear strap, Jera, Lagu
Colours: Raven, Slate Brown
Made in: Vietnam
Use cases: Ski touring, hut-to-hut traverses, ski mountaineering, winter alpine climbing
FAQ
Same carrying system, same fabric, same 10 kg recommended load. The 35L adds ten litres and a helmet carry on top that doubles as a skin compartment, for 70 g more. Choose it when your problem is bulk, not weight. For a single day, the Gyme 25L is lighter and tighter.
It sits on top of the pack and holds a ski or climbing helmet on the outside. The same space works as a skin compartment, which is the point: wet skins go in there instead of soaking the layers in your main bag.
For a standard day, yes: 25 litres carries better when it is full. The 35L earns its volume when you add a helmet, a rope, a rack or an overnight in a hut. Side compression straps pull the pack down when it is not full, so it is usable at less than capacity.
Yes. Side straps take skis in an A-frame and act as compression straps the rest of the time. Ice axes go on quick-release toggles on the front, which release with gloves on.
The main fabric is rated above 10 000 mm water column with SkylCoat and a TPU coating, and the top lid is seam taped. That covers snow, spindrift and sustained rain. It is not a dry bag, so anything that must stay perfectly dry belongs in a liner.
Retina® Light woven from Seawastex, a 100% post-consumer recycled polyamide, at 200D and 202 g/m², with SkylCoat and a TPU coating. The fabric is bluesign® approved and GRS certified, and the pack carries no fluorocarbon treatment.
Brush off dry snow, then wipe the fabric with lukewarm water and a soft cloth. No machine wash, no tumble dryer, no solvents: they strip the coating. Dry it open and away from direct heat, and empty the skin compartment after every outing so the moisture does not sit against the coating.