I am looking for some zone friendly things for backcountry skiing. Normally I don't worry about balancing everything, but curious to see what others may eat with this activity.

Often I'll be out for hours in cold weather, so it's really snack upon snack upon snack - no set lunch with snacks. It's really hard to make everything balanced, so I haven't really tried hard yet. Sometimes I just put mini Clif bars in my pocket because I need to eat while skinning up. Fast and doesn't mess up your mittens!

Carbs and fats are easy to figure out, but protein is the hard one.

I cannot do cheese (though I'm ordering a special yogurt cheese wheel to see if my stomach can do that). Otherwise, dairy is no good unless it's yogurt, but I'm not hauling yogurt 4 miles in.

Currently I've been eating summer sausage or turkey pepperoni because it keeps most conditions (I take it backpacking too) and it's very portable. Yes, I know in winter it's cold out and I have a virtual cooler on my back (except for the car ride up), but a baggie full of chicken/steak strips is just kind of messy. I haven't tried it so maybe I shouldn't knock it.

Bringing lots of Tupperwares and even a lunch cooler isn't an option. Ounces matter out there.

Beef jerky? Anyone make their own? I do own a food dehydrator.

Perhaps I'll just go back to Zoning it when I'm back at home.

Would soy nuts work for you? They are fairly balanced P/C/F. They don't work well for me, but I have heard others rave about them.

I have taken soy nuts hiking. I do make my own jerky but I have to be careful because I love the stuff and tend to overeat it thus resulting in too much protein. Are Zone bars an option?

I have carried around zone bars in a purse or in a backpack. In the summer, they are too soft and melty, they flatten out into a pancake. In the winter, ?? maybe they would freeze up? Soy nuts seem to be the best for portability, IMO.

The superzone granola might also be a good solution.

My wife and I snow-shoe and winter hike. Zone bars hold up well in winter.
In Spring, Summer, and Fall we kayak. In warm weather, I freeze or refrigerate Zone bars the night before, depending on when we plan to eat them, and pack them in the lunch sack with a small ice-pack. And in winter, refrigerate only and so car heater heat does not get to them, I place them in trunk with gear whilest traveling to our destination.

I've used Dr. Sears Zone bars outdoors, all 4 seasons, for years. We bring them to the beach all summer long, and they're fine.

Soy Nuts! I haven't tried those yet.

I have not tried Zone bars. I would need to keep them close to my body, as other bars become too hard for biting. Some skiers sew a pocket into their base layer for energy bars.

How many bars come in the $35.95 box?
How about the $8.21 option? I do not see a count anywhere.

$40 is 15 bars and $9 is sampler of 4 bars, I believe.

14 bars to a box; $28.76 Autoship, about $2.00 a bar.

3 bars to each variety pack (there are two different varieties); $6.57 Autoship, per variety pack

Unless this has changed recently, I don't think you can set up an autoship on the sampler pack.

Thanks for the count info. I would not do AutoShip since I haven't even tried them out yet. With estimated shipping that turns out to be $3.32+ per bar if I order one box. That's too steep for the position I'm in now. I'd need several per ski too.

I think I'll go browse some of the portable recipes in the snack link like these Oat Bars or Muffin recipes.

You're welcome Shannon. Just a note, autoship can be cancelled (and also restarted) at any time. It's not necessary to get more than one shipment if you don't want to. It's very easy.

However, unless it has changed recently, one can NOT cancel AutoShip conveniently by merely clicking on a "profile" or "My Account" to STOP AutoShip. One MUST call to cancel AutoShip! A user-friendly and user-oriented web site should better accomadate this type of change.

No biggie to call Zone Labs. Takes but a minute, and the phone representatives are very friendly and accommodating.

Yes, but it is a whole lot easier to just do it online. Most websites are set up that way, I don't know why this one isn't. I have heard this suggestion on many occasions, and all we hear back is that it is being "looked into" or "addressed".

Even with the autoship price, the bars are still quite expensive. Still over $2.00 per bar. Probably can find soynuts a much better bargain.

I don't think I'm going to buy the bars. I do find it pricey. Soy nuts are $2.50 a pound. I had to cut my income in half to accommodate time for school.

I hope the soynuts work well for you!

I had to stop buying zone bars because of financial constraints, too (along with my decision to decrease the amount of processed foods in my diet).

Hi Sue

Can you tell me how exactly to cancel autoship. I managed only to change the period, but not to cancel it at all for this order.
Can you help? Thanks in advance

I am not sue, but I believe that the only way to cancel an auto ship is to call customer service.

Hi Zhivko,

Currently the only way to cancel an autoship is to call Zone Labs at the number in the yellow shaded area at the top of this page.