SPECIAL PROJECTS SERVICE
COLD WEATHER PACKS
SPECIAL PROJECTS SERVICE
At MYSTERY RANCH, we solve problems for our customers – we work with them to identify a solution that meets their needs. In addition to designing products for ourselves, we regularly work on Special Projects for government and other industry organizations. With our Special Projects Service offering, MYSTERY RANCH designs and manufactures custom products for key customers and strategic opportunities when no other load-carriage solution exists. That includes packaging weapons, comms gear, optics, sensors, connectors, cabling and the list goes on. We have designed built-in systems to carry jammers, receivers, and robots. If it needs to be carried by a human – let’s talk. In many cases, the client comes to our facility to brainstorm a solution with our design team for their load carriage or packaging needs. They show us the equipment we need to design around. In other cases, the client may send us the equipment and then collaborate with us via video conference, phone, or email. When necessary, we travel to the client’s location to work with them directly or see or experience items or factors that cannot be brought to us. The time to generate the alpha prototype will vary once we have established the necessary requirements and inputs.
CONCEPTION. DEVELOPMENT. DESIGN. TEST. PRODUCTION.
MR SPS
CASE STUDY ATM CWF “THE ARCTIC RUCK” TRIED AND TESTED The ATM CWF (All-Terrain Manuveur, Cold Weather First) pack is built on the MYSTERY RANCH Pull frame that was developed specifically for pulling sleds. Extensively field-tested in the Arctic, the pull-frame’s waist belt has pull loops on both sides and built to pull large loads without creating stress points on the body. The yoke has a quick release buckle for times of urgency.
BUILT FOR THE COLD All features were designed with frigid temperatures in mind and for use with gloved or mittened hands. Materials, trims and components were all thoughtfully considered and tested for the extreme cold, down to –60°F, to ensure their resilience and operational functionality in the cold.
CASE STUDY This project was undertaken by MYSTERY RANCH with a request from a northern SOF unit needing an extreme cold-weather specific pack. We followed our Special Projects process of listening to the customer’s needs, developing a concept, designing a prototype, then field testing and revising. This project led us to Norway with personnel from several SOF units, across open fields pulling tires and finally to the high north. Our final prototype went to the Arctic multiple times with MYSTERY RANCH Ambassador and polar explorer John Huston for extensive field testing. With John’s feedback, we dialed in the alpha prototype and delivered to the world the ATM CWF, or as we call it, the ARCTIC RUCK.
MYSTERY RANCH AMBASSADOR & COLLABORATOR
JOHN HUSTON POLAR EXPLORER, COLD-WEATHER EXPERT
John Huston is a professional polar explorer and outdoor educator. He is an expert in a wide range of cold weather-related topics, including clothing and equipment systems, expeditionary leadership, teaching methods, logistics, 24/7 safety and communications. Huston is skilled at relating his expertise to other people’s endeavors and operational contexts. Over the past 10 years, he has been a subject matter expert, trainer, and expeditionary consultant to U.S., Canadian and Norwegian Special Operations Forces units. Huston has completed several major polar expeditions. He brings his creative, thorough, team-focused expeditionary mentality to every project.
Headshot: © Kyle O’Donoghue Field Image: © John Huston
CONSULTING Not only does Huston bring his cold-weather product knowledge to the table at MYSTERY RANCH, but he is also the Founder and Lead Instructor of Skadi – a company founded to meet demand from the international SOF community for professional cold-weather expertise. The instructors are veteran cold-weather professionals with extensive backgrounds in leadership and training. The approach is based on the same principles that go into successful cold-weather endeavors: humility, quality of craft, excellence in teaching, rapport, and attention to detail.
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I have worked with John Huston on multiple cold-weather training evolutions for US Military Special Operations Forces. The Special Operations Forces students that we have put through his training have all voiced similar feedback, but speaking specifically for myself: I have not seen this level of professional subject matter expertise specifically applied to cold weather in my 26 years in the military and training military forces. John is truly at the top of his game in what is already a small, niche cold-weather training world.
His unique real-world experience in extreme cold weather has been eye-opening for all of us, as it is counter to what we have traditionally learned in previous cold-weather training. John and Skadi have raised the bar and redefined the expectations about what kinds of military missions can realistically be executed in extreme arctic environments.
ZACH REEVES MYSTERY RANCH Military Ambassador
Two compression straps on each side
Six rows of PALS web for MOLLE attach accessories
BVS – Bolstered Ventilation and Stability system– allows for a stable, secure fit over body armor and can be easily removed
PULL FRAME designed for pulling sleds
ATM CWF SPECS EXTERIOR FEATURES
INTERIOR FEATURES
- Removable flap lid with zippered pocket and pass throughs to accomodate jump systems
- Radio sleeve
- Top-loading spindrift collar to main bag - Zipper port at top of body panel opens from either side for antennae, cables, and/or hydration
- Compression straps - Two hydration reservoir sleeves
- Fully adjustable, toolless Futura yoke telescopes to fit any torso length
SPECS
- Yoke has quick-release buckle with backup ladderlock
- Weight: 3.98 kg (8.78 lbs)
- Side pass through sleeves accommodate skis, rifle butts or other long items
- Vol: 90.7 L (5535 cu-in) - Sizes:
S M
L XL
- VELCRO® on lid for identification and patches
- Color: Multicam Alpine
- Removable flap lid with zippered pocket and pass throughs to accommodate jump systems
- Berry Compliant
- Loops for included accessory straps - Three MOLLE attach, removable, zippered pockets with toggle pulls - Three lower external pockets with drawstring spindrift collars - Grommeted pockets and main bag - 500D CORDURA® fabric - YKK® zippers
CERTIFICATIONS
BERRY COMPLIANT
WARRANTY & REPAIRS
MYSTERY RANCH designs and manufactures packs for the job that needs to get done, supporting customers who rely on our packs to get home at the end of the day. Our Warranty guarantees everything we build against defects in materials and craftsmanship for the practical lifetime of the product. We will happily offer repair or replacement for issues with materials or craftsmanship. Damage due to normal wear and tear or misuse can be repaired for a reasonable charge.
PATENTS Most MYSTERY RANCH products are covered by US and Foreign Patents, and other Patents Pending. US Patents include: US 6,626,342 B1; US 7,673,777 B2; US 8,381,956 B2; US 8,561,866 B2; US 8,950,644 B2; US 8,348,114 B2; US 8,579,171 B2; US 9,173,473 B2; US 9,271,559 B2; US 8,162,194 B2 ; US 8,955,792 B2
MATERIALS MATTER The materials and components we select for our packs and accessories are the most premium and thoroughly field-tested specs available. We skimp on nothing. While some components may differ from line to line or model to model, there’s a particular method to our design rigor. Whether on the frontline, the fall line, the fire line or simply deep in the mountains, MYSTERY RANCH materials are BUILT FOR THE MISSION.
CORDURA® Fabric
YKK® Zippers
Built of custom spec’d CORDURA® with advanced
YKK® zippers provide “WORLD-CLASS
technology for maximum durability, pliability and
PERFORMANCE” in design, function, and quality.
weather protection in frigid temperatures.
BVS Futura Yoke System
Bolstered Ventilation and Stability
The patented MYSTERY RANCH Futura Yoke system
The BVS system increases stability of
enables you to micro adjust the torso length and is a
the pack over armor.
crucial piece of the structure of the pack.
MOLDED HARDWARE
COMPRESSION STRAPS & WEBBING
Precision-engineered components.
Compression straps and textured webbing in critical areas eliminate slip.
DENSIFIED FOAM
FRAMES
Heat x vibration = Densified urethane foam.
Fiberglass, Carbon fiber, Aluminum, HDPE.
WATER REPELLENCY
THREAD
TeflonTM C6 - innovative, durable repellency.
6,6 Nylon - Exemplary strength & toughness.
MYSTERY RANCH utilizes our proven, existing technology and designs new technologies for the users' needs.
MYSTERY RANCH builds the best load-bearing equipment in the world. We build for a different kind of customer, for folks who inspire us, and men and women with a job to do. We build with the best materials available and the most durable construction methods that exist so that you know our gear will support your mission whether it’s on the front line, the fire line, the cleanest line or the steepest line. We don’t cut corners. Every pack that we build is designed with you in mind from function and fit to design and comfort. When every item that goes in your pack is a necessity, we want you to be efficient, effective, and most important, safe. We want to be sure that you can get it done, whatever your mission may be.
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