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Ridge Salt

The heavy-sweat stick. Salted grapefruit. Hot exposed stretches, and any day over 75 F.

Sodium
500 mg
Potassium
200 mg
Magnesium
50 mg
Sugar
2 g
Calories
15

Per stick, mixed into 16 to 20 fl oz of water.

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A slim salt-white stick pack with a pale grapefruit-pink end, printed with the VitaminHill mark, on pink granite, coarse salt crystals beside it.
Salt-white with a grapefruit end. The one for the exposed side of the ridge.

When to take it

Ridge Salt fills the middle stages, taking turns with Switchback Citrus. It is also the stick the heat and altitude rule adds: one when the forecast high is over 75 F, a second over 85 F, and one more when the high point tops 9,000 ft. Those extra sticks go in just before the finish, on the warm afternoon stretch, or after the only stick on a short day.

500 mg of sodium, the most of the four, with 200 mg of potassium and 50 mg of magnesium. It is built for the hours when your shirt is soaked through and salt is drying white on your hat brim. Grapefruit takes the edge off the salt.

On a cool, shaded day you may not need one at all. Water still does most of the work.

Where it goes in a pack

  1. First

    Switchback Citrus, on the first long climb.

  2. Middle stagesThis stick

    Ridge Salt and Switchback Citrus, taking turns, one stick per 6 trail miles.

  3. Heat and altitudeThis stick

    Ridge Salt: one over 75 F, one more over 85 F, one for a high point over 9,000 ft. Just before the finish, or last on a one-stick day.

  4. Last

    Summit Recovery, on the final stage or at the car.

  5. In a bladder

    Base Camp, at any stage, one stick to 16 to 20 fl oz of water.

The full label

Supplement Facts for one Ridge Salt stick. Tap a nutrient to see what it does.

Hydration guidance on this page is general information, not medical advice.

Supplement Facts

Serving size: 1 stick (6 g).

Servings per pack: varies with your route.

Ridge Salt, amounts per stick
Amount Per Serving%Daily Value
Calories

Energy in the stick, kept low on purpose: this is for hydration, not fuel.

15
Sodium (as sodium citrate, sea salt)

The electrolyte you lose most of in sweat; putting it back supports hydration on long, hot days.

500 mg22%
Total Carbohydrate

All of it is the cane sugar, there to round off the salt.

4 g1%
Total Sugars

A little cane sugar, just enough for taste.

2 g†
Includes 2 g Added Sugars

All of the sugar is added cane sugar; none of it comes from fruit.

4%
Potassium (as potassium citrate)

An electrolyte lost in sweat in smaller amounts than sodium; it helps replace what you sweat out.

200 mg4%
Vitamin B6 (as pyridoxine HCl)

Vitamin B6 supports normal energy metabolism.

1.7 mg100%
Vitamin B12 (as methylcobalamin)

Vitamin B12 supports normal energy metabolism.

2.4 mcg100%
Magnesium (as magnesium citrate)

Supports normal muscle function, and is one of the minerals you lose in sweat.

50 mg12%

† Daily Value not established.

Other ingredients: Cane sugar, citric acid, natural grapefruit flavor, sea salt, stevia leaf extract.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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