Cudos to BPackerDon and Tango61 for their work in scouting.
Cudos for finallyME for the rules clarification.

$200, 20 pounds, 20degF, 12-18 years old.

So here again is my list. I'll be working on getting my daughter outfitted this way this winter. She is guides now, but I am hoping to keeping hiking and skiing with her in parallel with what she is doing in Guides, in a complementary way. Her troop doesn't do alot of outdoors stuff, but they do alot of other great stuff and it's enough for me that they are keeping the girls interested in outdoors activities including hiking and camping.

So this is what I'm currently working on.

Clothing:
Homemade Ankle Moccassins
Felt insoles
Thin Wool socks
Thick Wool socks
Long underwear bottoms
Light nylon rain bottoms
200wt fleece pants
Long underwear top
hand knit wool sweater (200wt fleece sweater until they get merit badge for knitting)
Light nylon rain top
wool mitts
wool hat
wool neck tube that can cover ears/nose/mouth/neck
troop uniform hat

Gear:
Homemade Triangular Wooden Ötzi the Iceman pack-frame
Large Nylon Stuff Sack for Pack (some kids just use their tarp)
Cord, pegs for tieing pack to frame, and for pitching their puptent
Blue foam sleeping pad
3 pound homemade bedroll (my kids like to call it a bedroll)
Sylnylon Tarp, with velcro seam, for 1/2 of puptent shared with buddy
Wooden Hiking staff - for pitching half of puptent, and striking cool poses
map
compass/whistle/thermometer
knife
matches or flint kit
buddy burner or hobo stove
stainless mug
stainless spoon (my kids ain't no gram weenies)
food for 3 days
water canteen
firstaid/repair kit
other stuff their scoutmaster forgot but they didn't

Special Winter Gear:
cross country skis/boots/poles, or homemade snow shoes
Her cross country ski gear alone will be $200, but I guess that's extra.

Some of the clothes she already has probably add up also, but its pretty rare that places have the right stuff in her size. Most was on sale though. I am fairly happy with the light nylon raingear from L.L.Beans. It's double what it needs to be but alot lighter than the other stuff they and other places carry for rain and snow. This is the rain gear she carries on hikes as rain, wind, snow layer. It reasonably packable, and spends most of the time there. She has a really nice Alpaca wool sweater with hood and stomach pouch, which is her main layer this winter. It was expensive, can't remember how much, but it cost less that the heavy winter jackets most places would try and sell, and its alot warmer and lighter and less encumbering. So she wears wool sweater and fleece pants, like her old man. Working on the other stuff. Her non-clothing stuff will be under $200 for sure though, except for the cross-country skis. Hey, maybe Santa will bring those. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />