Equipment List
Emergency / Survival
This is a list of suggested items you may want to consider bringing for a group Emergency and Repair Kit.
- Emergency shelter (bivouac sack, lightweight tarp)
- First-aid kit
- Blister kit
- Fire starting kit (matches, lighter, starting fuel) OR lightweight emergency stove
- Small emergency pot
- Ensolite or foam pad
- Emergency communication device (such as SPOT, inReach, satellite phone or PLB—Personal Locator Beacon)
Group Equipment
- Hut Trip Confirmation/Door Lock Combination (printed copy/copies)
- Trailhead/parking information
- Guidebook/route descriptions
- Topographic maps
- Compass
- GPS and extra batteries
- Altimeter and extra batteries
- Hand-held two-way radios for inter-group communication
- Water and/or water source information
- Water purification method
- Bicycle repair kit
Personal Clothing
- Foundation/Base Layer
- Long underwear top and bottom
- Socks plus extra pair(s)
- Warm/Insulating Layer
- Fleece jacket/vest
- Down/synthetic puff jacket
- Pants
- Weather/Waterproof Outer Layer
- Jacket
- Pants
- During Hunting Season
- Bright/orange clothing
General Equipment
- Backpack
- Daypack
- Sleeping bag
- Personal pillow/ XL twin sheet
- Hiking boots/shoes
- Hut slippers
- Wool hat
- Warm gloves
- Baseball or sun hat
- Sunscreen and lip balm
- Sunglasses
- Water bottles (widemouth)
- Flashlight/headlamp and extra batteries
- Pocket knife
- Insect repellent
- Personal items (toothbrush/paste, medications, prescription glasses, earplugs, watch w/ alarm, wash cloth or travel towel)
- Food (Be sure some food is edible without cooking, and that each person carries their own trail food.)
- Cell phone and extra batteries/case (Coverage is not guaranteed anywhere in the backcountry – keep your phone off until you need it.)