5 Days in Glacier National Park Packing List

September 18, 2015

Recently I spent a week in Glacier National Park doing the 55 mile northern high loop. This is a full gear list including both packed and worn items for the trip. Since this trip took place in late summer/early fall we had to be prepared for showers and sun (both of which we encountered).

Backpack – Deuter ACT Zero 50 + 15
Trekking Poles – Black Diamond Ultra Distance Trekking Pole
Water Bladder – 70 oz. Platypus Hoser
Water Purification – Sawyer Squeeze Mini with inline adapter for water bladder.
Tent – Big Agnes Fly Creek UL3 with 12 MSR Carbon Core Tent Stakes
Sleeping Bag – Sea-to-Summit Spark SPIII
Sleeping Pad – Sea-to-Summit UltraLight Sleeping Mat + Sea to Summit Air Stream Dry Sack Pump
Cooking System – Jetboil Sol Titanium
Fuel – 8 oz. canister
Utensils – MSR Folding Utensils
Salt/Pepper Shaker – MSR Alpine Salt & Pepper Shaker
Mug – GSI Outdoors Blue Mountain Infinity Mug
Food Bag – Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil dry sack with 50′ of cord
Emergency Survival Gear – Emergency + medical gear packing list
Bear Mace
Headlamp – Black Diamond Storm Headlamp
Lantern – Mont-Bell Crushable Lantern Shade
Emergency Beacon – Delorme InReach
GPS – Garmin 62s
Hammock – Hummingbird Single Person Hammock + Tree Straps
Sit Pad – 1′ by 2′ piece of foam I cut from a sleeping pad
Carabineers – Two of them. Camp Nano 23’s are my favorite.
Fly Fishing Rod – Tenkara USA Sato Rod + Flys
Sun Glasses – Smith Dolen ChromaPop Polarchromic Ignitor Sunglasses
Hat – Trucker Hat
Watch – Suunto Core
Light Gloves – Outdoor Research StormTracker
Puffy Jacket – The North Face Supernatural
Rain Jacket – Outdoor Research Mentor
Shirt – Outdoor Research Astroman LS
Hiking Pants – Prana Zion pants
Rain Pants – CAMP B-Dry Evo
Gaiters – REI Mountain Gaiters
Socks – Two pairs of Darn Tough Ultralight hiking socks
Hiking Shoes – Salomon XA PRO 3D ULTRA 2 GTX