
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
To see what food I’m bringing check out a previous post – 5 Day Backcountry Meal Plan.