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Day gear
Essential
- Day pack
- Sturdy footwear
- Waterproof parka
- Jersey or Fleece
- Shorts or walking trousers (no jeans or cotton)
- Balaclava or similar hat, sunhat
- Mitts or gloves
- Longjohns
- Overtrousers (can depend on season, but essential if above bushline)
- Torch
- Lunch
- Snacks
- Waterbottle (fill at home)
- Personal first aid kit and Red Cross First Aid phone app
- Compass, GPS, phone, or navigation device
- Topo maps of the area, track description
Optional
- Sun protection (depending on season)
- Gaiters
- Thermos with a hot drink
Weekend Gear
Clothing
Do NOT bring cotton clothing (leave cotton clothing at home!)
- synthetic shirt/polypropylene or wool/merino singlet
- bushshirt/polar fleece jacket/wool jersey
- quick drying shorts
- underclothes
- two pairs wool/polypropylene socks
- boots
- gaiters
- handkerchief
Storm clothing
- Waterproof parka and windproof overtrousers
- wool/synthetic mittens
- balaclava/hat
Change of clothing
- polypropylene/wool top
- polypropylene/wool long johns
- socks
- underclothes
- hut footwear
Sleeping gear
- groundsheet
- sleeping mat
- sleeping bag and liner
Other gear
- GPS device, compass and Topo maps of the area, track description
- Personal Locator Beacon (available on loan from the gear room)
- Headlight or torch, with spare batteries, (and spare bulb if applicable)
- personal first aid, first aid manual, or Red Cross First Aid phone app
- DoC hut tickets/annual pass
- toilet paper
- insect repellent
- whistle
- matches in waterproof container, or lighter
- candle, or led lantern
- 1 litre of water
- camera, spare camera battery
- antihistamine tablets
- water purification tablets
- small towel
- sunhat
- sunblock
- sunglasses
- togs
- toilet gear
- stove and fuel
- billy, billy cleaner
- pot mitt or billy handler
- tent, poles, pegs
- fly
- poles and pegs
Line pack with large plastic survival bag to keep all gear dry, or use smaller waterproof bags.
Snow, Winter, and Alpine conditions
- additional top layer and longs, socks
- overmitts
- snow goggles
- crampons and ice-axe (check with trip leader)
Extra pack weight approximately 3 kg.
See also
- Avalanche Transceiver Loaning Avalanche Transceivers from TTC
- Club Gear Party gear supplied by the club. One of the trip information pages
- Tramping information Information for trip participants and leaders
- Garmin InReach Booking and using the Garmin InReach