Gear

The Gear I Use

This is the gear Sprocket and I will be using on the Great Divide Trail through the Canadian Rockies starting around July 20th! We will be sharing some gear (two person quilt and tent) which overall make both our packs lighter weight by a couple of lbs. All together Sprocket will have an 8.5lb (3.8kg) base weight, and I will be at 9lbs (4kgs).

This hike is a roughly 700 mile (1123km) adventure with some very tough conditions, so some gear I’m carrying here I wouldn’t normally. With potential for rain literally every day of the hike, temperatures down as low as 20f (-6c), very remote areas where we wont see anyone for days on end, bushwhacking, hard route finding, very long food carries, many exposed high elevation alternates to choose from, and grizzly bears…. The gear used for a trail like the PCT just won’t cut it here.

More in specific I have a more robust rain jacket, grizzly proof food bag, warmer jacket, and warmer sleep system. Sprocket is the same for the most part. Everyone ever recommends rain pants for this hike, I am not going to use them while Sprocket is, so we will see how that goes as well. It should be fun post hike to see what I would do differently or what I will recommend to others.

A nice advantage of being a couple is that we can share gear and save weight compared to if we were both hiking solo!

2023 Great Divide Trail Gear List

Jupiter’s Gear

Packing

17.5oz – Backpack – Pa’lante Desert Pack 43L
1oz – Pack Liner – Trash bag
0.5oz – Ziploc – For small items

Sleeping

35oz – Quilt – Enlightened Equipment Accomplice 20f (-6c)
14oz – Sleeping Pad – Thermarest Neoair Xlite

Water / Eating

1.2oz – Water Bottles – Cheap 1L x2
1oz – Food Bowl – Peanut Butter Jar
8.5oz – Food bag – Ursack Major XL 15L
0.5oz – Odor Proof Liner – Turkey Basting Bag
0.2oz – Spoon – Plastic // Cut down

Clothing (Carried)

1.4oz – Socks – Darn Tough
14oz – Rain Jacket – Patagonia Torrentshell
1.4oz – Wind Pants – Enlightened Equipment Copperfield
8.8oz – Jacket – Enlightened Equipment Torrid Pullover
1oz – Beanie – Zpacks Fleece
0.7oz – Gloves – Montbell Liners
0.8oz – Sunglasses – Ombraz w Micro Fiber Case
0.8oz – Bug Head Net – Sea to Summit

Miscellaneous

0.8oz – Knife – Swiss Army Classic
0.45oz – Trowel – Deuce of Spades
0.3oz – ID & Credit Card – In Ziploc
0.4oz – Lighter – Mini Bic
0.2oz – Toothpaste – Travel Sized
2g – Toothbrush – Bamboo // Cut down
0.2oz – Compass – Suunto Tiny Clip On
0.3oz – Leukotape – For Blisters
0.4oz – Chafe Cream – Body Glide
0oz – Dental Floss – Plastic Toothpick
0.3oz – Ibuprofen
0oz – Safety Pin
11oz – Bear Spray – Counter Assault 8.1oz

Electronics

0.6oz – Flashlight – Rovyvon Aurora A5x
8oz – Cell Phone – Google Pixel 6a
12.8oz – External Battery – Ravpower PD Pioneer 20,000mAh 60w
2.9oz – Wall Charger – Ravpower PD Pioneer 30w 2-Port
0.4oz – Headphones – Skull Candy // Cheap
1oz – USB Cords

Camera

10.4oz – Camera – Sony ZV-1
0.1oz – Memory Card – 128gb // Spare
0.1oz – Micro Fiber Cloth

Total baseweight of pack (the weight without food, water, or fuel)

9 lbs / 4 kgs

Clothing (Worn)

Shorts – Pa’lante Shorts
Underwear – Patagonia Sender Boxers
Shirt – OR Echo Sun Hoody
Socks – Darn Tough
Shoes – Altra Lone Peak 6
Hat – Parapack P-Cap
Watch – Coros Pace 2

Our two packs ready to go on a little 100 mile shakedown hike before the GDT

Sprocket’s Gear