Backpacking the Pemigewasset Loop 2019

Our gear for spring backpacking in Lincoln, NH.

June 1-3, 2019

This hike is a 31.5 miles, like wicked hard, straight up, and the elevation gain is unreal. OK, sure, sounds inviting enough so we packed our bags and left the car in the parking lot for a very good reason. The Pemi Loop passes through interconnecting historic trails in the Pemigewasset Wilderness, forming a loop most popularly completed clockwise. We are planning on doing this backpacking loop in three days, two nights.  

When I look at this packing list, I think, “Damn, I am so overpacking.”  I look at other packing lists and mine seems so LONG. Maybe I’m just being super detailed, per always?  I need a pack shakedown before I even start, guys! So, hopefully this is my draft of what will come?

 

Attendees

Kayla and Connor

At the beginning of the hike we were wearing:

Kayla: Leggings, short sleeve, flannel, hiking boots, Buff headband.

Connor: Pants, short sleeve, flannel, hiking boots, baseball cap.

Packing List

1. Backpacks: Osprey Aura AG 65L and Mountainsmith Lookout 60L
2. Pack rain covers (1 each)
3. Trekking Poles (1 pair each)
4. Sleeping Bags (1 each)
5. Sleeping Pads (1 each)
6. Tent (REI Half Dome 2 Plus)
7. Tarp (To hang out at camp)
8. First Aid Kit
9. Tylenol
10. EpiPen
11. Inhaler
12. Prilosec and Mirapex
13. Knife
14. Multitool
15. Headlamp (1 each)
16. Flashlight
17. Camp Lantern
18. Bear canister
19. Jetboil Stove
20. Propane
21. Cooking Pot
22. Waterproof matches
23. Lighter (1 each)
24. Spork (1 each)
25. Coffee Filter
26. Sawyer Mini squeeze water filter
27. Nalgene
28. Smart water bottle (1 each)
29. Yeti Mugs
30. Journal
31. 2 Pens
32. Map
33. Compass
34. Whistle/thermometer combination
35. Battery for electronics
36. Chargers
37. Poop bags: Quart size freezer bag (Duct tape around the bag so that it’s not see through)
38. Trowel
39. Baby wipes
40. Hand sanitizer
41. Toothbrush
42. Toothpaste
43. Trash “Pack it out” bag
44. Bug spray
45. Go-Pro
46. Sunglasses

Clothes

• Rain jacket (1 each)
• Puff jacket (Kay)
• Patagonia (Connor)
• Pajama pants (1 each)
• Long sleeve sleep shirt (1 each)
• Long sleeve hiking shirt (1 each)
• Hiking pants for rain (Kay)
• Underwear (1 each)
• Sleeping socks (1 each)
• Extra hiking socks
• Camp shoes
• Baseball cap (1 each)
• Beanie (1 each)
• Gloves

Food

• 6 Fig Newton Bars
• 6 bags of assorted chips (Or 2 big ones)
• 4 packs of assorted oatmeal
• 2 poptarts
• 6 Mission soft tortilla
• 4 Dehydrated dinners
• 1 instant pasta (backup)
• 3 Snickers bar (Kay)
• 3 power bars (Connor)
• 3 Cliff bars
• 2 Tuna pouch
• 4 packets of mayo
• 2 packets mustard
• Pepper packets
• 1 bag of dried broccoli
• 1 bag nut free M&M’s
• 1 sleeve Nuun hydration
• Coffee
• 2 hot chocolate packets
• Sugar packets
• 2 string cheese
• 2 sausages
• 2 nut free chocolate bars