Northern Waters - Packing list
Our lake canoe packing list (portaging)
Our lake-tripping list
**Sleeping
4 light sleeping bags
tent (we sometimes take a 2 person for the kids, and K and I sleep under a tarp or we take a 4 person tent for all.)
4 thermarests
2 12x12 light tarps (1 if we don't expect much rain)
1 light 6x8 tarp for under tent
**Kitchen
1 big pot
1 small pot
4 cups (fit inside each other)
4 mug
1 L white gas
4 spoons, 1 fork, 1 butter knife
2 water bottles (cords on bottles with small biner)
swiss army knife
scrubbie
bottle of camp soap
whisterlite stove + stove repair kit
**Personal
rag
toothpaste
4 toothbrushes
quick-dry towel
sunglasses
camera
waterproof camera box (cord on box with small biner)
bird book/mushroom book
**Clothes each person (no COTTON! zip! nada!)
1 wiking t shirt
1 pr zippered long pants (turns into shorts)
2 pr quick-dry underwear
1 capilene top
1 capilene bottoms (*)
1 mid-wt capilene pants (*)
1 fleece jacket (*)
1 pr ski socks (*)
1 pr rain pants (*)
1 rain jacket
1 warm hat (*)
sun hat
swimsuit
sandals (we don't take shoes; they just get wet and never dry)
(*) packed separately in a drybag that stays at the bottom of a pack, since we rarely need warm clothes on lake trips in August.
**First Aid
sunscreen
first aid kit (big on ibuprofin, stuff for upset stomach, stuff for bug bites, and stuff to clean and fix cuts)
mosquito repellent (rarely needed in late August)
water treatment pills (I find filters tiresome so bring iodine)
hand cream
**Repair & Safety
duct tape (1 small roll)
Repair kit (wire + pliers, aquaseal, sewing kit, awl, 2 lighters)
whistles on all pfd's
emergency ditty in adult pfd's (knife, small lighter, small candle, 2 flares, emerg blanket)
throw rope
baler made from 1 gallon jug (bring your own since rental canoes don't have good ones)
SPOT emergency transmitter (mainly for entertainment to update our folks and friends on our location each night)
pfds (we bring our own since rentals ones are not high quality)
**Navigation and Misc
map + waterproof map case
3 bungie cords
3 dry bags (1 sleeping bags, 1 emergency clothes, 1 daily clothes + books)
1 medium duffle bag. Quick dry. For tossing misc into so no small stuff laying in canoe.
1 bucket (or bear bin) for bread and other stuff we don't want squished.
binoculars
GPS (not usually needed but provides answer to "how much longer?!")
parachute cord (about 50 ft + 5 four ft pieces)
2 flashlights
extra batteries for camera and flashlights
4 internal frame backpacks (for trips with portaging. We pack the dry bags in the backpacks)
1 bent-shaft and 1 straight shaft paddle for each adult; bent shaft is for smooth water and straight shaft is for rough water where lots of bracing/drawing is necessary.
**Food -- We don't do anything special and we are famous for eating spartan on the trail. I head to the grocery store and pick up the following:
Pasta, rice and cous cous for dinners (sauces: chick noodle soup, tomato sauce packet, cheese, butter) (2 cups per person per night)
hotdogs for night #1
soup or mash potatoes for dinner appetizers (1 cup per person)
Bread + cheese + condiments and PB&J for lunches (1 sandwich per day per person; We take regular sliced bread and stick it in the bucket to keep it from getting squashed.)
Oatmeal + musli + yogurt (tubes work well) for breakfast (1 cup per person per morning)
hot chocolate and tea (2 cups per person per day; morning and night)
fruit (1/4 apple or orange per day per person)
treats (bars, nuts, candy) (1/2 cup per day per person)
Tang (or something similar) to put in water (since we use iodine)
1 extra 1L soup packet for every 3 days (after day 3, I start making soup at lunch with any leftover pasta/cous-cous/rice)
Bulky packaging removed prior departure and food packed in light-weight dry bags (they are just like stuff sacks).
Our Yukon River canoe packing list
Our Yukon River packing list; Total weight gear + food for 2012 10-day trip on Yukon was 250lbs (altogether for 4 people).
**Sleeping
4 synthetic sleeping bags
4 person tent with vestibule
4 thermarests
2 12x12 light tarps
1 light 6x8 ground tarp (goes under tent)
**Kitchen
1 big pot
2 small pots (2nd small one not really needed)
cast iron skillet (only if weight not a concern, otherwise lightweight skillet)
4 cups (fit inside each other; 1C size)
4 mugs
1.25 liter/week of white gas (boiling 6-8L per day + making bannock + tortillas some lunches); usually carried in a gallon gas can
1 1L gas bottle (to keep in ActionPacker)
4 spoons, 1 fork, 1 butter knife
2 water bottles (cords on bottles with small biner)
swiss army knife
scrubbie
bottle of camp soap
whisterlite stove + stove repair kit
**Personal
2 rags
toothpaste
4 toothbrushes
sunglasses
camera
waterproof camera box (cord on box with small biner)
**Clothes each person
1 wiking t shirt
1 pr zippered long pants (turns into shorts)
2 pr quick-dry underwear
1 capilene top
1 capilene bottoms
1 mid-wt capilene pants
1 fleece jacket
2 pr warm socks
1 rain jacket (light)
1 warm hat
sun hat
paddling gloves (I use hardware store thin gardening gloves with a rubber grip)
Tevas or crocs
drysuits
neoprene bootties
**First Aid
sunscreen
first aid kit (big on ibuprofin, stuff for upset stomach, stuff for bug bites, and stuff to clean and fix cuts)
mosquito repellent
water treatment pills (I find filters tiresome so bring iodine)
hand cream
**Repair & Safety
duct tape (1 small roll)
Repair kit (wire + pliers, aquaseal, sewing kit, awl, 2 lighters)
whistles on all pfd's
emergency ditty in adult pfd's (knife, small lighter, small candle, 2 flares, emerg blanket)
throw rope
baler from 2.5gallon buckets (also used to let river water settle)
SPOT emergency transmitter
satellite phone
pfds
**Navigation and Misc
axe and hand saw (no axe if watching weight)
map + waterproof map case
6 bungie cords + 6 flat straps
6 dry bags (1 sleeping bags, 1, sleeping pads, 2 clothes, 1 books and stuff, 1 tents)
ActionPaker box (misc stuff and cooking goes here)
3 duffle bags (for the dry bags in airplane)
1 small light backpack (for day hikes)
2 food barrels (30L)
GPS
parachute cord
2 flashlights
extra batteries for camera and flashlights
6 straight shaft paddles
**Food -- We dry everything ahead of time
Pasta, rice and cous cous for dinners (sauces: chick noodle soup, tomato sauce packet, cheese, butter) (2 cups per person per night)
hotdogs for night #1
soup or mash potatoes for dinner appetizers (1 cup per person)
Bread + cheese + condiments and PB&J for lunches (2 sandwiches per day per person; We take regular sliced bread and stick it in the bucket to keep it from getting squashed. Amazingly enough grocery store bread lasts 2 weeks just fine.)
Burritos for lunches on shore (cooked over whisperlight with skillet; dried salsa is fantastic as are dried black beans).
Oatmeal + Malt-o-meal for breakfast (2 cups per person per morning)
hot chocolate and tea (2 cups per person per day; morning and night)
dried fruit (equiv of 1 banana, apple, or cup cherries per day)
treats (bars, nuts, candy) (1/2 cup per day per person)
Tang (or something similar) to put in water
1 extra 1L soup packet for every 3 days (after day 3, I start making soup at lunch with any leftover pasta/cous-cous/rice)
Bulky packaging removed prior departure and food packed zip-lock bags (saved each year...)
4-6 nights of bannock bread made over the fire
stick of butter every day (oatmeal & bread)
marshmallows (the kids insist)
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