Oregon Desert Trail & Current Gear List
| Item | Specific Item | Weight |
| Backpack | Six Moon Designs Fusion 50 | 49 oz |
| Six Moon Designs Flex Pack (for packrafting trips) | 51 oz | |
| Sleeping Pad | Gossamer Gear Air Beam 3/4 Wide (Air Beam is not available anymore. I got it in 2015 and it’s still working!) | 11.7 oz |
| Sleeping Bag | Western Mountaineering Ultralight | 29 oz |
| Ground Cloth | Tyvek | 5 oz |
| Shelter | Six Moon Designs Deschutes Cuben Fiber | 7 oz |
| Stakes | TOAKS Titanium stakes x6 | 1.3 oz |
| Poles | Black Diamond Z-Poles | 17 oz |
| Cook Pot | TOAKS Titanium 1100ml Pot | 4 oz |
| Spoon | TOAKS Titanium Long Handle Spoon with Polished Bowl (so pretty) | .65 oz |
| Stove | TOAKS Titanium Backpacking Wood Burning Stove (with high fire danger I use the OLicamp Vector stove) | 7.9 oz |
| French Press | Planetary Design Big Sky Bistro (I cut off the handle and the outer cup to only use the inner liner and french press plunger) | |
| Water Containers | Platypus Hoser 1.8 liter | 3.4 oz |
| Vapur 1 Liter Bottle | 1.4 oz | |
| Water Filter | Sawyer Mini | 2 oz |
| Water treatment | eye dropper of bleach | |
| Camera/Phone | Galaxy S7 | 5.36 oz |
| Lifeproof Case | 1.5 oz | |
| External Battery | Anker PowerCore 20100mAh (it’s heavy but I’ve never run out of juice when I need it) | 12.6 oz |
| Headphones | Generic | |
| USB charger & 2 charging cords | Verizon | 7 oz |
| GPS/Beacon | DeLorum InReach | 7 oz |
| Umbrella | Six Moon Designs Silver Shadow | 8 oz |
| Headlamp | Petzel Tikka RZP Rechargable Headlamp | 4 oz |
| Stuff Sacks | OR UltraLight Dry Sack | 1.6 oz |
| Six Moon Designs cuben stuff sack | ||
| Knife | Gerber US1 | 1 oz |
| Bag Liner | Trash compactor bag | |
| Jacket | Montbell Alpine Light Down Parka | 11.8 oz |
| Outdoor Research Tantrum Hooded Jacket | 4.4 oz | |
| Outdoor Research Helium II | 5.5 oz | |
| hat | Hikertrash trucker hat | 2 oz |
| Random warm hat from my shelf | ||
| First Aid | Misc | |
| Long sleeve shirt | Outdoor Research sunshirt | 6.7 oz |
| Tank top | thrift shop tank | |
| Skirt | Purple Rain Skirt | |
| Long johns | Outdoor Research Essence Tights | 5.2 oz |
| Socks | X3 pairs Point6 merino socks | |
| Shoes | Oboz Luna | 12.6 oz |
| Chaco Z2 Sandals | ||
| Gortex Socks | Cabellas brand | |
| Rain skirt | trash compactor bag | |
| Mittens | Outdoor Research Sensor Mittens & Shuck Mitts | 1.6oz & 1.1oz |
| shorts | spandex shorts (chaffing protection!) | |
| Gaiters | OR Gortex Gaiters | 10.2 oz |
2015 Continental Divide Trail Gear
Putting together my gear list was harder than I expected, probably because I switched my gear out as I hiked over the 160 days, in addition to the fact that I had never weighed my pack, either before the trail or during. You probably couldn’t call me a light-weight hiker, more of a medium-weight hiker. If it fit in my pack I carried it! A lot of what I carried can be attributed to my pack, the Six Moon Designs Fusion 50. It could carry whatever I put in it no matter how heavy…7 liters of water? skis? Check. The suspension was wonderful.
| Item | Specific Item | Weight |
| Backpack | Six Moon Designs Fusion 50 | 36 oz |
| Homemade Cuben external bag | ||
| Sleeping Pad | Neo Air (Short) | 9 oz |
| Ridgerest | 14 oz | |
| Gossamer Gear Air Beam 3/4 Wide | 11.7 oz | |
| Ground Cloth | Tyvek | 5 oz |
| Shelter | Six Moon Designs Deschutes Cuben Fiber | 7 oz |
| Stakes | MSR Groundhog x6 | 4.6 oz |
| Poles | BoomGear Carbon Fiber Poles | |
| Cook Pot | Evernew Titanium Pot 600ml | 3.4 oz |
| Spoon | Hand-carved wooden spoon | |
| Stove | PBR can stove | |
| OLicamp Vector stove | 3 oz | |
| Pot coozie | ||
| French Press | REI | |
| Water Containers | Hydrapack 3L Shape-Shift Reversible Reservoir | 5.7 oz |
| Platypus Hoser 1.8 liter | 3.4 oz | |
| Vapur 1 Liter Bottle | 1.4 oz | |
| Water Filter | Sawyer Squeeze | 3.5 oz |
| Sawyer Mini | 2 oz | |
| Water treatment | eye dropper of bleach | |
| Camera/Phone | Galaxy S5 | 5.1 oz |
| Lifeproof Case | 1.6 oz | |
| External Battery | Anker 2nd Gen Astro E5 | 10.9 oz |
| Headphones | Apple | |
| keyboard | Zagg Pocket Keyboard | 8 oz |
| USB charger & 2 charging cords | Verizon | 7 oz |
| Music | Ipod Nano | 1.3 oz |
| Tripod | ||
| GPS/Beacon | DeLorum InReach | 7 oz |
| Umbrella | Golite Chrome Dome (now Six Moon Designs) | 8 oz |
| Headlamp | Petzel Tikka RZP Rechargable Headlamp | 4 oz |
| Stuff Sacks | homemade cuben stuff sacks | |
| OR UltraLight Dry Sack | 1.6 oz | |
| Six Moon Designs cuben | ||
| Knife | Kershaw Lockback pocket knife | 2.4 oz |
| Bag Liner | Trash compactor bag | |
| First Aid | Misc | |
| Sit Pad | piece of old Ridgerest | |
| Bear Cord | 50′ paracord | |
| Jacket | Montbell Alpine Light Down Parka | 11.8 oz |
| Patagonia Hoodini | 4.3 oz | |
| Homeschool Outerwear Ghost Shell | ||
| hat | Hikertrash trucker hat | 2 oz |
| Beanie | ||
| Long sleeve shirt | Smartwool Women’s NTS Mid 250 Zip T | |
| Sun shirt | thrift shop cotton button down | |
| Tank top | thrift shop tank | |
| thrift shop New Balance tank | ||
| Skirt | Purple Rain Skirt | |
| Long johns | Patagonia Merino Bottoms | 5.6 oz |
| Sports Bra | thrift store | |
| Socks | X3 pairs Point6 merino socks | |
| Shoes | Oboz Emerald Peak & Luna | 12.6 oz |
| Chaco Z2 Sandals | ||
| Orox leather sandals | ||
| Gortex Socks | Cabella Unins Gor Tex Socks | |
| Rain skirt | Homemade cuben fiber wrap | |
| trash compactor bag | ||
| Mittens | Gordini Stash Lite Touch Mitt | |
| Homemade cuben fiber mittens | ||
| shorts | spandex shorts | |
| Sleeping Bag | Western Mountaineering Ultralight | 1lb 13oz |
| skis | Atomic touring skis with shoe bindings | 4lbs 4oz |
| gaiters | Dirty Girl Gaiters | |
| OR Gortex Gaiters | 10.2 oz | |
| snow pants | Marmot Gortex Pants | 14.7 oz |
| micro spikes | Kaahtoola | 13.1 oz |
| ski wax |
