Item

Recommended/Example Equipment

Warm Weather

Cold Weather

Back- packing

OUTDOOR ESSENTIALS – You should have all of these for every outdoor event

Small pocketknife

e.g. Victorinox Swiss Army ‘Classic’

R

R

R

Personal first aid kit

Make up at home:

Six adhesive bandages

Two 3-by-3-inch sterile gauze pads One small roll of adhesive tape One 3-by-6-inch piece of moleskin

One small bar of soap or travel-size bottle of hand sanitizer One small tube of antibiotic ointment

One pair of scissors (on pocket knife?) One pair of non-latex disposable gloves One CPR breathing barrier

Pencil and paper

R

R

R

Compass and map

e.g. Brunton Truarc 5

Map provided by trip leader

R

R

R

Waterproof/windproof jacket and pants

R

R

R

Whistle

e.g. REI Tri-Power Safety Whistle

R

R

R

Signal mirror

e.g. SOL Rescue Flash Signal Mirror

R

R

R

Matches /firestarter and tinder

UCO Stormproof Matches Light My Fire FireSteel Scout 2.0 Fire Starter

R

R

R

Plastic water bottle

Car: 1 liter Nalgene

BP: 32 ounce Gatorade bottle

R

R

R

Hat (Wide brim for sun protection)

R

R

R

Sunglasses

R

R

R

Sun block

Travel tube

R

R

R

Small Flashlight & extra batteries

e.g. Princeton Tec Byte headlamp

R

R

R

Water purification tablets

e.g. Katadyn Micropur

R

R

R

Emergency food

Granola bar

R

R

R

Nylon cord (50 ft, 3-4 mm dia.)

R (1 / patrol)

R (1 / patrol)

R (1 / patrol)

Food Hanging Bag (large stuff sack)

R (1 / patrol)

R (1 / patrol)

R (1 / patrol)

Item

Recommended/Example Equipment

Warm Weather

Cold Weather

Back- packing

CLOTHING

Long pants (Synthetic or wool}

Scout pants/zip-offs

R (1 pair)

R (2 pairs

+ 1 dry spare)

R (1 pair)

Base layer (synthetic)

Red troop T Shirt

R (1/night)

R (1/night

+ 1dry spare)

R (2)

Long Sleeve sweater or shirt (wool/synthetic)

Light fleece 1 1

R

R (1/night

+ dry spare)

R

Insulated jacket

Down/synthetic fill jacket

R

R

R

Gloves (wool/synthetic)

o

R (2 pairs

+ 1 dry spare)

r

Insulated long underwear (synthetic)

–

R

o

Underwear (synthetic)

R (1/night)

R (1/night)

R (1/night)

Wool/synthetic hiking socks

R (1 pair/day)

R (1 pair/day)

R (2 pair)

Hiking shoes/boots

For backpacking must be at least trail runners (not running shoes)

R

R (snow boots)

R

Camp shoes

o

–

–

Swimming trunks (Depending on activities)

R

–

–

Water shoes (Depending on activities)

R

–

–

Bandana

R

R

R

Stocking cap/beenie

r

R

R

Belt

R

R

R

PACKING

Backpack or duffel bag

BP: 50 liter minimum

R

R

R

Waterproof Pack Cover or Liner

Trash compactor bag inside backpack

–

–

R

Nylon Straps for Sleeping Pad (3 ft)

–

–

o

Nylon Straps for Sleeping Bag (4 ft)

–

–

o

Day Hike Pack

e.g. REI Flash 18

R

R

–

Item

Recommended/Example Equipment

Warm Weather

Cold Weather

Back- packing

SLEEPING GEAR

Sleeping Bag with stuff sack

North Face Aleutian 35 Kelty Cosmic Down 21

R

R

R

Sleeping Pad

Thema-rest Z-lite Sol

R

R

R

Pillow

Inflatable camp pillow

r

r

–

Plastic Ground cloth

Polycro sheet

R

R

R

EATING GEAR

Plastic bowl

REI Campware Bowl

R

R

R

Plastic plate

REI Campware plate

R

R

–

Cup/mug

REI Campware Cup

R

R

R

Knife, Fork and Spoon

Backpacking use spork

R

R

R

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Watch

R

R

R

Camera

o

o

o

Pencil/pen & Paper

R

R

R

Scout Handbook

R

R

–

Garbage bag

R

R

–

PERSONAL CARE ITEMS

Towel

Car: Bath towel

BP: Packtowl Ultralight

R

R

R

Tooth Paste

BP: Sample size (small), or shared with patrol

R

R

R

Tooth Brush

R

R

R

Biodegradable soap

Travel container

R

R

R

Chap Stick & Blistex

R

R

R

Toilet Paper in zip lock bag

BP: Small roll (no tube)

R

R

R

Comb

o

o

o

Insect Repellent with DEET

Small size

R

R

R

Personal Medication

As needed

o

o

o