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Backpacking gear lists, overnight to ultralight

Complete gear lists built by RidgeNote from real products — beginner to ultralight, one night to several. Every pack shows the base and total of its listed weights, and any of them opens in the pack planner to copy and change.

Ultralight backpacking gear list: the lightest of every essential we track →

JMT Lightweight (bear canister)

John Muir Trail · @ridgenote

Base: 11.02 lb
Total: 22.04 lb
Items: 25

Partial: 8 items without a listed weight.

White Mountains 3-Day

Pemi Loop, NH · @ridgenote

Base: 11.50 lb
Total: 23.27 lb
Items: 25

Partial: 9 items without a listed weight.

Shoulder-Season Kit

Presidential Traverse · @ridgenote

Base: 13.35 lb
Total: 22.89 lb
Items: 32

Partial: 9 items without a listed weight.

3-Season · 3 nights · Ultralight

@ridgenote

Base: 7.65 lb
Total: 22.59 lb
Items: 29

Partial: 2 items without a listed weight.

Shoulder / Cold · 3 nights · Ultralight

@ridgenote

Base: 8.44 lb
Total: 23.39 lb
Items: 30

Partial: 2 items without a listed weight.

Summer · 3 nights · Ultralight

@ridgenote

Base: 5.75 lb
Total: 20.69 lb
Items: 25

Partial: 2 items without a listed weight.

3-Season · 2 nights · Budget

@ridgenote

Base: 12.82 lb
Total: 26.55 lb
Items: 29

Partial: 2 items without a listed weight.

3-Season · 3 nights · Budget

@ridgenote

Base: 15.10 lb
Total: 30.32 lb
Items: 29

Partial: 2 items without a listed weight.

Shoulder / Cold · 2 nights · Budget

@ridgenote

Base: 13.47 lb
Total: 27.20 lb
Items: 30

Partial: 2 items without a listed weight.

Shoulder / Cold · 3 nights · Budget

@ridgenote

Base: 15.74 lb
Total: 30.97 lb
Items: 30

Partial: 2 items without a listed weight.

Summer · 2 nights · Budget

@ridgenote

Base: 10.83 lb
Total: 24.56 lb
Items: 25

Partial: 2 items without a listed weight.

Summer · 3 nights · Budget

@ridgenote

Base: 13.10 lb
Total: 28.33 lb
Items: 25

Partial: 2 items without a listed weight.

3-Season · 1 night · First trips

@ridgenote

Base: 14.97 lb
Total: 25.56 lb
Items: 23

Partial: 2 items without a listed weight.

3-Season · 2 nights · First trips

@ridgenote

Base: 16.26 lb
Total: 29.99 lb
Items: 28

Partial: 2 items without a listed weight.

Shoulder / Cold · 1 night · First trips

@ridgenote

Base: 15.16 lb
Total: 26.56 lb
Items: 24

Partial: 2 items without a listed weight.

Shoulder / Cold · 2 nights · First trips

@ridgenote

Base: 16.91 lb
Total: 30.64 lb
Items: 29

Partial: 2 items without a listed weight.

Summer · 1 night · First trips

@ridgenote

Base: 13.69 lb
Total: 24.27 lb
Items: 20

Partial: 2 items without a listed weight.

Summer · 2 nights · First trips

@ridgenote

Base: 14.78 lb
Total: 27.69 lb
Items: 23

Partial: 2 items without a listed weight.