November 7, 2026
Partial: 8 items without a listed weight.
Base · 4.60 lb
DCF two-person shelter with a trekking-pole pitch.
20°F down; nights above 10,000 ft can drop below freezing.
R 2.8: three-season insulation, to around freezing.
Base · 5.58 lb
Ultralight framed pack with the volume for a hard-sided canister.
Required in the JMT corridor: an approved hard-sided canister.
Base · 0.62 lb
Threads onto the Evernew dirty-water bag.
Dirty-water bag for the filter; Gossamer Gear says it fits Sawyer filters.
Reserve capacity for the dry stretches.
Base · 0.22 lb
Solo-size kit; restock the blister supplies before each trip.
High-altitude sun is the JMT constant; restocked at resupply.
Keeps a phone and the headlamp charged between resupplies.
Base · —
Down puffy for alpine mornings.
Afternoon-thunderstorm shell.
Worn · 1.28 lb
UPF 50 brim for a trail that spends days above treeline.
They pitch the Duplex; carried in hand and counted as worn weight.
Consumable · 9.74 lb
Planned at 680 g (about 1.5 lb) a day; adjust to your own appetite.
About half a litre per hour of moderate hiking; top the Platy up before the dry stretches.
377 g gross — 230 g of gas plus 147 g of steel carried the whole trip.