PCT 2025 – Full Comfort 10lb Gear List

Information:

  • Purpose: Ultralight kit for PCT Thru-Hike
  • Base Weight: 10.1lbs (13.3lbs with snow gear and bear can)
  • Max Food Carry: 5 Days
  • Max Water Carry: 4 Liters / 20 Miles

Pack:

  • Pa’lante Desert – 18.7oz (Starting at mile 790)
  • Turkey Bag – 0.35oz

Shelter:

  • Durston X-Mid 1 V2 – 30oz
  • MSR Groundhog – x4 – 2oz
  • Xmid 6″ Stakes – x4 – 1.5oz

Sleep:

  • Hammock Gear Burrow (2oz overstuff, wide) – 27oz
  • Thermarest Neoair Xlite NXT – 13oz

Kitchen:

  • Sawyer Squeeze – 3oz
  • CNOC Vecto – 2.6oz
  • Smart Water 1L – x2 – 2.4oz
  • Toaks TLHSWPB – 0.7oz
  • Toaks 750ml Pot – 2.8oz
  • Soto WindMaster – 3oz

Packed Clothing:

  • MH Ghost Whisperer 2 – 9oz
  • Darn Tough Socks – 2oz
  • Anti-Gravity Gear Rain Shell – 7.8oz
  • STS Bug Net – 1.3oz

Worn Clothing:

  • Jolly Gear TC Sun Hooide – 5oz
  • Darn Tough Socks – 2oz
  • Patagonia Terrebonne – 7.8oz (Starting at mile 2000)
  • Altra Lone Peak 9 – 10.7oz
  • Black Diamond Pursuit Trekking Poles: 17oz

Electronics:

  • Nitecore nb10000 – x2 – 5oz
  • Nitecore Nu25 – 2oz
  • Cables – 1.3oz
  • Anker Plug – 2oz
  • Garmin InReach Messenger – 4oz
  • Ziploc Bag Large – 0.35oz

Bathroom/Medical:

  • Ibuprofen – 0.4oz
  • Leukotape – 0.8oz
  • Toothpaste – 1.5oz
  • Tooth Brush- 0.8oz
  • CuloClean Bidet – 0.3oz
  • BogglerCo UL Trowel – 0.5oz
  • Dr Bronners Soap – 1oz
  • Victronix Rambler – 1.1oz
  • Ziploc Bags Small – x2 – 0.35oz

Misc:

  • Ursack AllMitey 20L – 13.5oz
  • BV500 – 41oz (Carried from Kennedy Meadows South to Sierra City)
  • Chaisen Ultra XL Crampons – 15oz (Kennedy Meadows South to Bishop – Yes these are heavy)
  • Camp Corsa 60cm – 8.4oz (Kennedy Meadows South to Bishop)

Gear That Was Swapped:

  • Durston Kakwa 40 L – 30oz
    • Nothing wrong with this pack, in fact I actually really like it. I visited the Pa’lante store in Bishop, after they let me see if I could fit my gear in the Desert I couldn’t help myself. After all, it was already packed in there, might as well buy it.
  • Outdoor Research Ferrosi Joggers – 10.7oz
    • These are my favorite pants, they had some large holes in them from getting snagged on sticks off trail in Oregon and after 4 months and 2000 miles of hiking I had lost some weight, making them a bit to loose fitting.
    • If I were to compare these to the Patagonia joggers I would say that these have a softer fabric and better stretch but the Patagonia joggers were lighter and soaked up much less water weight, as a result they also dried faster. Though both dried quite fast.

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