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Packing list: Hiking the full length of the Coastal Trail at Lake Superior Provincial Park

Here is a complete list of all the things we had with us on our hike of the full length of the Coastal Trail at Lake Superior Provincial Park. We brought separate gear for car camping at Agawa Bay our first night (but didn’t end up car camping), and our last night. I didn’t use any of the separate gear, other than bringing blankets into the tent when I thought it was going to be quite cold with the wind (it wasn’t).

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Clothing (including what I was wearing):

  • 2 bras
  • 2 pairs underwear
  • 3 pairs socks
  • 1 pair zip-off pants
  • 2 t-shirts
  • 1 long sleeved shirt
  • 1 lightweight MEC Uplink hoodie
  • 1 rain coat
  • 1 rain pants
  • 1 winter hat
  • 2 pairs fleece gloves
  • 1 pair dish gloves to keep fleece gloves dry
  • 1 long johns top and bottom
  • 1 pair hiking boots
  • 1 pair sandals
  • 1 baseball hat
  • compression bag for clothes
  • sunglasses
  • quick dry towel
  • toiletries
  • 1 watch

Kitchen:

  • 2 bowls
  • 2 spoons
  • 1 dishcloth
  • 1 six cup pot and lid lightweight
  • dish soap
  • pancake flipper
  • parchment paper
  • 2 insulated mugs
  • 1 nalgene bottle (400 ml)
  • 2 large ziplocs marked with a line at 2L for treating water
  • water treatment drops
  • 2 water bladders (2 L size)
  • MSR Dragonfly stove
  • MSR Dragonfly stove servicing kit
  • KIHD stick stove
  • 1 flint
  • Outback oven tea cosy
  • Outback oven scorch protector (not used)
  • Matches (several boxes)
  • 700 ml white fuel split between 2 bottles of 325 ml (one filled up, one filled to the maximum fill line)
  • 1 Swiss army knife (not used)
  • 1 pocket knife
  • 1 bear bag with bell on it (waterproof bag)
  • 1 bear bag without bell on it (waterproof bag) (not used)
  • rope for hanging bear bag
  • homemade tarp plus thin lightweight rope x5
  • food!

Sleeping: 

  • 1 Sierra Designs Zilla 2 tent
  • 1 MEC Perseus -7 sleeping bag
  • 1 North Face -7 sleeping bag
  • 1 pillow
  • 1 thermarest 3/4 length
  • 1 thermarest full length lightweight
  • 2 compression bags for sleeping bags
  • 2 bags for thermarests

Miscellaneous: 

  • 2 headlamps with extra batteries
  • 1 bear spray (not used)
  • 1 sunblock
  • 2 cameras with extra batteries
  • 1 GoPro
  • 1 camera tripod
  • 1 park map
  • 1 compass (not used)
  • 1 GPS with extra batteries
  • 2 cell phones
  • 1 Garmin InReach SE+ satellite 2-way communication device
  • 2 driver’s licences, credit cards and money
  • 1 emergency kit (Gorilla tape, buckles, dental floss, notepad and pencil, matches, mini bungees, emergency blanket, fire starting materials, needle and thread)
  • 1 first aid kit (miscellaneous bandaids, gauze, tape, compression wrap)
  • hiking poles
  • pen
  • 5 rolls toilet paper (used 3+)
  • 2 backpack rain covers
  • 2 whistles
  • 1 lightweight saw
  • solar charger
  • 1 vehicle key!

 

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Backcountry kitchen: how to make do with less

In order to reduce the weight of our backpacks as much as possible for our 8-day, 90k hike of the entire length of the La Cloche Silhouette Trail at Killarney Provincial Park, we cut our “kitchen” down to what we considered the bare essentials.

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To save space, we nestled as much as we could inside of the pot.

We brought:

  • 6 cup pot and lid
  • 1 pot lid lifter
  • 2 soup spoons
  • 1 pancake lifter
  • 2 bowls
  • 1 mug
  • 1 400 ml Nalgene bottle
  • MSR Dragonfly stove with windscreen
  • MSR Dragonfly stove servicing kit
  • Outback oven scorch burner (to avoid burning our eggs, bannock and cornbread)
  • Outback oven teapot cosy (to boil water/cook food faster)
  • 2 x 325 ml MSR bottles, one filled to maximum fill line, and the other filled to the cap
  • matches
  • 1 Swiss army knife (not used)
  • 1 pocket knife (not used for kitchen)
  • dish cloth
  • biodegradable dish soap
  • parchment paper
  • 3-4 coffee filters in case water was murky (not used)
  • 2 large ziploc bags marked for 2L of water
  • chlorine dioxide water treatment drops
  • 2 water bladders (2 L size)
  • 1 waterproof bear bag with bell on it
  • 1 waterproof bear bag without a bell on it (not used, because all the food fit into one bag)
  • rope for hanging bear bag
  • homemade tarp plus thin lightweight rope
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All of this fit inside the pot pictured.

We had everything we needed! My mug did triple duty for gatorade, tea/coffee, and measuring liquids (I had marked it with permanent marker in 1/4 cup increments), and Cheryl’s Nalgene did quadruple duty for gatorade, tea/coffee, a hot water bottle and measuring liquids.

We left behind some things that we used to bring, like a lightweight sink, forks, knives and plates!

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