Hut to Hut Gear List

This is a list of gear I won't leave home without. Note: This post contains affiliate links, which earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you if you make a purchase using one of these links.

Phone and money

• Iphone wallet 

• LifeProof FRĒ SERIES Waterproof Case for iPhone 13

• Solar battery charger with flashlight

Drinking Water

• LifeStraw Go Water Filter Bottle with 2-Stage Integrated Filter Straw for Hiking, Backpacking, and Travel Best quick water bottle for places where your tummy might not be able to handle the local tap.

• Sawyer Products Squeeze Water Filtration System An easy, light way to filter larger quantities of water for hiking trips. 

Luggage

• Backpacking backpack - I'd recommend going to REI to get fitted, but I love my Gregory Jade 60 Liters bag I bought in 2012.  The Gregory Jade 63 is the newer version.

Clothes

• Two - three hiking outfits: Quick dry tanks, sport bras, leggings/shorts, wool socks, undies so you can wash them every other day, and use the clean pair to sleep in

• Windbreaker

• Light puffy jacket

• Hiking boots

• Shower shoes

Food and drink

• Water filter (some of the huts water is not technically potable, so you'l save some money here)

• 3-liter water bladder

• Extra water bottle to mix in rehydration powders

• Gels/snacks

Health + Hygiene

• Chapstick: Obsessed with O'Keeffe's Lip Repair 

• Sunscreen

• Deodorant (works to prevent chaffing too)

• Toothbrush and paste

• Soap to shower with and clean clothes

• Deodorant and anti-chafe cream

• Blister pads, and bandaids - just in case, but make sure though hiking boots are broken in

• Small bottle of shampoo/body wash for the 2 minute hut showers

• Drugs! Painkillers, anti-inflammatories, antihistamines, tums, pepto-bismal, and anything else you need.  

• Quick dry towel

• Meat sack (We were so confused when we saw this term on the huts websites, but its just a sleeping bag liner.)

Miscellaneous

• Hiking poles

• Head lamp

• Earplugs

• GPS

• Camera (or phone)

• External charger

• A bit of masking tape  - You can wrap in around your water bottle and could come in handy if your soles separate, bag rips., blister bandaids don't stay on..who knows.  

• Cash! Some huts only take payment in cash.