Hiking day trips are very easy to get into. You don’t need to take a lot of stuff on each trip to have a great time. Longer day trips might need a little bit more so here’s a checklist so you don’t forget to bring everything you need. This list is really only just for a day trip. You won’t need any camping gear for the short ones.
To Do Before Hiking
Make sure you have everything
Research where you are going
Let someone know arrival and departure times
Gear To Bring Hiking
Clothing
Waterproof jacket
Waterproof pants
Warm, dry clothes
Hat
Hiking
Hiking Poles
Hiking boots or trail runners
Backpack
Sunglasses
Sunscreen
Route Finding
Compass
Map
GPS
Bear spray or bear bangers
Food and Water
Water
Food
Emergency
Cell phone or radio
Emergency Location Beacon
First Aid Kit
Emergency blanket
Firestarting kit
Misc
Camera
Notebook
Extra batteries for electronics
Cash for trail fees
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There are tons of other great things that you can bring hiking on a day trip with you. What always in your backpack?
Depending on how long the hike is, I might just bring my camel bak and stuff it with a few essentials like a knife, compass, map of the area, etc.
This list is quite useful and very well written. I really like the post as it has proved itself to be very beneficial for me. Thanks for sharing the list. I would like to appreciate and thank David too. He has the capacity to analyze the post very well. 🙂 Thank you..!! 🙂
I would agree with your list, but I think there are so many factors that take place when coming up with the perfect list – like weather conditions of course and length of the actual hike, some day hikes can be a couple of hours, while others could be 8-12 or more.
Definitely! What would you say changes from only a couple hours up to the larger ones?