Hiking and outdoors packing list
The mistake on hiking lists is a single temperature. Mountain, desert and high-altitude destinations swing 15°C or more between afternoon and night, and a mean figure hides all of it — which is how people end up somewhere like Johannesburg or Kathmandu in a t-shirt. This list is built from the destination's own monthly highs and lows, so where the daily range is wide it says so and the layers appear.
The other half is what can fly. Trekking poles and tent pegs are refused at security and belong in the hold; a camping stove and its fuel generally cannot fly at all. Those are flagged in the list itself rather than left for the airport to explain.
What this trip type changes
Layers, driven by the range and not the average
Where the gap between the average high and the average low is wide, the list adds the mid layer and says why.
Wet-weather items appear only where it rains
Rain gear is gated on the destination's actual rain days for those months, so a dry-season list is not padded with a shell you will not use.
Poles and pegs go in the hold
Anything with a point loses at security. With carry-on only, some of this gear simply does not travel — better to know before the queue.
Build the list
Already set up for this kind of trip. Add where you are going and your dates — those are the two things we will not guess.
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Laundry
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Bags
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Other kinds of trip
Flying soon? Check what can and cannot fly for anything unusual, and what an overweight bag costs on your airline before you get to the desk.