GEAR CHECKLISTS
- Inga’s Basic Backpacking Checklist
- REI Backpacking Checklist
- Backpacker Magazine Gear Checklists
- Erik the Black’s Ultralight Backpacking Checklist
MAP SOURCES
- Erik the Black Atlas (Map booklets for JMT, PCT, TRT)
- Tom Harrison Maps (waterproof topo maps and apps for California, also available on Amazon, ~$6-20 per map)
- Wilderness Press Guidebooks for the John Muir Trail, Yosemite and many more areas.
- John Muir Trail: The Essential Guide to Hiking America’s Most Famous Trail by Elizabeth Wenk (guidebook with maps)
- Halfmile’s PCT Trail Notes (free, downloadable, printable trail notes and GPX downloads, though the maps are no longer available)
- Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail: Northern California: Section Hiking from Tuolumne Meadows to Donomore Pass by Philip Kramer
- CalTopo ((free map application with Pro version)
- GaiaGPS (free map application with Pro version)
- FarOut Guides (map application for long distance trails)
FOOD LOCKER LOCATIONS-SIERRA NEVADA
SOCIAL MEDIA GROUPS
- John Muir Trail Facebook Group
- Ladies of the JMT Facebook Group
- California Backpacking Women Facebook Group (Inga’s)
- Pacific Crest Trail Facebook Group
- Women of the PCT
- Healthy Gourmet Backpacking Food Facebook Group (Inga’s)
- Altitude Acclimatization Facebook Group (Inga’s)
- Chilkoot Trail and Yukon Travel Facebook Group (Inga’s)
- Tour du Mont Blanc
- Dolomites Alta Via 1
- Bearfoot’s Hiking Gear Flea Market Facebook Group
- USA – Backpacking Gear Flea Market for Women
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
- Leave No Trace (LNT)-Seven Principles
- Ten Essentials
- California Campfire Permit (free; required for camp stoves, campfires; available online)
FIRST AID, HEALTH & SAFETY
- First Aid Kit-Inga’s (Google Drive document)
- First Aid Kit-Comprehensive (Google Drive document)
- An Unofficial Acclimatization Guideline for JMT Hikers (free)
- Kula Cloth (pee cloth)
- Lightning-Myth Crushers (NOLS video)
- Stream Crossing Safety While Hiking and Backpacking (PCTA)
- Nutrition Guide-U.S. Special Operations Forces or download here
- Wilderness First Aid Classes (REI/NOLS) or Foster Calm in CA
- Wilderness First Aid Courses