GEAR CHECKLISTS

• Inga’s Basic Backpacking Checklist
• REI Backpacking Checklist
• Backpacker Magazine Gear Checklists
• Erik the Black’s Ultralight Backpacking Checklist
• Erik the Black’s Directory of Cottage Industry Backpacking Gear Companies

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

• Climber.org list
• Sequoia Kings Canyon National Parks (SEKI)
• Sierra Wild

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)
• 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

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