Gear and preparation checklists

Use the packing checklist

Open Packing to review the essentials, condition-based suggestions and your own additions. Check items as you pack them. Route-specific guidance explains why an item is suggested and identifies its source where available. Adapt the list to your skills, group and route; a checked list is not a guarantee that preparation is complete.

Personal gear rules

Sign in, open Account → Your gear preferences, and enter whole Fahrenheit thresholds for gloves and running pants. “Below” excludes the threshold itself: gloves below 55°F means 54°F qualifies, 55°F does not. Leave a personal rule blank if you do not want it. Suggestions use the coldest available stop temperature; missing weather is not treated as warm. Account rules follow the signed-in user and can be read or proposed for change by an authorized assistant.

Administrative preparation

Expand Before you go below the timing summary. Review Permits & access, Transport & meetup, Campsites & reservations, and Emergency & check-in plan. Each arrangement has notes and a status: still to arrange, arranged/checked by me, or not needed. Add booking details, pickup plans, exit options and the off-trail contact’s check-in time. These are your confirmations; the app does not acquire permits or make reservations.

Terrain, decisions and the group agreement

Before you go includes descriptive terrain guidance and a trail-terms glossary. Review Terrain, decisions & group agreement to record skills, exposure, practical exits, pace, regroup arrangements, shared-equipment roles and how the group will reassess. Distance and ascent do not establish technical ability. Edit a stop and expand Decision at this stop to add a latest-arrival time and trip day, reassessment criteria, an alternative and exit/pickup arrangements. These are agreements you enter, not calculated safety limits.

Check-ins and respecting the place

Emergency & check-in plan has optional fields for a trusted contact off the trip, expected return with date/time/zone, and an agreed overdue response. Arrange this with the contact; the app does not send check-ins or alert rescuers. Contact and group details appear in text, JSON, shared snapshots and PDF exports. GPX includes checkpoint decision notes, but does not include the contact agreement. Review Respect this place for route-specific questions and linked guidance on access, passing, wildlife, dogs, durable surfaces and waste. Check current local rules; guidance is not an access confirmation.

Why did a confirmation reset?

Changing route, date, timing, stops, decision criteria, group/contact agreements or meetup details asks you to review arrangements again while retaining notes. Duplicating a trip clears confirmations. Packing checks are separate. The PDF carries current owner arrangement statuses and packing checks, plus unchecked reminders for conditions, water, maps and other departure tasks.

Next step

• Export your prepared plan →