Rae Lakes Loop Gear List
Even without the gear changes I have made since this trip, I could have reduced my pack weight by 4.6 lbs by eliminating the items in red.
Summary Pounds
Food 13.200
Liquids 4.000
Sleeping 5.214
Pack 5.050  
Photography and GPS 1.043
Clothes 5.523
Misc 2.138
Kitchen 3.538
Bathroom 0.681
First aid kit 0.576
Total starting pack weight 40.961
BASE 22.473
Pack  
Osprey Aether 70 Pack 4.750
Osprey Pack Rain cover 0.300
Total 5.050
Liquids  
Water 4.000
Total 4.000
Food  
Bear canister 1.800
Coffee           [1] 0.875
Coffee creamer 0.219
Granola Bars 0.381
Oatmeal (12 packs) 1.069
Almonds, granola, M&M's 2.000
M&M's 0.631
6 Cliff Bars 0.938
Mountain House Grilled Chicken and mash 0.325
Mountain House Chili Mac 0.356
Mountain House Chili Mac 0.356
Backpackers Pantry Wild West Chili and Beans 0.463
Natural High Spicy chicken Fajitas 0.406
Natural High Chicken Enchilada 0.438
Natural High Three Berry cobbler       [2] 0.281
Natural High Cherry Blast       [3] 0.369
Baby Bell cheese 0.369
Trail Mix 1.125
NAAN Bread 0.500
Oil (for cooking fish) 0.094
Bread Crumbs (for cooking fish) 0.206
Total 13.200
Bedroom  
Montbell SS #3 + stuff sack 1.500
Big Agnes Insulated Air Core 1.620
Gossamer Gear Thinlight 1/8 Insulation Pad 0.119
Contrail Tarptent 1.500
Gossamer Gear Spinnsheet Ground Cloth 0.256
Tent Stakes - 2 MSR Groundhogs, 4 Easton 6", 2 Easton 8 "    [4] 0.219
Total 5.214
Photography & GPS  
GPS Garmin 60CSX 0.350
Camera Canon 0.380
10 AA Lithium Batteries 0.313
Total 1.043
Clothes  
REI Spruce Run Primaloft Jacket 1.100
Wrightsock CoolMesh sock liner 0.081
Driducks Rain suit 0.656
Patagonia Capilene 2 tee     [5] 0.331
Sprint Aquatics Nylon Mesh shoes 0.013
Shorts 0.288
Smartwool Trekking Hiker socks 0.213
Trail Shoes     [6] 1.810
Baclava 0.138
Patagonia Capilene 2 long johns 0.375
REI Silk LS shirt 0.238
ExOfficio briefs 0.200
Smartwool Liner gloves 0.081
Total 5.523
Misc  
Glasses 0.131
Petzl Tikki Plus Headlamp 0.138
3 AAA Batteries for Tikki     [7] 0.050
Thermometer     [8] 0.013
Para Cord 0.163
Sea to Summit Mosquito headnet 0.063
Trash bag 0.050
Book 0.313
Gerber Paraframe Knife 0.163
Compass 0.063
Credit card and ID 0.025
Paper and pen 0.056
REI Storm proof matches 0.050
Tom Harrison Kearsage Pass Map 0.044
Fishing Pole and reel 0.750
Watch 0.069
Total 2.138
Kitchen  
Katadyn water filter 0.744
MSR canister fuel 8 oz 0.781
MSR canister fuel 4 oz     [9] 0.506
MSR Pocket Rocket 0.244
Snow Peak Titanium Bowl 0.113
REI TIWare Titanium Pot .9 Liter 0.325
2 1 Liter plastic bottles 0.200
Camp Soap 0.169
REI French Press coffee mug     [10] 0.438
1 plastic spoon 0.019
Total 3.538
Bathroom  
Lip Balm 0.019
Nutrogena Sunscreen 0.244
Wet wipes (dried) 0.138
Trowel 0.113
Toothpaste 0.063
Toothbrush 0.025
Floss 0.038
MSR Washcloth 0.044
Total 0.681
First aid kit  
Ultrathon Deet 0.131
Eye Meds 0.031
Basic first aid kit 0.250
Luekotape 0.044
Vitamins / Iboprofen 0.094
Moleskin     [11] 0.013
Katadyn Micropur water purifier 0.013
Total 0.576
Wearing / Carrying  
Wrightsock CoolMesh sock liner 0.081
REI Sahara Convertible pants 0.800
Smartwool Hiker socks 0.213
RailRiders Eco-Mesh LS Shirt 0.450
ExOfficio briefs 0.200
Total 1.744

[1]
Randy:
Way too heavy. Should have brought Starbucks VIA
[2]
Randy:
Never had enough room after eating dinner for the deserts
[3]
Randy:
Never had enough room after eating dinner for the deserts
[4]
Randy:
Easton stakes are off my "nice" list
[5]
Randy:
Never needed an extra short sleeve shirt
[6]
Randy:
Either boots or trail shoes, not BOTH
[7]
Randy:
Tikki has 100 hours life. Extra batteries not needed
[8]
Randy:
My watch has a thermometer so this was redundant
[9]
Randy:
I packed extra fuel since I was responsible for a group, but we had too much.
[10]
Randy:
Worked great, but too heavy
[11]
Randy:
I had never used Leukotape so this was a backup. Leukotape is the winner!