The Gendarme Trail (Gendarmstien) Packing List

Total base weight including 400 grams of photography equipment was 5.3 kg and total pack weight including fuel and 4 days of food but not water was 7.6 kg. Total skin out weight = 9.5 kg. My trip report can be read here.

We shared the weight of the shelter; my wife carried the Hyperlight Mountain Gear full insert weighing 622 grams. The HMG Ultamid 2 with the full insert is a very lightweight shelter for two persons. Including stakes and pole straps the total shared weight was 1.2 kg.

gear that I did not use:

• rain jacket
• rain skirt
• waterproof socks
• trekking umbrella
• wind pants
• toe socks packed
• water filling scoop
• headlamp
• ear plugs
• extra camera battery
• first aid kit
• trowel
• toilet paper
• two days of food and fuel
• tweezers
• sunglasses
• glasses hard case

The waterproof socks were for wearing in the evenings after a whole day on trail in rain. If we had stayed on trail then we would of used all the wet weather gear because it rained for the next two days.

If there was one item that I should of not packed then I would say it was the wind pants because I just used my long underwear in the evening. Although the pants only weigh 67 grams which is no big deal.

The extra toe socks were for changing into on day three and four; so these would of been used if we didn’t leave the trail.

Water is easy to resupply on the Gendarme Trail either at toilets, caravan parks etc. We didn’t need to fill water with the scoop; there were always outdoor taps available and the faucets we used were a long enough distance from the base of basins.

I didn’t use the headlamp but 36 grams didn’t break my back. I’m thinking about not packing the ear plugs on my future hikes as I haven’t used them for a while.

We didn’t use any toilet paper or had to use the trowel either. On day two we came by a public toilet 2.8 km from camp one so we could just use those facilities. There is no toilet at the the first camp site at Dybbøl. However, there are plenty of toilets along the trail.

As it turned out we had to leave the trail at the end of day two so we brought home two days worth of food and fuel.

There were no ticks, thank goodness, so the tweezers were not used. I have tweezers on the small Swiss army knife as well but I like to have these “stand-a-lone” ones handy in my waist belt pocket. Last year was “tick year” so I’m kind of used to having these ones handy in the tick season now.

I didn’t carry my sunglasses or the hard glasses case because I left them behind in the car 😡. I really missed the sunglasses on the second day when it was so sunny as we walked by the coastline right next to the water. In a way it was a good thing because I found a new way to store my expensive reading glasses at night; I placed them in a sock and then into the storage bag for my sleeping pad and then hung it from the centre pole.

I packed a larger and heavier towel 56 grams on this hike. I haven’t used this towel for several years. I planned for access for us both to a shower on the second and third days. I haven’t really bothered so much with that before but my wife liked the idea 😀. Anything to keep the peace.

Gear	spreadsheet	GENDARME TRAIL PACKING LIST	grams
category	ITEM	DESCRIPTION	WEIGHT
Clothes worn	shoes	Altra Lone Peak 4 / 661 g	661
	hiking socks	Injinji Trail Midweight Mini Crew Toe Socks 55 g	55
	hiking pants	Columbia Silver Ridge Cargo Shorts 200 g	200
	underpants	Dilling Tights Exclusive Merino Wool M/5 85 g	85
	handkerchief	cotton 14 g	14
	long sleeve shirt	Patagonia Tropic Comfort Hoody II 235 g	235
	hat	HMG Breeze Hat 70 g	70
	watch	Suunto Core Regular Black 62 g	62
	cell phone	Apple iPhone 6S 64GB 145 g	145
	trekking poles	Black Diamond Distance FLZ Black White 125cm 437 g	437
	SUB-TOTAL CLOTHES WORN:	NOT INCLUDED IN BASE WEIGHT	1964
Pack	backpack	HMG Windrider 2400 Pack (40 ltr) 799 g	799
	Shoulder Strap Pocket	Tread Lite Gear Dyneema X Grid Rucksack Backpack Shoulder Strap Pocket 17 g	34
	stuff sack for waterproofing camera	Tread Lite Gear DCF Roll Top Dry Bag Ultralight 11 g	11
	SUB-TOTAL PACK:	BASE WEIGHT	844
Shelter	stakes	6″ MSR Carbon Core 6 g (4 stakes)	24
	stakes	9″ MSR Core 14 g (4 stakes)	52
	stuff sack for stakes	Tarptent Silnylon black 3 g	3
	trekking pole fixing system	2 ea HMG UltaMid Pole straps 36 g	36
	shelter	HMG UltaMid 2 – Ultralight Pyramid Tent 528 g (my wife carried the HMG full insert 622 grams)	528
	stuff sack for shelter	Hyperlite Mountain Gear Drawstring Stuff Sack X-Large (DCF8) 14g	14
	SUB-TOTAL SHELTER:	BASE WEIGHT	657
Sleeping	sleeping bag (or quilt)	Cumulus Quilt (2018 model) 250 / 850 cuin 505 g	505
	sleeping pad	Therm-A-Rest Neoair Uberlite – Regular R value 2.0 (51 x 183 x 6,4 cm) 244 g	244
	pillow	Hyperlite mountain gear Cuben pillow stuff sack Small 32 g	32
	stuff sack / pod	Hyperlite Mountain Gear POD – Large 37 g	37
	SUB-TOTAL SLEEPING:	BASE WEIGHT	818
Rain protection	rain jacket	Berghaus Hyper Shell Jacket (L) / waterproof 15,000 mm breathable 10,000 mm 89 g	89
	rain skirt	ULA Rain Kilt (L) 80 g	80
	water proof socks	DexShell Ultra Thin Waterproof 63 g	63
	trekking umbrella	Six Moon Designs Silver Shadow Mini Umbrella including stuff sack 189 g	189
	SUB-TOTAL RAIN PROTECTION:	BASE WEIGHT	421
Clothes packed	wind shirt	Cumulus Windy-Wendy Pertex Quantum GL Wind Jacket 60 g	60
	wind pants	As Tucas Millaris Wind Pants 67 g	67
	insulated jacket	Cumulus Climalite Pullover Climashield Apex 67 (251 g)	251
	mid layer (packed)	Patagonia Capilene Air Hoody 231 g	231
	long underpants (packed)	Dilling Long Exclusive Merino Wool 188 g	188
	T-shirt (packed)	Inov wool black 119 g	119
	hiking socks (packed)	Injinji Trail Midweight Mini Crew Toesocks 55 g	55
	hiking socks (packed)	Darn Tough Boot Sock Full Cushion 107 g	107
	stuff sack / pod	Hyperlite Mountain Gear POD – Small 34 g	34
	SUB-TOTAL CLOTHES:	BASE WEIGHT	1112
Kitchen	cone system / wind shield	Stormin Pothugger Windshield for Vargo BOT-700 including 2 support pins 26 g	26
	pot	Vargo Bot-700 ml 132 g	132
	stove	Stormin 20ml Screw UTD burner 7 g	7
	cozy	DIY cozy for Vargo BOT – 700 / 33 g	33
	oddments bag	Hyperlite Mountain Gear Drawstring Stuff Sack Nano (DCF8) 3 g	3
	pocket lighter	Mini Bic lighter 12 g	12
	baseplate (leave no trace)	Stormin Stove System Reflective Baseplate Aluminium Pothugger 10 g	10
	spoon	Nordisk Titanium XL Long Handle Spoon 20 g	20
	folding knife	Swiss Army Knife Classic SD including scissors & tweezers 21 g	21
	fuel storage bottle	Vargo Alcohol Fuel Bottle (251 ml) 197 g fuel full (28 g)	28
	cup	folding cup 200 ml 24 g	24
	pot scrubber	cut off kitchen scrubber 1 g	1
	stuff sack / pod for food & cooking	Hyperlite Mountain Gear POD – Large 37 g	37
	SUB-TOTAL COOKING:	BASE WEIGHT	354
Hydration	water bottle	1 Ltr soda bottle 36 g	36
	extra water bottle	2 ltr Evernew folding 43 g	43
	scoop	Sawyer filling scoop 8 g	8
	SUB-TOTAL HYDRATION:	BASE WEIGHT	87
Navigation	maps	Gendarmstien 39 g	39
	SUB-TOTAL NAVIGATION:	BASE WEIGHT	39
Electronics	power bank	Anker PowerCore 5000 mAh including bag + 0.3 m lightning cable 150 g	150
	headlamp	Nitecore NU25 Rechargeable Headlamp with UL headband 36 g	36
	SUB-TOTAL ELECTRONICS:	BASE WEIGHT	186
Photography	camera	Canon G7 X Mark II including battery & SanDisk SD Extreme Pro V30 64GB 170MB/s memory card 321 g	321
	tripod	Pedco UltraPod Lightweight Camera Tripod 52 g	52
	camera batteries	Canon NB-13L 23 g	23
	SUB-TOTAL PHOTOGRAPHY:	BASE WEIGHT	396
First Aid & Repair	first aid & repair kit	plasters, gauze roller bandage, gauze dressings, adhesive tape (angel skin), needle, cleansing wipes, Paracetamol 500 mg, Ibuprofen 200 mg, Imolope relieves diarrhea, Postafen 25 mg against travel sickness, 4 safety pins, cuben repair kit for tent, Tear-Aid Patch for clothes, HMG repair kit for cuben backpack, repair kit for sleeping pad, duct tape, waterproof matches, Dyneema Guy Rope 2.0mm, Tread Lite Gear Cuben Fiber Pouch 93 g	93
	SUB-TOTAL FIRST AID / REPAIR:	BASE WEIGHT	93
Essentials	Wallet	Tread Lite Gear Cuben fiber Coin Card Case Wallet Zip 4 g	4
	Credit cards etc.	drivers license, credit cards, cash, train card, insurance card, medicine card 33 g	33
	toothbrush	2 piece plastic 14 g	14
	ear plugs	in plastic container 7g	7
	towel	Asivik TrekTowel 40 x 65 cm M 56 g	56
	trowel	TheTentLab The Deuce of Spades UL Trowel 2 (17 g)	17
	seat pad	Therm-a-Rest Z-Seat Pad with R-value 2.2 (53 g)	53
	sunglasses	Ray Ban prescription 37 g	37
	glasses case	hard case 50 g	50
	tweezers	flat nose tweezers 10 g	10
	wash bag	Tread Lite Gear Cuben Fiber Box Zipped Wash Bag Packing Cell ultralight blue 7 g	7
	stuff sack ditty bag	ZPacks Medium-Plus Cuben Fiber 9.5 Ltr 24 g	24
	SUB-TOTAL ESSENTIALS:	BASE WEIGHT	312
Consumables	all breakfast food	oats, raisins, dried milk in ziplock bag (aprox. 140 g per serving)	420
	all dinner food homemade	homemade dehydrated meal (approx. 125 g per serving dehydrated) one packet	125
	all dinner food purchased	Expedition meals purchased 164 g – 172 g two packets	330
	all lunch & snack food	oatmeal bars, M&M peanuts, beef jerky, Snickers, trail mix	940
	coffee	Nescafe sachets 2 g	12
	fuel	weight of fuel in Vargo (251 ml) 197 g	197
	hand sanitiser	Hand gel 50 ml (55 g)	55
	detergent	Bio-degradable in LD Mini Dropper bottle transparent 6 ml (9 g)	9
	lip stuff	with sun factor 15 g	15
	toothpaste	19ml Colgate travel tube 33 g	33
	lense cleaner	little spray flask 14 g	14
	baby wipes, towel etc.	compressed towels 2 g	8
	rubbish bags	4 ltr freezer bag 5 g	10
	toilet paper	in HMG Small CF8 Cuben Stuff Sack – 8” x 10” (7 g)	48
	salt & pepper	in a 20 ml reservoir 20 g	20
	sunblock	Tube of 30 SFP 53 g	53
	TOTAL CONSUMABLES:	NOT INCLUDED IN BASE WEIGHT	2289
TOTALS	total base weight	all gear NOT worn or consumed	5319
	total pack weight	all gear NOT worn + consumables added	7608
	total skin out weight	pack weight + clothing worn	9572

You can view and download my map for this hike here on AllTrails