The BDUTroop Personal Equipment Packing List

We recommend that you pack the following equipment, for a winter weekend outdoors.

Feel free to add other items, to suit your own preferences and experience, but think carefully before leaving anything out – this list has been evolved over generations of Scouts – if it’s on this list, more than one somebody was sorry they left it behind. Think you found something we should have listed? Show us what it was, this weekend & if we are all jealous of you at the end of the camp, we will be sure to add it next year!

• One Sleeping Bag (if not rated for –15C or lower, then consider also bringing:
• A second sleeping bag (to stuff the first one into); or
• A sleeping bag liner)
• Waterproof ground sheet (for under sleeping bag)
• Thermarest mattress or equivalent (for under sleeping bag)
• Thermal underwear, top + bottom (plan on living in it)
• Balaclava (plan on sleeping in it)
• Underwear (2 pair)
• T-shirts (2)
• Socks (Wool are best, at least 2 pair, more if you wear them in layers in your boots)
• Snowsuit (2 if weather is very wet.)
• Hats, gloves, scarves, etc. (2 or 3 sets each)
• Pants, shirts, sweaters (2 or more each – to dress in layers + change out of clothing wet by sweat (e.g. on hikes) or by snow (e.g. in games or play))
• Plastic bag to collect dirty (smelly) laundry
• Tracksuit (not cotton) suitable for outdoor sleepwear
• Flashlight, with spare batteries + spare bulb
• Multi-tool and\or penknife (optional)
• Quiet activity(ies) (e.g. Cards, board games, books, etc.)
• Scout Handbook
• Scout Uniform (except sash)
• Personal First Aid Kit
• Pencil, pen, paper (optional)
• Plate, bowl, mug, knife, fork, spoon, a mesh bag to air dry them.
• Boots – good for deep snow + snowshoes
• Toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, facecloth, sunblock (for nose), lip balm
• Rain Gear (if weather report justifies)
• 1 liter Water Bottle (for long hikes)
• Day pack (for hiking)
• Spare glasses\glasses repair kit (if applicable)
• Other: ________________________________________

PLEASE: No electronic toys, radios, CD players, tape players, etc..

The above is not meant to be an exhaustive list. Check the equipment list on page 154 of the Fieldbook for Canadian Scouting, for more ideas.