Day Hiking list

• Weather forecasts for the area
• Hiking boots
• A pack to carry all of this
• First-aid and gear-repair kit
• Water (amount depends on the length of the hike and the heat, at least 2 liters per person)
• Maps of the area
• Hiking guides for the area (e.g., pages printed from ExploreNM.com)
• Sun hat
• Sunscreen
• Instep crampons
• Sunglasses
• Lip balm
• Camera equipment
• List of needed plant photos
• Binoculars
• Bug repellent
• Compass
• GPS with memory available for the track
• Spare batteries for the GPS
• Thermometer
• Whistle
• Rain gear
• Polypro or other warm shirt for layering
• Hiking poles
• Warmer clothes (if hiking in mountains)
• Guides to the local nature (e.g. geology, plants, birds, etc)
• Hand lens for looking at the small local nature
• Lunch and some snacks
• Plastic bag for trash
• Pocket knife
• Caribiner
• Cell phone (do not count on it working in backwoods areas)
• FRS or GMRS radios (maybe)
• Spare batteries for FRS or GMRS radios
• Paper and 2 pens for notes
• Palmtop computer (maybe)
• Toilet paper and Ziplock bag for carrying the toilet paper out
• Blister powder
• Hunter orange hat, vest, and/or jacket (if hunting season)

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