Juan De Fuca Gear List

I did the WCT last May – love the area.

For temps in October on the Island I might look at adding a warm, possibly insulated beanie (i.e. ID Primaloft or something similar) for both hanging around camp and sleeping with the quilt. Otherwise I think you have it covered on the warmth.

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Good suggestion regarding the foam pad. I will use the foam back pad out of my Jam pack for this purpose. I was going to leave this behind, but now that it has another use as well it makes more sense to bring it. Guess I'll have to increase the weight of my Jam from 655g to 685g.

I'll add two beanies for us. I kinda thought the hood of the Montbell parka would be enough, but I guess heads are really important to keep warm.

HI Dan, Nicely thought out list. I walked the Juan de Fuca in August, but I had very hot, sunny California conditions, so my experience is quite different from what everyone warned me about. I still wonder how my own gear list would have fared if the rains really had come.

I would think the Mont Bell hoods would work fine, as long as you had some kind of wind blocking layer over or under them. SInce you're not carrying a windjacket and your rain layer might very well be wet, probably the beanies are a good idea. You want to have something warm and dry in the quilt. I guess you don't want to bring a hat or light gloves of some kind?

I do have some wool gloves listed in my gear list which double as a way to hold my pot. My wife does not though….I should probably add some.