Your “big 3″ look good, weight wise.
An October TRT can turn into snow camping, so I wouldn’t scrimp on the sleeping pad. More of your warmth at night comes from your pad than people realize.
Little things (that add up):
That Benchmade Mini Griptiliana is 5 times the weight of Victorinox Classic. You’re opening packaging and trimming your toenails, not killing bears. Using scissors (which the Classic has) WHENEVER you can instead of a blade is probably the single greatest reduction of ER visits on my job sites.
Medkit at 3.5 oz seems a bit heavy – blister care and OTC meds for a day can be 1.5 ounces.
Cordage is a good, multi-purpose thing (lash things back together, emergency shoelace, clothes lines, going out your shelter in high winds, etc) but paracord is, IMNSHO, not weight-effective. I can send you some 130-pount test braided Dacron halibut fishing line that weighs 6 grams for 25 feet / 0.4 ounces for 50 feet versus 2.86 ounces for the paracord. Better for many things* (emergency shoe laces, gear repair). Put another way, I guarantee I can do a lot more with 332 feet of that Dacron line than anyone can with the same weight (50 feet) of paracord.
*except for bear bag hanging – use a 2mm or 3mm cord for that. But you only have black bears there, so yelling at them weighs nothing.
That’s a big charger at 20.5 ounces Could you put your phone in airplane mode or turn it off most of the time?
While I have old-school map&compass skills, the only thing I’ve ever used a compass for in the last few decades is +/- 20 degrees stuff. e.g which side of the cloudy mountain to walk down, maintaining a straight-ish path at night or in fog. I’d take the mini compass but not the Suunto. A great compass once you’re turned around isn’t as helpful as a minimal compass you looked at on the way out. So a mini compass on a watch wrist band or on top of your trekking pole can be superior to a baseplate compass if you look at it more often.
Are you drying out the hand wipes before you go? That saves most of their weight.
There’s a stove that weighs 1/3 as much.
A huge rigid plastic cup/bowl can be 1 ounce instead of 2.3 ounces for the X-mug, holds much more, spills less. And I use mine to protect delicate gear in my pack.
As you say, decide between the fleece hoodie and the down hoodie.
Rain jacket is heavier by twice than other options.
I’ve done lots of trips in Patagonia Baggie shorts over the last 35 years. Still do. But running shorts are half the weight.
Possibly missing:
Dirty-girl gaiters for gravel bits and if you get snowed on?
Repair kit in 1/2 ounce: (in addition to the fishing line mentioned above): Glover’s needle, safety pin, bit of Gorilla or Tenacious Tape, one square inch of emery cloth).
Tiny bit of emergency fire starter, like 6″ x 6” of waxed paper. Maybe your hand sanitizer works, if it’s 70% or more. But waxed paper works better. Or remember that sticks start burning pretty quickly when put over your stove burner.
I’d bring a back-up lighter. A week of cold food would suck on a Fall trip like that.
Wall charger for (a smaller?) battery pack and phone at resupply points.
Probably don’t need mosquito repellent if there have been some freezing nights, but consider recent temps before you go. And maybe recent trips reports on the bugs.
Sunscreen. Not much – you’ll usually be in long sleeves and pants, but a 1/2-ounce mini-tube for your face and back of hands. The elevation varies between 6 and 10 thousand feet so there’s lots of UV.
