Expect dry and sunny weather with low humidity and colder nights.

Bring dry weather and rain clothing, including a cap or hat, gloves, cold-weather long-sleeve t-shirt (preferably wool), hiking pants, rain pants, and a rain jacket.

For cooking food, you will need an ultralight backpacking canister stove and at least a 1L pot per person, both are available for rent from our partner RightOnTrek. Isobutane fuel canisters for cooking meals will be provided by HIGHLANDER.

To find your way around, you must know how to read maps (which will be provided by the Organizer) and use a compass, available for rent from our partner RightOnTrek as well as a GPS navigation tool that you may use alongside the compass.

For your safety, all participants must have a first aid kit during our events. And, since we are backpacking in the land of bears, mountain lions, and other mammals with large teeth, we recommend you consider carrying bear spray.  Both first aid kits and bear spray are available from our partner RightOnTrek. 

All participants are obligatory to have bear spray and dry bag (for storing food & toiletries) as part of their mandatory gear. Bear canister is not required. 

Mandatory protocol at all checkpoints:

• You store the food and hygiene items in your dry bag.
• You hand over the dry bag to the organizers at the end of the day. It needs to be marked with a bag tag provided by organizer. 
• The organizers will safely store your dry bag overnight, and you will collect it in the morning. 

Please find more Tips & education on bear safety HERE.

We believe our participants love and cherish nature and all its beauty. We know you wouldn’t litter, so please bring a waste bag for your litter.

Littering on and around trails, checkpoints, and mountain lodges is forbidden. Litterers will be disqualified and banned from applying to any future HIGHLANDER events.

Dogs are welcome but must always stay on a leash. See the Rules for more info.