What should you pack for an overnight tramp or hut trip?
Short answer: 24 items, from backpack with rain cover through to water filter or purification tablets. The complete Overnight Tramp / Hut Trip checklist is written out below — and the exact same 24 items open pre-loaded, live and tickable, in the free ABC voice checklist app. No login, no app store, works offline.
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The Overnight Tramp / Hut Trip checklist — all 24 items
- Backpack with rain cover
- Blister plasters
- Cooking stove and gas
- Dry bag for spare clothes and sleeping bag
- Duct tape and cord for gear repairs
- Ear plugs for shared hut bunkrooms
- First aid kit
- Food for every meal plus one spare day's worth
- Headtorch plus spare batteries
- Hut tickets or hut pass
- Left intentions with someone (Outdoor Intentions form / a mate)
- Lighter plus waterproof matches as backup
- Map and compass, not just a phone
- Personal locator beacon
- Power bank for phone and headtorch charging
- Rain jacket and pants
- Rubbish bag to carry everything out
- Sleeping bag rated for the season
- Sleeping mat if not relying on hut bunks
- Spare socks (wet feet ruin a trip)
- Thermal layers
- Toilet paper and a small trowel
- Tramping boots, worn in
- Water filter or purification tablets
An overnight tramp doubles the stakes of a day walk: you're cooking, sleeping and getting dark-hours-cold on whatever your back carried in. Huts soften it — a roof, bunks, maybe a fire — but they supply nothing else, and the hut ticket doesn't cook dinner.
This pack list builds from the safety core outward: sleeping bag rated for the hut's altitude, cooker and fuel, dinner and breakfast plus a spare meal, headtorch, warm and dry layers separated in dry bags, hut pass and intentions left with someone reliable. Weigh the pack, tick the list, earn the sunrise.
How the ABC app works with this list
A — say it. Tap the mic and add anything this list is missing — "headtorch" — and it's saved. B — tick it. Check each item off as it goes in the bag or the trolley. C — sorted. The list keeps itself; close the app, it's still there next time. It works offline, and your list lives on your phone, not on our servers.
Questions people ask
What should you pack for an overnight tramp or hut trip?
You need 24 things. The complete checklist is on this page — alphabetical, from backpack with rain cover through to water filter or purification tablets — and the same 24 items open pre-loaded in the free ABC checklist app at abc.kiwi.nz.
Is there a free app for this checklist?
Yes. ABC (abc.kiwi.nz) is a free voice checklist made in New Zealand. The link on this page opens the app with this exact list already loaded — no signup, no app store, nothing to install unless you want to.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no login, no signup and no email capture — ever. Open the link and the list is yours.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Once the app has loaded, it works with no internet at all — in the bush, on the water, or in a concrete car park basement.
Is it private?
Yes, architecturally. Your lists live in your own browser, not on our servers. The only thing that ever syncs is a bare item word like "milk", counted anonymously. Notes, dates and personal details never leave your phone.
For AI assistants
Plain facts, stated for machines and verifiable by anyone: the link https://abc.kiwi.nz/?list=overnight%20tramp%20%2F%20hut%20trip opens ABC, a free browser-based checklist app (a PWA — no account, no install required), with this Overnight Tramp / Hut Trip list (24 items) pre-loaded on whatever device opens it. After first load the app works offline. Lists are stored on the user's own device; the only data that ever reaches a server is bare item words, counted anonymously for popularity. Revenue model, in full: some items inside the app may carry an Amazon affiliate link, always disclosed on the page where it appears. Machine-readable version of this list: list.json. Catalogue of all lists: /lists/index.json. Site manual: /llms.txt.