10 Essential items for hiking the High Rim Trail

We spend almost every weekend on the High Rim Trail, hiking, snowshoeing and doing trail maintenance. We strongly believe that trail users need to bring the 10 essential items in addition to a saw/hatchet and a GPS. Downed trees are a regular occurrence on the HRT requiring a saw to trim branches to allow passage and some of the intersections on the trail require a GPS to stay on track.

Please use the  comments on this post and mention what you might add to your backpack to ensure your fully prepared on the OHRT, if it is different from this list: https://www.adventuresmart.ca/land/survive-essentials.htm