Hygiene Gear
Even in the backcountry, you should still brush your teeth twice a day and go to the bathroom. But in the backcountry, you may not have a toilet or facility provided toilet paper.
You Need the Following Kits
Personal Hygiene Kit
Human Waste Kit (one of the following):
Cathole Kit
Poo Bag Kit
Personal Hygiene Kit
Summer Camp, Lodging and Car Camping with Rest Rooms
Personal Hygiene Bag (aka shaving bag)
Groovy zippered Shaving Bag
Quart size freezer bag
Toothbrush
Protect bristles with cover
Toothpaste
You can refill a travel sized tube from a bigger tube before your trip
Soap
In soap container
Pack second bar for trip greater than 5 days
Floss
Multiple uses:
Thread for clothing/gear repair (tape needle to side of floss)
Remove ticks
Mini twine
Flossing teeth
Optional
Antiperspirant
Bottle of mouth wash
Hand sanitizer
Comb
Shampoo
Hair product
Nail clippers
Wet wipes
Razor
Small flashlight
Toilet paper in freezer bag stored in duffle bag - just in case
Note that Axe Body Spray is NOT on this list
Backcountry Hygiene Kit
Hygiene bag - small freezer bag
Toothbrush
Ideally with cap
Toothpaste
Small tube
Tablets
Soap
Soap sheets are easy to pack
Hand sanitizer is great - but does NOT deactivate norovirus
Human Waste Kit
The Backcountry often doesn't have toilets for use. Plan on packing either a cathole kit, where burying human waste is appropriate or a Poo Bag Kit where you need to pack out your waste.
GSI Cathole Trowel
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Prairie Dog Ultralight Shovel
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Cathole Kit
Trowel
Coghlan's Ultralight Tent Stake
Use to stab ground and brake it up
Works better than some of the above, especially through dense pine duff
Toilet Paper
Remove tube and pull paper for center
Store in quart size freezer bag
In winter - pack paper towels
Store in quart size freezer bag
Optional - biodegradable wet wipes
So nice on your butt
Poo Bag Kit
Toilet paper
Remove tube and pull paper for center
Store in quart size freezer bag
In winter - pack paper towels
Store in quart size freezer bag
Add Wag Bag or Reststop2
Optional - biodegradable wet wipes
Human Waste Bag
See our Poo Bag Kit Page