WHAT SHOULD I BRING TO
GO ON TREKS?
1) Residents must provide their own:
• fast drying shorts (1 pair) no cotton
• 1 T-shirt (may be cotton)
• camp shoes (must be sneakers)
• sun-hat (ball cap)
• lighter
• toiletries (tooth brush, floss, etc.) no heavy items!
2) The following items may be purchased at the Trek Center on issue day,
or you may supply your own. If you do not have these items by issue day,
you may be required to purchase them from GWR. (Our prices are
comparable, if not cheaper than what you can find in town).
• wool socks (3 pairs)
• liner socks (2 pairs)
• polypropylene long underwear (tops and bottoms)
• warm hat
• warm gloves and/or mittens
• sunglasses
• sunscreen
• water bottle
3) The following items are supplied no charge. You may bring your own equipment
if it is approved by your Trek Leader.
Clothing: rain jacket and pants; wind shirt and pants; fleece jackets, vests
and pants; headlamps, hiking boots
Equipment: backpacks, sleeping bag, sleeping pad
Group gear:tents or tarps, stoves, cooking gear, water purification tablets,
hand sanitizer, repair materials, first aid kits
Note: Check with your Trek Leader if you wish to bring anything that is not
on this list. Cameras and light books are generally permissible. Radios or
disk-men are not. Swiss-Army type pocketknives are OK, anything larger is not.
NO COTTON Cotton is the most effective material for cooling the body and takes
forever to dry when it gets wet. With the exception of a T-shirt in summer,
it is a poor choice to bring cotton into the backcountry.
ARE THERE LOCAL AA/NA 12-STEP MEETINGS IN
PORT TOWSEND?
Yes, Port Townsend has an active recovery community full of young people. The
Alanon club has five 12-Step meetings every day and is located in downtown Port
Townsend within walking distance from our Learning Center.
WHAT ABOUT TRANSPORTATION IN AND
AROUND PORT TOWNSEND?
Gray Wolf Ranch provides all transportation to and from jobs, school and community
service projects. Residents are dropped off and picked up by a GWR staff member
in one of our vans. We also have a fleet of bicycles available to be used for
transportation and for recreation.
All residents receive a membership to the Port Townsend
Athletic Club |
