- A Peak (Register Your Peak)
- Amateur Radio w/ operator ( 2 meter handi-talky, & batteries) AND/OR Cellular phone, spare battery, and phone list (optional)
- CAMERA or Camcorder
- CAMPING GEAR
- WATER
- Binoculars (and/or Telescope)
- Compass & Map of area
- FIRST AID KIT!
- Folding Camp chair (optional)
- Food: Dinner, Breakfast, & Lunch
- Garbage bags (No Trace Camping!)
- Hat
- Jacket (it's typically windy & cool on a peak)
- List of Teams (see Peak Registry)
- MIRRORS (Large & Hand Mirrors)
- Notepad & Pen
- Operation On Target pins (hold ceremony on mtn.)
- Permission slips from each young man
- PERMIT: if required by Forest Service.
- Raingear or Poncho
- Sunglasses
- Sunscreen
- Tools to assemble mirrors & duct tape.
- TOUR PERMIT filed with BSA
- Obtain permission from the land owner if the peak is on private land.
- GPS (Global Positioning System) (optional)