Cathole Trowel

The GSI Outdoors Cathole Trowel is a purpose-built sanitation shovel made to handle the realities of digging a cathole in the backcountry. It’s designed to be the easiest and toughest cathole trowel on the market, with sharp serrations that cut through matted forest flora when the ground is less cooperative than it looked from camp.

In use, the sure-grip shape helps it stay controlled in hand, and the deployable root cutters give you another option when you hit tougher sections. For something every backpacker hopes not to think much about until they need it, this is a straightforward tool that earns its place in a pack.