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Decide on 2 nights with the potential for 4 in terms of packing. Put everything that "you need" in your backpack and walk around your town with it on, are you comfortable? Now you can decide if you want to add more weight or perhaps take some things out.
Put your tent up and take it down, repack it, so that you know the process when you get there, sometimes things take longer and it's getting dark which is fine when you're prepared.
Take a warmer sleeping bag than is necessary, you can always unzip it a tad but you can only zip up a thin one so far. These days $100 will get you a sub-zero bag that packs down small and weighs 3lbs (onetigris) on amazon. I went out with a stove tent and just blankets once because huh the stove will keep me warm all night, but of course it went out after 2 hours leaving me shivering hahaha. Invest in a solid -5 sleeping bag if it's going to get anywhere near cold.
Take some paper and cardboard, enough to get 2 fires going, so that there's no worries about wet wood. I carry a small bottle of methylated spirits (for a spirit burner) so that even half-soaked wood will spark up well enough if necessary. On my first trip I forgot to buy firelighters and the trees were soaked, now I carry several methods of creating effective fire.
If you plan to go more times and next year: buy a titanium stove if you can find one at a good price. I have no tariffs so I can buy from chinese ebay, but regardless they back down to less than 3.5 POUNDS with the chimney. Such a great thing to have with you believe me.
