If you're prone to stomach issues while backpacking, food strategy can make or break your hike. Try these low-residue trail ...

Here’s what I wish someone had told me years ago: your body doesn’t just need calories when you’re hiking all day – it needs the RIGHT stuff at the RIGHT times. Most backpackers aim for 2,500 to 3,500 ...

In the many years since humanity first discovered fire, the joy of cooking has not abated. If anything, it has only strengthened as the world has blossomed in thousands of cultures. But while a ...

Peanut butter and jelly in a tortilla and a handful of trail mix is a lunch unparalleled while sitting on the summit of one of Colorado’s towering 14ers.Food so simple never tasted so good. The view – ...

Inga Aksamit is a North Bay-based backpacker who loves hiking wilderness trails and making tasty food, two hobbies that don’t usually overlap. The Sierra Club backpacking leader and Sugarloaf Ridge ...

Seasoned backpackers are trained to scrutinize every bit of gear that they'll be lugging into the wilderness — trimming away superfluous packaging; squirting 2.2 days worth of sunscreen and toothpaste ...

I’ve dragged myself through enough week-long treks to know that just throwing random high-calorie stuff into your pack doesn’t work. Sure, you might survive on instant ramen and energy bars, but ...