How to Pick the Best Backpacking Towel
Having a specific towel for when you go backpacking is very important. Don’t use a home towel that you’d normally … Read more
Tips
Tips for backpacking and hiking from our readers backpackers who share their insights and experiences.
Backpacking Q&A: Where to put the Backpack
QUESTION: Let’s say you’re backpacking and want to travel light and your food, clothing and other gear is in your backpack. … Read more
Backpacking Q&A: Food And Bears
QUESTION: What do you do with your food at night? Tie it in a tree? Bear container? Place it like 700 … Read more
Backpacker Tip: Washing wool socks
A tip from the backpacker Dave Stevenson. Wool socks are warm, but they don’t dry out very quickly in wet … Read more
Backpacker Tip: Lightweight survival tools for backpacking
A tip from the backpacker Sierra Mountains from California. Here are some essential tools that I take on every backpacking … Read more
Philmont Boy Scout Ranch Stories and Tips
Philmont Boy Scout Ranch is an amazing place to spend a couple of weeks backpacking in the mountains of New … Read more
Best Pack Weight for Backpacking Trip
How much is too much when packing a backpack? Well, the correct pack weight for a backpacking trip depends on … Read more
Backpacker Tip: Keeping the Weight Down
A tip from the backpacker Scott Fici. I have done a few 1 and 2 month backpacking excursions where when … Read more
Backpacking Around the World: How to plan overseas adventure tours
If you’re hoping to go backpacking around the world, you will have lots of planning to do in advance. However, … Read more
Backpacking with our Kids
Is backpacking with our kids feasible, you ask? Maybe you were a backpacker in your youthful days, as a single … Read more