Essential backpacking tips every beginner needs, covering gear, packing, safety, and trail skills for a more enjoyable ...

Seasoned backpackers can handle whatever the trail throws at them. These 8 expert backpacking skills will help you level up.

A few years ago, I was on night two of (what was supposed to be) an 8-day solo backpacking trip on the Collegiate Peaks Loop in Colorado. I had set up camp near a high alpine lake, sheltered next to a ...

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Dehydrated and prepackaged backpacking meals are typically the answer for anyone who wants to plan a no-frills backpacking trip. After all, you’re just trying to bring a Jetboil or PocketRocket, not ...

Backpacking trips have been something of a rite of passage for young people for almost 70 years. Whether you’re setting off around the world, or exploring a particular region, country, or city, taking ...

The Friends of the Dillon Ranger District is hosting a free beginner backpacking clinic Thursday, June 25, at the Patagonia store in Breckenridge. The event goes from 5-7 p.m. and will be led by ...

When you’re logging miles on the trail by day, a backpacking tent is your priceless refuge by night. It’s the shelter that will keep you warm, dry and away from bugs, where you’ll snooze, change ...

It’s possible to backpack without a backpacking stove if you’re content gnawing on a summer sausage or living off a sparrow-approved diet of nuts and seeds. But for the rest of us, the best ...

I went backpacking through Europe for the first time and was surprised by overnight trains, small towns, and my capabilities as a solo traveler.

We hauled heavy loads through Alaska’s Chugach and the Italian Dolomites to find the best backpacking packs at every price ...

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