In an ideal world, you would cherry-pick your very favorite dehydrated backpacking meals far in advance of an epic wilderness outing. But in reality, most of us are scrambling until the last minute, ...

No matter if you’re trekking on a rugged backpacking trip or simply going on a hike for an afternoon, bringing high-quality (and tasty) food with you is a must for staying energized on the trail.

The days of unidentifiable dinner globs and cardboard-like snack bars are over. With the number of artisan backpacking food makers growing every year, organic vegetables, grass-fed meat, and a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The morning of Monday, Feb. 27, the staff at Backpacker’s Pantry’s headquarters in Boulder showed up to a borderline-overwhelming surprise. It had been a ...

Figuring out what to eat on a camping or backpacking trip can become its own adventure, especially in the backcountry, when access to civilization is limited. Sure, there are plenty of tasty ...

Louise Barton remembers the exact backpacking moment when her career path changed. “I’m a botanist by training. I started working for the Forest Service and we were in Yellowstone doing huge off-trail ...

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 ...

The backpacking meals you eat on the trail can make or break the experience, which is why trail food is one of my priorities when planning. Quality food is not only necessary to maintain energy and ...