Backpacking Meals Were Really Easy to Make Freeze-dried or dehydrated backpacking meals are meant to be lightweight and easy to make—just add water, stir, and steep, and your meal will be on the ...

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 ...

My backpacking trips tend to involve two markedly different approaches to eating. If I’m backpacking alone, I favor dehydrated camping meals (usually Firepot Mac n’ Greens) that I can whip up quickly ...

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 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 ...

A long (or even short) hike into the backcountry deserves better than mushy noodles or canned beans. Thankfully, here at Outside, we’ve tried a wide range of backpacking meals and dishes—here are our ...

Adam Roy is the executive editor of Backpacker. He lives in Colorado’s Front Range, where he spends his free time hiking, climbing, and running his home mountains. I’m a former professional chef and ...

I did not grow up in an outdoorsy family. We spent the occasional summer road-tripping through Colorado, sure, but I was just as likely to spend an entire school break playing Super Nintendo in my ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Oso Meals is bringing “abuelita-approved” food to the mountains. A couple years ago, friends Dominque Barrera and Felipe Vieyra took a backpacking trip in ...

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 ...

A symphony of flavor with each chop, as Martha Díaz deftly slices through cilantro and chayote, all in the name of diversifying outdoor recreation."Backpacking – when I started with my girlfriends, it ...