In the 50 years since Backpacker published its first issue, the hiking world has evolved in all sorts of ways. Breathable trail runners eclipsed stiff leather boots. Leave No Trace principles have ...

Freeze-dried backpacking food makes backcountry cooking easy. Here are our top picks for good eats, trailside.

Cooking up menus that the kids won’t wrinkle their noses at is difficult enough; it can seem next to impossible when camping. But follow advice from the experts–from outfitters whose backcountry ...

Sure, you’ve eaten Jell-O with a spoon, the way the universe and Kraft intended. But have you ever drank it from a mug? In our fall 1974 issue of Backpacker, a reader named George Williams from Keokuk ...

Occasionally, I appreciate a blueberry pancake or a bowl of Cap’n Crunch. But my standard breakfast is eggs, cheese, and hot sauce or salsa, with toast or a tortilla. This year I delegated the meal ...