Backpacker's Pantry Vegetarian Lasagna, Good To-Go Mushroom Risotto, and Pinnacle Foods Chipotle Beef Burrito Bowl are among the best backpacking meals of 2025. Thankfully, there’s a new breed of ...

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 ...

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.

Jetboil Flash 1.0 System, BioLite CampStove 2+, and GSI Selkirk are among the best camp stoves of 2025. Camp stoves get lighter and more efficient every year with more compact form factors and smarter ...

Stowaway Gourmet is pulling out all the stops in 2026, with sausage-packed Jambalaya and a hot take on pasta carbonara.

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 ...

Dehydrating food has been a practical preservation strategy since ancient times. Today, dehydrated foods pop up everywhere from your favorite snack aisle to your local sporting goods store.

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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 ...

There’s nothing like a hot meal after a long day on the trail, but that requires a stove. Even formal campsites don’t reliably have grills or even fire pits, so your best bet is investing in the best ...