Backpacking with children is harder than backpacking solo, and more rewarding than almost anything else you can do as a family. This category covers everything specific to multi-day backcountry trips where you carry everything you need on your back, including how to do it with babies, toddlers, and school-age kids.
You’ll find guides on ultralight gear selection, how to plan your first backpacking trip with kids, what to feed children on the trail, how to handle water filtration and purification, and how to manage camp chores with young children along. There are also honest gear reviews of backpacking-specific equipment tested on real trips across multiple countries and terrains.
The goal of this category is to make backcountry travel accessible to families who think it’s beyond their reach. With the right preparation and the right gear, you can take your kids further into the wilderness than you ever thought possible.
As a mom who goes wild camping in remote areas with my young daughter, I take my backpacking first aid kit seriously. Injuries like sprains and fractures are very common in the backcountry. Even minor first aid issues like diarrhea or a nasty blister can completely ruin your trip.
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It’s no secret that I don’t like most freeze-dried backpacking meals. Virtually all of those freeze-dried meals for backpacking are lacking nutrients, have small portion sizes, and are very overpriced.
Best Backpacking Meals: Top Brands Reviewed Read More »
While those pouches of freeze-dried backpacking food do make meal planning easier, I personally never buy them. Why? Because there are already so many backpacking foods that you can find in the supermarket.
20+ Easy Backpacking Meals from Supermarket Foods Read More »
For me, eating a delicious meal while I enjoy the view of a glacier lake or stunning vista is one of the best parts of backpacking. But figuring out what backpacking food to bring can be confusing – and bringing the wrong backpacking food can mean you end up hungry or with a very heavy
Backpacking Food: What to Eat While On the Trail Read More »
Honestly, spring is my least favorite season for backpacking. The trails are still under the winter spell, but without that beautiful blanket of snow you get during winter hikes. There is tons of mud. Rain is almost inevitable. And flooded streams can make for difficult crossings.
Advice for Backpacking and Hiking in Spring Read More »
Figuring out how much food to bring on backpacking trips used to be really stressful for me. I would “eyeball” the amounts when packing food. Since I was scared that I’d end up hungry, I’d inevitably bring too much food – meaning my pack was way heavier than it should have been and I also
How Much Food to Bring Backpacking? (with Calculator) Read More »