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 ...

I’d heard and read really good things about the Radix Nutrition range of freeze-dried camping meals for backpackers and bikepackers, so I was excited to get stuck into the large menu of tasty sounding ...

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 ...

There are two universal truths in the world of backpacking: Food tastes better on the trail, and hiker hunger is real. Nothing works up an appetite quite like romping through the mountains for a few ...

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 ...

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 the area of Lost Lake near Nederland. They ...

Personal cooking systems (PCS) such as Jetboils have the best efficiency due to their integrated design. But they tend to be more bulky than the 'classic' stoves and aren't as versatile when it comes ...

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 ...