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What are some good foods to take with you when going on a long ...

Best thing to do when hiking is to bring along dried foods, and water. Anytime that you eat, your body requires water to break food down. · Dried ...

What To Eat and Drink Before and After a Hike

What To Eat and Drink Before and After a Hike · A peanut butter and banana sandwich on whole wheat bread · Greek yogurt with berries · Oatmeal with low fat milk ...

A Thru-Hiker's Guide to Food Options - Outdoors with Bear Grylls

The thing is, over a longer thru-hike, you'll get sick of your favorites and have to find new options. Try to get ahead of this by varying your ...

Eating low-carb on trail - Backpacking Light

Low carb is great for the trail, and higher fat is the lightest way to carry extra calories. In addition to reducing your risk of most chronic diseases caused ...

Food for on the Trail - ETS Forums

Lots of threads in the past about trail food, not just survival rations either. When I am backpack camping, I usually bring along a ...

Appalachian Trail Food List - What I Ate On My Thru Hike

My Appalachian Trail Food List: Breakfast – Granola with powdered milk, fruits, and nuts added and an instant coffee. Morning Snack – Two “bars” ie Granola ...

Planning Food and Meals for a Thru-Hike - AppalachianTrail.com

All hikers should plan to stop in order to resupply. Food required for one day weighs approximately two pounds, and with everything else a hiker carries, ...

Outdoor Eats: Trail-tested Recipes & Backpacking Meals

Outdoor Eats shares fast, easy trail-tested recipes you can enjoy while backpacking, camping, hiking, or anywhere on the go!

The Hiker's Diet | The Hiking Life

Food consists of three main elements: carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. To achieve optimum hiking efficiency, we need to strike a balance between all three.

Upstate Eats Trail | Chow Down in Upstate

The Upstate Eats Trail is the ultimate foodie adventure. Then buckle up and set out on this epic New York State road trip fueled by some of the country's best ...

Food List Examples - Long Trail Planning Guide

The below sections have food list examples...while only one may appeal to you, take a look at all of them so you get an idea of the variety and the strategy.

What to Eat While Hiking - YouTube

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Lightweight Food - Hiking and Backpacking Forums - Trail Forums

Try pemmican, the calories vs oz. is very good (about 185 calories per ounce)and you can leave the stove at home. Just google and you will find lots of recipes ...

What Thru-Hikers Eat on the Appalachian Trail - Outside Online

The hostel store carries all the backpacker favorites: Pop-Tarts, instant mashed potatoes, energy bars, and luxury items like dried mushrooms and cherries.

Trail Cooking I Food, Recipes, Gear, Tips & Trips For The Outdoors

You will find many recipes, from hearty comfort food favorites to gluten-free, vegetarian, allergy-friendly, clean eating/Paleo, and so many more.

Best Backpacking Meals & Food of 2024 - CleverHiker

We enjoy Mountain House, MaryJanesFarm, Packit Gourmet, Backpacker's Pantry, PEAK Refuel, and Good To-Go when we're not preparing our own meals.

The Thru-Hiker Diet: Eating On The PCT | Halfway Anywhere

SNACKS! I love snacks. Perhaps the greatest indulgence of the Pacific Crest Trail is that you get to eat as many snacks as you want ...

Food Safety While Hiking, Camping & Boating

For a day hike, just about anything will do if you can fit it in your backpack and keep it cold — sandwiches, fried chicken, bread and cheese, and even salads ...

Ultralight Backpacking Food Prep For Extreme Thru Hikes

I'll be carrying seven to nine days of food at a time, averaging 1.5.lbs. of food per day, and we'll be restocking at caches that Rich and his team are setting ...

What I Will Eat on the Appalachian Trail - YouTube

In this video, I go over my favorite things to eat while backpacking for breakfast, snacks, lunch and dinner. I also go over the cook system ...