Ultralight Hiking Blog

Ultralight Backpacking 101 by Leanne Hennessy and Peter Romain

Ultralight Backpacking 101 by Leanne Hennessy and Peter Romain

 If you’ve always dreamed of doing an extended, multi-day backpacking trip, but the thought of carrying back-breaking, heavy loads over challenging terrain has held you back, or if you just want to...

Getting Around Glacier National Park Without a Car by Jim Barron

Getting Around Glacier National Park Without a Car by Jim Barron

Glacier National Park is a beautiful, popular destination for both city slicker tourists and backcountry hikers. Glacier's remote location and mountainous terrain can make it difficult to get aroun...

Multi-Use Gear by Harrison Deford

Multi-Use Gear by Harrison Deford

Many backpackers think that the key to cutting weight and increasing comfort is buying more expensive, lighter variants of items that serve a specific purpose. Fewer backpackers try and replace ite...

PCT Hiker Eric Johnson

A Year of Transition by Eric Johnson

I've heard it said if you set something free and it comes back it was meant to be. That is the unanswered question that I look to find an answer for in 2020. A year that seemed like the perfect ti...

Tips to Safely Navigating Creek Crossings by Francisco "Karate Kid" Miller

Tips to Safely Navigating Creek Crossings by Francisco "Karate Kid" Miller

With spring coming and the hiking season getting ready to ramp up, I figured this would be a great time to go over a relatively basic but often overlooked subject; safely assessing and navigating c...

How Backpackers Are Going To Save The World  by Rue McKenrick

How Backpackers Are Going To Save The World by Rue McKenrick

It was Autumn in New Mexico near the southern terminus of the Continental Divide Trail. I was finishing a thru-hike I had begun in at the Canadian border. Panning the great expanse a disturbing qu...