This list is designed for basic multi-day backpacking trips in temperate forest conditions in the United States. Typical temperature ranges would be 30's - 50+ Fahrenheit during the day with evening ...

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Once you have successfully completed a handful of hikes of varying distances, then start planning for an overnight backpacking trip. After that, you can move on to a 3-5 day backpacking trip.

Travel + Leisure peels back myth from reality, exploring backpacking trips for all ages and budgets. If you want to walk all 2,650 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, take a four-day hike up Peru ...

What’s better than a day in the hills? Easy – several days! There are a few different names for multi-day hikes, from backpacking to trekking or fastpacking. Whatever you call it, they all involve ...

To help you choose, I tested the best water purification tablets and assessed them on a number of key metrics. While I typically use one of the best backpacking water filters when out in the ...