My backpacking trips tend to involve two markedly different approaches to eating. If I’m backpacking alone, I favor dehydrated camping meals (usually Firepot Mac n’ Greens) that I can whip up quickly ...

Figuring out what to eat on a camping or backpacking trip can become its own adventure, especially in the backcountry, when access to civilization is limited. Sure, there are plenty of tasty ...

If sliced bread was a clever invention, dehydrated meals are genius. Lightweight, compact, long-lasting, and high in energy, all of the meals listed below can be prepared by simply adding hot water.

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 ...

Dehydrated foods are almost universally panned. They're only for emergencies. They're what hardcore backpackers rely on only in the backcountry. It's the stuff NASA shoved on astronauts because the ...

Can meals made in a pouch taste great and also be considered healthy? A taste test and nutritional breakdown of just-add-water dehydrated meals. As a huge proponent of eating something fresh at every ...

Contrary to what your non-climbing friends may think, going cragging doesn't mean you have to subsist on trail mix. Camping stoves have come a long way from their bulky, inefficient origins, and can ...