Erik The Black's Backpacking Blog

Planning a long hike and need some meal ideas? Here are five of my favorite backpacking dinner recipes for thru-hiking and overnight backpacking trips…

Here are 7 more backpacking foods that are lightweight, non-perishable and provide a high calorie-to-weight ratio, making them ideal for ultralight backpacking.

Here’s another ultralight, high calorie trail recipe. I eat this breakfast three out of five days on my long hikes. It’s inexpensive, easy to prepare, warms me up on cold mornings and provides lots of energy…

Macaroni and Cheese is a staple dinner for long distance backpackers. It’s cheap, lightweight, easy to prepare and available virtually everywhere. It’s also pretty bland tasting. Try this recipe next time to add some flavor (and a ton of extra calories) to your “Trail Mac”…

Here are 10 backpacking foods you can find in stores everywhere that provide more than 100 calories per ounce, making them ideal for ultralight backpacking.

There are lots of options when it comes to choosing a lightweight backpacking stove: alcohol stoves, canister stoves, wood stoves, solid fuel stoves and cooking on a campfire. Here are some of the pros and cons of each.

In this video I’ll show you what kind of foods I pack and how much I eat on a long distance backpacking trip such as a thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail.

In this article I share my 5,000 calorie thru-hiking trail diet and tips for choosing the right foods for your long distance backpacking adventures.