Backpacking gear list

This post covers my 5 day Lightweight Backpacking Gear list for a Spring trip to the Grand Canyon. List includes weights in ounces, weather considerations and links to gear.

To show you how backpacking gear lists can evolve, here's a list of items I stopped using as my preferences, skills, and experience level changed.

Through my years of backcountry trips I dialed in an easy 3 day backpacking food list. Checkout my lightweight, tasty and filling list for your next trip.

This is my complete list of backpacking gear with info about what I like about each item, updated for 2025.

Backpacking shouldn't be synonymous with pain and suffering. Avoid these backpacking mistakes so you can be prepared, feel confident backpacking!

My backpacking gear list spreadsheet is a checklist of essentials & extras! Backpack weight calculator, 2022 trip planner, & meal planner.

Want to know what to pack for a backpacking trip? See what real backpackers carry in their packs along with a complete backpacking gear list.

After deciding to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail this spring, I unlocked a new obsession: backpacking gear. Through much fixation, research, and mini shakedown hikes, I’ve got the gear I need (or at least think I do at the moment.) Here’s a summary of everything I’ve accumulated since May 2022 (when I graduated college and started my backpacking obsession.) A complete list of my gear can be found here. Sleep System/Pack ULA Circuit Originally, I started out with the Osprey Aura but decided…

Planning a backpacking trip? Have no idea which items are essential and which not? Here is a guide of backpacking gear essentials, which will be neccesary in any adventure. Most importantly all these items are lightweight as the saying says he who travels light, travels happily. Check out lightweight backpacking gear list and go on an adventure!

I've spent years compiling my ideal lightweight backpacking gear setup, & I've made a list to share with you. Read on & take a peek inside my 12-pound pack.