Lightweight backpacking gear

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

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.

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.

The best ultralight backpacking gear from Decathlon. If you're looking for tested and affordable lightweight gear, Decathlon is worth a look.

Some of the best moments in my life happened when I had the very least. Whenever I stress about money or work, I remind myself of that. When I was spending a majority of each year backpacking, hitchhiking, or cycling, people would ask me if I was a self-made millionaire or a trust-fund baby. I’d laugh it off and assure them that living like a hobo was dirt cheap. I used to have a motto back then: “A dollar saved is a mile hiked.” I’d see something I wanted to buy and think, "is it worth 200…

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.

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.

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.

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

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!