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2020 Backpacking Light Adventure Film Festival

Apr 27, 2020 by Backpacking Light

Recorded version of the livestream of the 2020 Backpacking Light Adventure Film Festival. This content is available only to Premium and Unlimited Members.

Backpacking, bikepacking, climbing, filmmaking, fkt, mountain biking, mountaineering

Great Smoky Mountains Backpacking Loop (Sinks-Little Tennessee River Trip Report)

Jan 14, 2020 by Victoria Griffin

Trip report: A 6-day, 76-mile backpacking loop in Great Smoky Mountains NP from the Sinks to the Little Tennessee River and back.

great smoky mountains national park, gsmnp, little tennessee river, sinks

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Lightweight Backpacking Gear for Mountain Travel (Case Study)

Aug 31, 2019 by Ryan Jordan

In this video, I walk through my gear during a 9-day summer trek in the high mountains of the western US. This was a trip with friends and family – 3 other adults and four children ages 7-11. We moved camps every day but one, and spent 70% of our miles off-trail, with camps up to about 11,600 feet. Scroll down for gear notes and trip photos!

aqua mira, backcountry fly fishing, Darn Tough, dcf, dyneema composite fabrics, fire maple, Hydrapak, hyperlite mountain gear, Katabatic Gear, katadyn, liteaf, locus gear, McHale Backpacks, msr, Nemo, Patagonia, platypus, scarpa, Smartwool, Snow Peak, suluk46, tenkara

Field Notes: The Fryatt Valley Hike

Aug 20, 2019 by Emylene VanderVelden

My Fryatt Valley Hike trip report – photos, gear notes, planning and prep.

Alberta, Banff, Canada, Fryatt valley, Sydney vallance hut

Podcast 015 | Trip Short: The Tahoe Rim Trail

Aug 10, 2019 by Backpacking Light

Ryan interviews Andrew Marshall about his recent thru-hike of the Tahoe Rim Trail. They talk about snow, gear, training, and more.

California, lake tahoe, podcast, tahoe rim trail, thru-hiking

Walking in Circles: A Tahoe Rim Trail Thru-Hike

Aug 9, 2019 by Andrew Marshall

A narrative about Andrew Marshall’s thru-hike of the Tahoe Rim Trail during a big snow year.

California, high sierra, lake tahoe, tahoe rim trail

Exploring Wyoming’s Medicine Bow Range

Jul 5, 2019 by Chase Jordan

A quick, weekend trip into the Medicine Bow Range creates the background for this story of navigation technique and philosophy.

medicine bow range, navigation

Field Notes: Wet, Snowy, Cold – Spring Backpacking with my Son in Wyoming with Lightweight Gear

May 26, 2019 by Ryan Jordan

Unseasonably cold May temperatures and a winter storm warning were too much to pass up, so we set out for an overnighter in SE Wyoming.

arc'teryx, cascade designs, enlightened equipment, Katabatic Gear, McHale Backpacks, msr, Patagonia, Smartwool, Tarptent, Therm-a-Rest, Wyoming

Field Notes: Retreat from a Spring Alpine Storm

Apr 12, 2019 by Ryan Jordan

On the leading edge of the last bomb cyclone storm cycle that hit the Rockies and Midwest this spring (April 2019), I was hoping to get in a quick 24-hour trip up in the high country of Wyoming’s Snowy Range.

black diamond, hyperlite mountain gear, Patagonia, rei, shelters, suluk46, winter backpacking

Fatbiking Iceland’s Volcanoes

Apr 7, 2019 by Gerard Anton

My intention was to link the most active volcanoes of the island. I would travel 410 miles on my fat bike, carrying all of my own food and gear, combining mountaineering and fat biking in the traverse.

fatbiking, iceland

24: Idaho (Video – Couples Backpacking)

Mar 10, 2019 by Ryan Jordan

Ryan and Stephanie Jordan venture into Idaho’s Sawtooth range for a couples backpacking trip.

couples backpacking, hyperlite mountain gear, Idaho, my trail co., mytrail, recreational equipment inc., rei, sawtooths

Field Notes: Winter Backpacking in Southeast Wyoming

Feb 14, 2019 by Ryan Jordan

Lightweight backpacking in winter: field notes from SE Wyoming – tarp camping, firebuilding, wood stove cooking, and more (VIDEO).

feathered friends, firebuiding, hyperlite mountain gear, Northern Lites, Patagonia, rei, snowshoeing, snowshoes, suluk46, tarp camping, winter backpacking, wood stoves, Wyoming, zpacks

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