No matter if you’re trekking on a rugged backpacking trip or simply going on a hike for an afternoon, bringing high-quality (and tasty) food with you is a must for staying energized on the trail.

In the beginning, there were cans: very heavy cans. “This was before my time—before I was even born,” says Soraya Smith. “The Girls Scouts were putting cans of cans of beans, cans of tuna, cans of ...

For the rest of us, the humble dehydrated backpacking meal remains a staple of our adventure larder. Just pour in boiling water, stir, wait a while, and enjoy. In this test we’ve rounded up ten of the ...

We tested 44 brands to find the best backpacking meals for Spring 2026, from Stowaway Gourmet’s $18 "Drunken Noodles" to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Oso Meals is bringing “abuelita-approved” food to the mountains. A couple years ago, friends Dominque Barrera and Felipe Vieyra took a backpacking trip in ...

Inga Aksamit is a North Bay-based backpacker who loves hiking wilderness trails and making tasty food, two hobbies that don’t usually overlap. The Sierra Club backpacking leader and Sugarloaf Ridge ...