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No Cook Backpacking Meals to Keep You Full

Backpacking lets you experience nature's beauty and find peace. Walking through forests, climbing peaks, and crossing streams becomes a calming meditation. Without technology and routines, it's a ...
The Stranger

What to Eat (and Not Eat) When You’re Backpacking

Backpacking requires you to carry all your food—and everything else you need—so keeping your pack weight low is crucial. Recently, an avid backpacker told me he brings only jerky and dehydrated fruit, ...
The Idaho Press-Tribune

Claycomb: Elite backpacking cooking with Steve Weston

The other day I wrote a column on cooking while backpacking. Right after writing it I was at the July 4th Fireman’s Breakfast in Middleton and saw Steve Weston, who is a really good chef and ...
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I’m a former restaurant critic. These are the only backpacking meals I’ll eat in 2026.

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

Claycomb: Elite backpacking cooking

The other day I wrote an article on cooking while backpacking. Right after writing it I was at the July 4th Fireman’s Breakfast in Middleton and saw Steve Weston who is a really good chef and ...