Tag: backpacking

Preparing for a backpack

This is lunch and dinner for four people for two days: everything we need to make salmon noodles and lentil curry with cous cous, plus plenty of cured meat, fruit and crackers for lunch and desserts. Breakfast and snacks...

The real backpacking gourmet

While a hot meal to start and end the day is a precious pick-me-up, my favorite backpacking foods are the simplest: fruits, nuts, and preserved meats and dairy. Even better are those simple treats you don't have to pack in....

Backpacking Cooking

Last weekend we were in the Catskills, backpacking along the Black Dome Range and Escarpment Trails. We covered about 20 miles and traversed about 11,000 vertical feet over the course of ascending and descending six 3,000+ foot peaks. That kind...