Tips to Get Started

  • 6 Tips for Backpacking Beginners

    From planning to debriefing, these tips will help you to put together a successful backpacking trip for beginners.

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  • Tips for Backpacking with Your Dog

    If you’re thinking of taking a backpacking trip with your own dog, we jotted down a few of our tips to help teach how to get started backpacking with your dog.

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  • Tips for Your First Thru-Hike

    to help you prepare for your thru-hike or long-distance trek, we’ve made a list of seven things we wish we’d known before our first day on the trail.

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  • Tips & Tools to Keep Family Camping Fun

    Here are some hard-won pointers on family camping essentials to pack for vehicle-based family adventures great and small.

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Sustainable Camping Tips

10 Tips for Choosing a Sustainable Campsite

Sleeping in the dirt means you have a lot of choices. And you just might be surprised that there are so many different best practices to minimize your footprint and help conserve outdoor spaces for the next generation. So, we’ve put together our tips for choosing a sustainable campsite.

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How to Poop in the Woods

If you are going on adventures in the backcountry, at some point you have to poo. There are right ways to do it and wrong ways. If you’re wondering how to poop in the woods, we’re here for you.

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Tips by Activity

  • Backpacking & Thru-Hiking

    Get tips on everything you need for long hikes as avid thru hikers share their secrets on gear, self-care and keeping your sanity on the trail.

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  • Car Camping & Overlanding

    Car camping is not just for beginners Check out these 14 car camping tips for an epic weekend of the four wheeled variety.

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  • Winter & Snow Camping

    From Antarctica to the Arctic Circle, and Norway to South Africa, these are winter camping tips learned from experiencing a truly global winter.

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All Expert Tips from Therm-a-Rest

The Access Fund’s Guide to Car Camping like a Pro

The Access Fund’s Guide to Car Camping like a Pro

Therm-a-Rest Team

There’s a certain feeling that accompanies crossing a state or county line. It fulfills our innate desire to roam and wander. New experiences and settings are on the horizon and...

The Access Fund’s Guide to Car Camping like a Pro

Therm-a-Rest Team

There’s a certain feeling that accompanies crossing a state or county line. It fulfills our innate desire to roam and wander. New experiences and settings are on the horizon and...

Dirtbag Discounts For A Lighter Pack

Dirtbag Discounts For A Lighter Pack

Aer Parris

You've been strolling around the gear shop for hours, wandering aisles filled with packs, sleeping bags, stoves and sleeping pads. The shop’s employees and have given up on you. It’s...

Dirtbag Discounts For A Lighter Pack

Aer Parris

You've been strolling around the gear shop for hours, wandering aisles filled with packs, sleeping bags, stoves and sleeping pads. The shop’s employees and have given up on you. It’s...

Crewing For An Ultramarathon

Crewing For An Ultramarathon

Leigh & Spring McClurg

You look at your watch and realize you are only eight hours into the race. The morning started in a fog. A small cup of coffee, the constant bob of...

Crewing For An Ultramarathon

Leigh & Spring McClurg

You look at your watch and realize you are only eight hours into the race. The morning started in a fog. A small cup of coffee, the constant bob of...

Headlamps Start to Finish

Headlamps Start to Finish

Jenny Abegg

After a week of the daily grind, the weekend has finally arrived. You have spent forty hours (or more) with your nose to the grindstone, daydreaming about what your weekend...

Headlamps Start to Finish

Jenny Abegg

After a week of the daily grind, the weekend has finally arrived. You have spent forty hours (or more) with your nose to the grindstone, daydreaming about what your weekend...

Camp Recipes for an Open Fire

Camp Recipes for an Open Fire

Greg Hatten

Let’s be honest, food tastes better after a hard day on the trail. Even a PB&J tastes delicious after a few hard hours of climbing or paddling. However, there are...

Camp Recipes for an Open Fire

Greg Hatten

Let’s be honest, food tastes better after a hard day on the trail. Even a PB&J tastes delicious after a few hard hours of climbing or paddling. However, there are...

Gender Studies on the Trail

Gender Studies on the Trail

Bethany Hughes

The outdoors define many of us. It dictates the way we spend our time, money and daydreams. It can change our politics, philosophies and perspectives. However, sometimes our social norms...

Gender Studies on the Trail

Bethany Hughes

The outdoors define many of us. It dictates the way we spend our time, money and daydreams. It can change our politics, philosophies and perspectives. However, sometimes our social norms...