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

How to Successfully Camp in Your Car

How to Successfully Camp in Your Car

Jenny Abegg

Move over Sprinter vans, there’s a new gang in town. Take a look at these tips below to maximize your car for tent-free weekend adventures.

How to Successfully Camp in Your Car

Jenny Abegg

Move over Sprinter vans, there’s a new gang in town. Take a look at these tips below to maximize your car for tent-free weekend adventures.

10 Essentials for Backpacking with Dogs

10 Essentials for Backpacking with Dogs

Alicia Erskine

Before a planned backpacking trip, we make a list of all the essentials we need to have a comfortable and safe time. This is no different for dogs. Here's a...

10 Essentials for Backpacking with Dogs

Alicia Erskine

Before a planned backpacking trip, we make a list of all the essentials we need to have a comfortable and safe time. This is no different for dogs. Here's a...

14 Not-So-Basic Car Camping Tips

14 Not-So-Basic Car Camping Tips

Therm-a-Rest Team

Car camping is not just for beginners or Sprinter-equipped hardos. Use these 14 tips for an epic weekend of the four-wheeled variety.

14 Not-So-Basic Car Camping Tips

Therm-a-Rest Team

Car camping is not just for beginners or Sprinter-equipped hardos. Use these 14 tips for an epic weekend of the four-wheeled variety.

Packing Fast for a Weekend Adventure

Packing Fast for a Weekend Adventure

Jenny Abegg

Being motivated to get out on the weekend can be a challenge, and planning and packing is an overwhelming task. Here are six tips to get you out the door...

Packing Fast for a Weekend Adventure

Jenny Abegg

Being motivated to get out on the weekend can be a challenge, and planning and packing is an overwhelming task. Here are six tips to get you out the door...

Tips for Finding (and Enjoying) A Great Car Camping Spot

Tips for Finding (and Enjoying) A Great Car Cam...

Therm-a-Rest Team

A knock on my window jolted me into consciousness. A gruff voice came from the darkness: “Police, open up. You can’t camp here.” My heart raced. I was parked at...

Tips for Finding (and Enjoying) A Great Car Cam...

Therm-a-Rest Team

A knock on my window jolted me into consciousness. A gruff voice came from the darkness: “Police, open up. You can’t camp here.” My heart raced. I was parked at...

Dispersed Camping: How to Find Free Camping

Dispersed Camping: How to Find Free Camping

Therm-a-Rest Team

Whether you call it dispersed camping, boondocking, guerilla camping, frontcountry camping or otherwise, finding a free place to camp away from the crowds of developed campsites is one of the...

Dispersed Camping: How to Find Free Camping

Therm-a-Rest Team

Whether you call it dispersed camping, boondocking, guerilla camping, frontcountry camping or otherwise, finding a free place to camp away from the crowds of developed campsites is one of the...