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

9 Ways To Make Your First Fastpacking Trip A Success

9 Ways To Make Your First Fastpacking Trip A Su...

Jason Thienel

These days it's possible to be comfortable at camp and move quickly with a light pack. Here are 9 tips to reduce weight without sacrificing comfort and, in the process,...

9 Ways To Make Your First Fastpacking Trip A Su...

Jason Thienel

These days it's possible to be comfortable at camp and move quickly with a light pack. Here are 9 tips to reduce weight without sacrificing comfort and, in the process,...

8 Things I Wish I Knew Before Running My First Ultra Marathon

8 Things I Wish I Knew Before Running My First ...

Jason Thienel

Reminisces on his first 50k, Jason Thienel provides a list of tips and tricks that should make your first ultra a bit more enjoyable.

8 Things I Wish I Knew Before Running My First ...

Jason Thienel

Reminisces on his first 50k, Jason Thienel provides a list of tips and tricks that should make your first ultra a bit more enjoyable.

Mountaineer Beta: 7 Ways To Maximize Success On Your Biggest Objectives

Mountaineer Beta: 7 Ways To Maximize Success On...

Therm-a-Rest Team

Whether you’re mountaineering or just heading out for some camping or backpacking, these tips and beta will help you reach whatever summit you seek.

Mountaineer Beta: 7 Ways To Maximize Success On...

Therm-a-Rest Team

Whether you’re mountaineering or just heading out for some camping or backpacking, these tips and beta will help you reach whatever summit you seek.

Take It or Leave It: Packing the essentials and then some

Take It or Leave It: Packing the essentials and...

Bethany Hughes

Don’t worry about having the perfect kit and every piece of gear honed in before you head out for the weekend. Check out these packing tips to determine if you...

Take It or Leave It: Packing the essentials and...

Bethany Hughes

Don’t worry about having the perfect kit and every piece of gear honed in before you head out for the weekend. Check out these packing tips to determine if you...

5 Tips to Turn Your Sufferfest Into a Suffer-Less Excursion

5 Tips to Turn Your Sufferfest Into a Suffer-Le...

Trevor Husted

Guiding in the mountains either teaches you to endure suffering or tricks to turn your sufferfest into a suffer-less. Get our pro tips and start venturing better.

5 Tips to Turn Your Sufferfest Into a Suffer-Le...

Trevor Husted

Guiding in the mountains either teaches you to endure suffering or tricks to turn your sufferfest into a suffer-less. Get our pro tips and start venturing better.

Five Reasons to Plan a Sufferfest

Five Reasons to Plan a Sufferfest

Therm-a-Rest Team

A sufferfest allows you to access seldom seen places, view more abundant wildlife, and cast for fish that’ve never seen a hook. But there are other motives that operate from...

Five Reasons to Plan a Sufferfest

Therm-a-Rest Team

A sufferfest allows you to access seldom seen places, view more abundant wildlife, and cast for fish that’ve never seen a hook. But there are other motives that operate from...