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 Repair Your Sleeping Pad

How To Repair Your Sleeping Pad

Keith Erps

Gear belongs on the trail, not in a landfill. To help you reuse your gear over and over again we've created this guide to repairing your sleeping pad at home,...

How To Repair Your Sleeping Pad

Keith Erps

Gear belongs on the trail, not in a landfill. To help you reuse your gear over and over again we've created this guide to repairing your sleeping pad at home,...

Eric Larsen’s Tips for Sleeping Warm

Eric Larsen’s Tips for Sleeping Warm

Eric Larsen

7 tips for keeping warm when you're camping in the cold.

Eric Larsen’s Tips for Sleeping Warm

Eric Larsen

7 tips for keeping warm when you're camping in the cold.

5 Winter Camping Myths

5 Winter Camping Myths

Sammy Spence

Winter can be the perfect season to seek solitude along some of your favorite, more crowded trails or peaks. Together, let’s dig into some winter camping myths that are keeping...

5 Winter Camping Myths

Sammy Spence

Winter can be the perfect season to seek solitude along some of your favorite, more crowded trails or peaks. Together, let’s dig into some winter camping myths that are keeping...

4 Winter Camping Safety Tips for All Skill Levels

4 Winter Camping Safety Tips for All Skill Levels

Therm-a-Rest Team

Winter camping can be daunting, but with some knowledge of how to stay warm and comfortable it doesn’t have to be. With these winter camping safety tips your fourth season...

4 Winter Camping Safety Tips for All Skill Levels

Therm-a-Rest Team

Winter camping can be daunting, but with some knowledge of how to stay warm and comfortable it doesn’t have to be. With these winter camping safety tips your fourth season...

Furoshiki: The Sustainable Way to Wrap Gifts

Furoshiki: The Sustainable Way to Wrap Gifts

Therm-a-Rest Team

What if we wrapped our gifts sustainably? What if the wrapping itself was a part of the gift? What if you could give a more thoughtful gift to your loved...

Furoshiki: The Sustainable Way to Wrap Gifts

Therm-a-Rest Team

What if we wrapped our gifts sustainably? What if the wrapping itself was a part of the gift? What if you could give a more thoughtful gift to your loved...

How to Prepare for Winter Adventures

How to Prepare for Winter Adventures

Keith Erps

The days of bunkering down for the winter are behind us. It’s time to take advantage of the fourth season.

How to Prepare for Winter Adventures

Keith Erps

The days of bunkering down for the winter are behind us. It’s time to take advantage of the fourth season.