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

5 Not So Basic Backpacking Tips

5 Not So Basic Backpacking Tips

Therm-a-Rest Team

There’s no better feeling than packing all the supplies you’ll need for the next few days onto your back, carrying it with you through forests, over mountains and alongside rushing...

5 Not So Basic Backpacking Tips

Therm-a-Rest Team

There’s no better feeling than packing all the supplies you’ll need for the next few days onto your back, carrying it with you through forests, over mountains and alongside rushing...

Spring Inspired Camping Menu

Spring Inspired Camping Menu

Fresh Off The Grid

Spring is here, and with it, the camping pre-season. What better way to stay inspired as we bide our time than to pull our camping gear out of hibernation and...

Spring Inspired Camping Menu

Fresh Off The Grid

Spring is here, and with it, the camping pre-season. What better way to stay inspired as we bide our time than to pull our camping gear out of hibernation and...

The Best Adventure Books For Cabin Fever

The Best Adventure Books For Cabin Fever

Keith Erps

Usually we use our time here to tell you how, when, and where to get outside. The underlying theme of every piece we publish is “go outside, its great out...

The Best Adventure Books For Cabin Fever

Keith Erps

Usually we use our time here to tell you how, when, and where to get outside. The underlying theme of every piece we publish is “go outside, its great out...

Pro Tips: Don’t Let the Off-Season Slow You Down

Pro Tips: Don’t Let the Off-Season Slow You Down

Therm-a-Rest Team

With a little planning and a few comfort-enhancing tricks, shoulder-season can be the perfect time of year for an adventure. Check out these pro tips and get inspired to stretch...

Pro Tips: Don’t Let the Off-Season Slow You Down

Therm-a-Rest Team

With a little planning and a few comfort-enhancing tricks, shoulder-season can be the perfect time of year for an adventure. Check out these pro tips and get inspired to stretch...

Intro to Backpacking

Intro to Backpacking

Therm-a-Rest Team

Nervous or have any fears about making the leap into the wild world of backpacking? Get a backcountry 101 course as Dream Teamer Morgan Martinez gives us her tip on...

Intro to Backpacking

Therm-a-Rest Team

Nervous or have any fears about making the leap into the wild world of backpacking? Get a backcountry 101 course as Dream Teamer Morgan Martinez gives us her tip on...

6 Tips For Fun-Hogging Microadventures

6 Tips For Fun-Hogging Microadventures

Keith Erps

Curious about adding more adventure and nights camping under the stars? Get our tips for fun-hogging microadventures ranging from bike camping and climbing to backpacking and paddling.

6 Tips For Fun-Hogging Microadventures

Keith Erps

Curious about adding more adventure and nights camping under the stars? Get our tips for fun-hogging microadventures ranging from bike camping and climbing to backpacking and paddling.