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

7 Secrets To Sanity On Long Hikes

7 Secrets To Sanity On Long Hikes

Therm-a-Rest Team

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

7 Secrets To Sanity On Long Hikes

Therm-a-Rest Team

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

Lightweight Hiking Gear: 5 Thru Hike Essentials

Lightweight Hiking Gear: 5 Thru Hike Essentials

Patrice La Vigne

With thru hiker season upon us for the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail and the Continental Divide Trail, everyone is wondering about cutting pack weight. Most seasoned thru-hikers have their...

Lightweight Hiking Gear: 5 Thru Hike Essentials

Patrice La Vigne

With thru hiker season upon us for the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail and the Continental Divide Trail, everyone is wondering about cutting pack weight. Most seasoned thru-hikers have their...

Mentally Preparing For A Thru Hike

Justin Lichter

What are you subjecting yourself to when you decide to go on a thru-hike? The positives are fleeting and the negatives are slow to disappear. Despite some people’s rosy, glorious,...

Mentally Preparing For A Thru Hike

Justin Lichter

What are you subjecting yourself to when you decide to go on a thru-hike? The positives are fleeting and the negatives are slow to disappear. Despite some people’s rosy, glorious,...

Why You Should Visit National Parks in Winter

Why You Should Visit National Parks in Winter

Therm-a-Rest Team

My jaw dropped when I pulled into a popular Rocky Mountain National Park parking lot at 9:00 am and counted five other cars. On my last visit, this trail destination...

Why You Should Visit National Parks in Winter

Therm-a-Rest Team

My jaw dropped when I pulled into a popular Rocky Mountain National Park parking lot at 9:00 am and counted five other cars. On my last visit, this trail destination...

10 Ways to Lighten Your Backpacking Pack Weight

10 Ways to Lighten Your Backpacking Pack Weight

Hillary Oliver

Don't let a heavy pack suck all of the fun out of a trip into the backcountry. Here are a few easy tried-and-true ways to shave a bit of weight...

10 Ways to Lighten Your Backpacking Pack Weight

Hillary Oliver

Don't let a heavy pack suck all of the fun out of a trip into the backcountry. Here are a few easy tried-and-true ways to shave a bit of weight...

How to Plan a Backpacking Trip - Tips For Planning Ahead

How to Plan a Backpacking Trip - Tips For Plann...

Trevor Husted

Planning ahead is crucial to, not only the enjoyment but the safety of your next backcountry adventure. Get our tips for better planning that lead to better times in the...

How to Plan a Backpacking Trip - Tips For Plann...

Trevor Husted

Planning ahead is crucial to, not only the enjoyment but the safety of your next backcountry adventure. Get our tips for better planning that lead to better times in the...