Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. how to clean a hiking stove: hiker cleaning cooking equipment and stove When I’m backpacking with someone else like my boyfriend, ...

Cooking in the backcountry is a delicate balance of luxury and weight-savings. Will a plastic, $5 spork suffice? Probably, but we'd rather dine in style. We gorged on cozy pasta dinners, sipped canned ...

Backpacking lets you experience nature's beauty and find peace. Walking through forests, climbing peaks, and crossing streams becomes a calming meditation. Without technology and routines, it's a ...

The other day I wrote an article on cooking while backpacking. Right after writing it I was at the July 4th Fireman’s Breakfast in Middleton and saw Steve Weston who is a really good chef and ...

One of my favorite parts of a backpacking trip is the food: It just hits different after a full day of hiking. As a previous backpacking guide who cooked for up to ten guests at a time, I love making ...

Backpacking stoves are one of my favorite things to write about because I covet them. I first started using an MSR Dragonfly when I was 15 years old. Around 17, wanting to get away from liquid gas, I ...

I’m a former professional chef and food writer, and I used to agonize over my backcountry meals. How much water-laden fresh produce was I willing to haul into the wild? How many microcontainers of ...

I recently wrote about all my favorite lightweight backpacking gear in Outside’s Summer Buyer’s Guide. Buy everything I suggest (plus a few choice extras) and your base weight (all your gear excluding ...

Camping stoves allow you to prepare hot food while out in the woods. It’s a lot safer than building a campfire and holding pots and pans over it, and it allows you to control the temperature in which ...