Three-season backpacking (aka backpacking outside of the winter months) more typically lends itself to summer and/or fair weather backpacking despite including both spring and fall. That said, here's everything you'll need - and everything I bring - for three-season success in the
Three-Season Backpacking Gear List 2022 (v2)
I've made a lot more changes to my gear list than I had anticipated, but many of these changes have been a long time coming. This gear is for three-season backpacking and would not be sufficient in winter conditions. Some items have been included for shoulder season hiking - like the base layers
Three-Season Backpacking Gear List 2022 (v1)
As my outdoor pursuits have become more varied, so too have my gear lists. That said, the three-season backpacking gear list is still the one I've spent the most time refining (and the one I have the most variations of). Here's my three-season backpacking setup for the upcoming year. What's
Mac’s Backpacking Gear List 2021 (v3)
I don't typically get to the third iteration of my gear list until the end of the summer or into the fall, but so much has changed in such a short amount of time recently, that I feel disingenuous not updating my list. What's changed from my previous gear list? Here are some of the items that
Mac’s Backpacking Gear List 2021 (v2)
After bikepacking the Arizona Trail, I've made some changes to my backpacking kit for the summer. Most notable, changes to my shelter (now using a SlingFin SplitWing) and my water filter (now using a Platypus QuickDraw). Later in the summer, I'm also hoping to try out a new quilt, some new stakes
Mac’s Backpacking Gear List 2021 (v1)
I'm hoping to be doing a lot more outdoors in 2021 than I managed to do in 2020 and I'm excited to start trying out gear. To start the year off, my pack looks a lot like it did at the end of 2020, but I've made a few small changes (most notably, my cooking system). The gear list below is what I
Mac’s Backpacking Gear List 2020 (v2.0)
It's been a complicated year, but I still managed to get outdoors despite not being able to escape the country as originally planned. My gear list has continued to evolve as I continue to figure out what gear I like best and for what application I most enjoy using each piece of gear. I've
Mac’s Backpacking Gear List 2020 (v1.0)
It's the dawn of a decade and I've made a lot of changes to my three-season backpacking gear list to kick off the twenties. Some of my favorite pieces of gear are still with me and are still going strong (socks and fanny pack) while I'm trying others out for the first time (pillow, anyone?). My