Backpack

With 20+ years experience, our gear expert dives into the art of packing a hiking backpack for maximum comfort and efficiency in the great outdoors

From picnics to day hikes, these backpack coolers make it easy to enjoy your favorite foods and refreshments in the great outdoors

Thoughts on the bootmaker’s new backpacking-specific boot after testing in Yosemite National Park, where on-trail performance matched its modern look

The camera bag pros at Peak Design finally built a backpack for shooting outdoors, so our photographer took one to the French Alps

How the Montana brand best known for making maximalist, durable (and yes, heavy) backpacks is going light with new Galligator, Scree, and Radix packs

A quick and dirty guide to keeping you and the environment clean with 9 biodegradable soaps, tested and approved

Stunning film photography documents an impromptu trip to the Wind River Range, where emotions run high as the hard-fought miles tick by

From commuting to wandering foreign locales, these totepacks will help keep you organized and stylish during your adventures

Taking several thousand steps outside of one’s comfort zone with fly rod in hand and sights set on fish filled high elevation lakes

For their fourth collaboration to date, the two outfitters bring a colorful palette to a range of limited-edition footwear and apparel for daily wear

Made of 100% recycled materials with 26L and 20L options, these sustainable daypacks feature all one needs for town, trail time, and general wandering

A deep dive into the world of daypacks designed for short day hikes, quick mountain ascents, commuting around town, and everything in between