Expertise in Motion
Canister or
Liquid Fuel
A reliable stove system is essential to your backpacking setup. After all, it's only befitting to eat a hot meal while you relax and soak up those well-earned million-dollar views. But with the dozens of stove models available today, it can be difficult to narrow down the options and choose the stove that is best suited to your needs.
Which should you use?
Five Star Backpacking Food
Dehydrated meals will never taste like fine dining (although after Day 3 on a grueling alpine loop, some of them can seem pretty close). But backpacking food has come a long way, and much of it has earned five stars from foodies in the Backcountry.com community. Here are the top-rated meals, as chosen by the discerning palates of backpackers like you.