Backpacking Tips & Gear

Get ready for your next adventure with our ultimate guide to backpacking tips and gear! Learn essential tips for planning your trip, packing efficiently, and staying safe on the trail. Explore the best gear recommendations, from lightweight tents and sleeping bags to versatile clothing and cooking equipment, ensuring you're well-prepared for any journey.

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Sedona Mountain Biking

The Best Beginner Mountain Bike Trails in Sedona for Mellow Riding

If you're looking for a mellow ride, check out these beginner mountain bike trails in Sedona including route recommendations and more.

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How to Avoid Ticks While Hiking

Learn the best tips for how to avoid ticks while hiking including different tick species and what to do if you've been bitten by a tick.

The Best Lightweight Bear Canisters for Backpacking

A roundup of the best bear canisters for backpacking with important tips on how to pack and use a bear canister.

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Backpacking Checklist

Beginner Bikepacking Tips - Bearfoot Theory

After a number of short and long bikepacking tours myself (including pedaling 630 miles across the state of Washington!), I want to share a few tips and tricks I’ve learned to help you get ready for your first bikepacking adventure.Ready to roll? Here are my top beginner bikepacking tips to get you ready and stoked for your first tour.

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Bikepacking Food Ideas

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Summer Hike

Summer Hiking

Staying Active

12 Lululemon Must-Haves For Working Out - Barefoot Theory

In this blog post, I’m excited to share a list of my lululemon must-haves for active women. Not only are their clothes well made, functional, and oh-so-comfy, all of the activewear I’ve tried at home would also be great for summer hiking and other outdoor adventures. Here are 12 lululemon must-have essentials for working out and staying active at home and outside.

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Hiking Guide

Versatile Outfits

Essential Hiking Tips for Beginners - Barefoot Theory

If you’re interested in hiking but don’t have a lot of experience, it can be a little overwhelming when you are first starting out. So in this beginner’s hiking guide, we share everything you need to know to get started. We include advice on how to pick a trail, recommendations on gear, how to manage fears of getting lost and wildlife, and more.

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How to Pack for Bikepacking | REI Co-op

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RV and Travel Blog - Camping World Blog

Banff In Summer

Things To Do In Banff

Kayaking Tips

Canadian Culture

Johnston Canyon

Canada National Parks

National Park Vacation

Camping Guide

Canadian Rockies

8 Best Things to Do in Banff in Summer

Plan your trip to the Canadian Rockies with this list of the best things to do in Banff in summer, including hiking, kayaking, and more.

Outdoor Clothing Brands

Sustainable Clothing Brands

Get Outdoors

10 Sustainable Clothing Brands - Bearfoot Theory

It’s true that wearing the right gear and clothing is a necessity in the outdoors, but does the creation of those products really need to cause harm to the environment you love? No, they don’t—especially with so many sustainable, ethical outdoor clothing brands that craft eco-friendly and long-lasting layers to minimize your impact and maximize your fun. In this post, we round the best eco-friendly outdoor brands to support right now.

Ultralight Backpacking

What To Wear Hiking

Hiking Clothes

Backpacking Trip

What To Wear Hiking - A Women's Guide to Outdoor Apparel - Barefoot Theory

Wondering what to wear hiking? Below is a list of the best hiking clothes that I wear in some combination on every single hiking or backpacking trip I go on.

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Packing Essentials List

DYRT Pro Review - Easy Campground Finder - Barefoot Theory

Learn the benefits of The Dyrt Pro membership with this complete review, plus how it will save you time (and money!) planning your next camping trip. This review of The Dyrt goes over all its features, why we’ve been loving it for finding campsites, and more.The Dyrt is a website and app with more than 45,000 campgrounds across the US in its database.

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Bike Camping Gear

Bike Packing Adventure

Bikepacking Bike Camping

Bike Packing Gear

Bikepacking Setup

Bike Trekking

Beginner's Guide to Bike Camping

If the idea of strapping some camping gear to your bicycle and pedaling toward the horizon is even the slightest bit intriguing, then bike camping could be your new favorite thing. Here's how to find pedal-powered freedom and adventure in wild places with the rapidly growing outdoor sport of bikepacking. #bikepacking

Hiking First Aid Kit Complete Checklist - Bearfoot Theory

There are plenty of day hiking first aid kits options available. You can buy pre-made ones from the store or it’s also incredibly easy to build your own DIY hiking first aid kit. Whether you’re a beginning hiker or backpacker or you’re more experienced, all hikers can benefit from following this guide to create the best hiking first aid kit.