Links & Resources
We’ve compiled a few of our favorite online resources in the hopes of making your next trip (and ours) easier to prepare for. Enjoy!
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| Adventure Sports Online • A variety of backcountry and campground recipes |
Backpacker • Backpacker Magazine’s backcountry cooking discussion forum |
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| Camp Recipes • Online community for people to share recipes with others interested in outdoor cooking |
Backpacking Light • Backpacking Light Magazine’s forums for lightweight hiking and cooking |
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| The Camping Source • Campground recipes using a dutch oven, grill or campfire |
BWCA • A Boundary Waters community discussing the types of food that works well for paddlers |
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| Freezer Bag Cooking • A style of outdoor cooking using freezer bags as your primary ‘cook pot’ |
Folbot Forums • A community of Folbot paddlers discussing recipes, cooking and food ideas |
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| Love the Outdoors • Campground cooking ideas using dutch ovens, campfires and grills |
KOA • Discussion of what’s cookin’ at the KOA |
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| One Pan Wonders • Wilderness recipes requiring a single cooking pot |
Lite Food Talk • Discussions about flavorful and lightweight food options |
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| Scout O Rama • Dutch oven and other camp-cooking ideas from the Scouts |
NW Hikers • Food forum for hikers in the Northwest |
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| Quiet Journey • Recipes designed by canoers in the Boundary Waters and Quetico |
Outdoor Adventure Canada • Wilderness and camp cooking forums geared toward Canadians but welcome to all |
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| Wilderness Cooking • Backcountry recipes using a dehydrator for at home prep and easy at camp rehydration instructions |
Outdoor Basecamp • General discussion of all things relating to food in the outdoors |
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| Outdoors 411 • Outdoor cooking and grilling forums for hikers, fishermen and hunters |
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| Practical Backpacking • Backcountry kitchen discussion of food and cooking gear related topics for backpacking trips |
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| Quiet Journey • Boundary Waters & Quetico Park “What’s Cooking” forums for backcountry canoers |
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| White Blaze • Forum discussing backcountry cooking on the Appalachian Trail |
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| Camping Cookbooks | Wilderness Resources | |
| A Fork in the Trail • Backcountry recipes using a dehydrator for at home prep and easy at camp rehydration instructions |
Backpacker’s Park Finder • A great interactive tool to find the park that fits you |
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| Freezer Bag Cooking • A style of outdoor cooking using freezer bags as your primary ‘cook pot’ |
Backpack Gear Test • Comprehensive reviews on backpacking gear – everything from packs to dog bowls to meals! |
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| Hungry Hiker’s Book of Good Cooking • A cookbook that tells you how to prepare your own fresh foods at home and then cook them outdoors over a camp stove or fire. |
National Center for Home Food Preservation • All about drying your own food at home – food dehydrators, jerky, vegetables, fruit leathers, seeds, nuts… |
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| Lipsmackin’ Backpackin’ • Trail-tested recipes providing nutritional information, food preparation and meal-planning tips |
National Park Service • Everything you’d ever want to know about our National Parks |
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| One Pan Wonders • Wilderness recipes requiring a single cooking pot |
Trail Head Finder • A directory of US trails that makes it incredibly easy to find a trail near you |
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| Simple Foods for the Pack • A natural foods backpacking cookbook featuring recipes and information on cooking with lightweight foods and high-tech equipment |
Triple Blaze • Information and reviews for thousands of campgrounds and RV parks across the country |
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| The Back-Country Kitchen • Camp cooking for canoeists, hikers, and anglers |
US Forest Service • A great resource for learning more about our National Forests |
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| The Well Fed Backpacker • Offers a long list of food sources, new material on drying techniques and recipe ideas. |
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| Wilderness Cuisine • How to prepare and enjoy fine food on the trail and in camp |
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| Outdoor Kitchen Equipment | Food Finds | |
| JetBoil Cooking System • A lightweight and easy to use stove/pot combo, this is the set that we reach for when heading into the backcountry. Sets available for everyone from solo campers to family groups. |
Custom Granola – Mix My Granola • More than 70 all-natural ingredients are available with nutritional info calculated as you build your mix. |
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| The Backpacker Oven • A lightweight and compact oven that works well for baking in the outdoors. Tested with Packit Gourmet’s breads. •Read our blog review of the Backpacker Oven |
Dehydrated Food Weight Calculator • Wondering how much a pound of fruit, beans, vegetables, etc. will weigh after a session in your dehydrator? Calculate it! |
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| Pocket Shots • Various types of liquor available in a camp-friendly pouch. |
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