For many backpackers, hitting the trail with a streamlined ultralight kit is the dream: a full pack with the lightest gear, all for a base weight of 10 pounds or less. After all, less weight often ...

I first encountered the ideas of ultralight backpacking in 1994, in an article in now-defunct (and much-missed) Backpacker magazine. It was titled “Less is More,” by Mark Jenkins. (I still have a PDF ...

Pushing the last backpacking trip of the year to late fall in Colorado’s high peaks comes with a near guarantee of bad weather — but outlandish beauty in exchange. And pure solitude if you get deep ...