For the past six to nine months, I’ve been looking for a high quality energy gel at a lower cost than GU. While I make a lot of my own energy gel these days, it’s nice to have some pre-made gel on standby if I get lazy. So, whenever I run across a new gel,…
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Review: PROBAR meal bars & Fruition snack bars
These days, one has so many options to choose from when it comes to meal and energy bars. While looking for a meal bar with a less-processed ingredient list, we discovered PROBAR (and their new, snack-size bars, Fruition). Both the PROBARs and Fruition bars are made from whole-food, organic ingredients. Started in 2001 by Art…
Another recipe for energy gel
Want more flavor choices than apple cinnamon for your energy gels? Here’s another recipe that allows you to customize that flavor to your taste.
Backpacking Recipe: Corn Chowder
After a long cold day backpacking, there’s nothing better than a bowl of warm chowder. Here’s our version of corn chowder that only requires boiling water to prepare on the trail.
How to make your own energy gel.
Energy gel was a revolution for athletes everywhere. Unfortunately, gels aren’t exactly light on the wallet. At $1.25 per gel, the costs can add up quickly. Our recipe comes in at a fraction of the cost of commercial energy gels.
Interesting Concept: YouBar
While prepping for my latest backpacking trip, I ran across a company that sells a product with an interesting concept behind it. YouBars are customized energy bars-you choose the ingredients (from a set list). Like peanuts or dried fruit, but not too many? You can specify to have less in your bar. Categories of ingredients…
Dehydrating Your Own Food
Dehydrated backpacking meals and snacks seem to be the convenient choice for meals on the trail these days. But for all the ease of preparation, you often pay in flavor. (Read our review of backpacking meals here.) But this doesn’t have to be the case. With a little pre-trip prep, you can have great tasting…
Bear Safety While on the Trail
With the recent news that the National Park Service is requiring all overnight hikers to carry and use a bear canister for their food in Rocky Mountain National Park (click here to read more), we thought we would take the time to put together some safety precautions you can follow when hiking in the wilderness….
Pre-packaged Backpacking Food
Backpacking meals are a great option for quick, no-mess meals on the trail. However, they do have a reputation of being less than appetizing, and after a long day of hiking, do you really want to sit down for a bland meal that doesn’t even look like food? Daily Hiker put a few brands to the test; read more to see how they stacked up.
Energy Gels and Chews: Wrapping Up
Last month we tested and reviewed some of the available energy gels and chews on the market. However, there were still a few products that we wanted to feature but couldn’t get our hands on at the time of the testing.