Expert Advice: Camping & Hiking

Backpacking Articles

• Topic Type of Article Video
• Backpacking Checklist Checklist
• Backpacking for Beginners Skills & Knowledge
• Backpacking: Ultralight Checklist Checklist
• Backpacks How to Choose
• Backpacks: Adjust the Fit Skills & Knowledge
• Backpacks: Find Torso/Hip Size Skills & Knowledge
• Backpacks: How to Hoist Skills & Knowledge
• Backpacks: How to Load Skills & Knowledge
• Battery ChargersHow to Choose
• Bear Canisters Skills & Knowledge
• Before You Leave Home Skills & Knowledge
• Bivy Sacks How to Choose
• Breaking in New Hiking Boots Skills & Knowledge
• Campfire Basics Skills & Knowledge
• Campsite Selection Skills & Knowledge
• Child Carriers How to Choose
• Compasses How to Choose
• Compasses: A Note About Declination Skills & Knowledge
• Conditioning for Backpacking Skills & Knowledge
• Cookware How to Choose
• Daypacks How to Choose
• Dogs and Backpacking How to Choose
• Electronic Devices Overview How to Choose
• Flashlights How to Choose
• Food Handling/Storage Skills & Knowledge
• Food Organizing Tips Skills & Knowledge
• Geocaching Skills & Knowledge
• Geocaching: Expert Q and A Skills & Knowledge
• GPS Glossary Skills & Knowledge
• GPS Initialization Process Skills & Knowledge
• GPS Receivers How to Choose
• GPS: How to Use Skills & Knowledge
• Headlamps How to Choose
• Health Concerns in the Outdoors Skills & Knowledge
• Hiking Boots How to Choose
• Hiking Boot Care Gear Care & Repair
• Hiking Boots How to Choose
• Hydration Cleaning Gear Care & Repair
• Hydration Pack How to Choose
• Hydration Skills & Knowledge
• Hygiene and Sanitation in the Backcountry Skills & Knowledge
• Kids and Backpacking Skills & Knowledge
• Lost? What to Do Skills & Knowledge
• Maps How to Choose
• Planning a Menu Skills & Knowledge
• Minimum-Impact Travel Skills & Knowledge
• Navigation Basics: Map and Compass Skills & Knowledge
• Personal Locator Beacons Skills & Knowledge
• Setting up Camp Skills & Knowledge
• Sleeping Bag Care Gear Care & Repair
• Sleeping Bags: Backpacking How to Choose
• Sleeping Pads How to Choose
• Stoves How to Choose
• Tents: Backpacking How to Choose
• Tent Care Gear Care & Repair
• The Ten Essentials Skills & Knowledge
• Trailhead Security Skills & Knowledge
• Trekking Poles and Hiking Staffs How to Choose
• Two-Way Radios How to Choose
• Ultralight Backpacking Skills & Knowledge
• Underwear/Base Layer How to Choose
• Water Bottle Cleaning Gear Care & Repair
• Water Bottles How to Choose
• Water Researcher Q and A Skills & Knowledge
• Water Treatment: Backcountry How to Choose
• Water Treatment: International How to Choose
• Water: What Are the Risks? Skills & Knowledge
• Winter Camping and Backpacking Skills & Knowledge

Camping Articles

• Topic Type of Article Video
• Batteries How to Choose
• Battery ChargersHow to Choose
• Binoculars How to Choose
• Campfire BasicsSkills & Knowledge
• Camping ChecklistChecklist
• Campsite OrganizationSkills & Knowledge
• Car Racks How to Choose
• CookwareHow to Choose
• Electronic Devices Overview How to Choose
• Energy Foods How to Choose
• Gore-Tex Gear Care & Repair
• Health Concerns in the Outdoors Skills & Knowledge
• Insect Repellent How to Choose
• Insulated Outerwear How to Choose
• Kids and CampingSkills & Knowledge
• Layering Skills & Knowledge
• Outdoor Kitchen ChecklistChecklist
• Rainwear How to Choose
• Setting up CampSkills & Knowledge
• Sleeping Bags: CampingHow to Choose
• Sleeping Tips for CampingSkills & Knowledge
• Sunglasses How to Choose
• Sun-Protection Clothing Skills & Knowledge
• Sunscreen How to Choose
• Temperature Extremes Skills & Knowledge
• Tent CareGear Care & Repair
• Tents: CampingHow to Choose
• Underwear/Base Layer How to Choose
• Weather Basics Skills & Knowledge
• Winter Camping and Backpacking Skills & Knowledge
• Wool Clothing How to Choose

Hiking Articles

• Topic Type of Article Video
• Breaking in New Hiking Boots Skills & Knowledge
• Child Carriers How to Choose
• Compasses How to Choose
• Compasses: A Note About Declination Skills & Knowledge
• Daypacks How to Choose
• Dogs and Hiking How to Choose
• Electronic Devices Overview How to Choose
• Flashlights How to Choose
• Food Handling/Storage Skills & Knowledge
• Geocaching Skills & Knowledge
• Geocaching: Expert Q&A Skills & Knowledge
• GPS Glossary Skills & Knowledge
• GPS Initialization Process Skills & Knowledge
• GPS Receivers How to Choose
• GPS: How to Use Skills & Knowledge
• Headlamps How to Choose
• Health Concerns in the Outdoors Skills & Knowledge
• Hiking Boots How to Choose
• Hiking Boot Care Gear Care & Repair
• Hydration Cleaning Gear Care & Repair
• Hydration Pack How to Choose
• Hydration Skills & Knowledge
• Hygiene and Sanitation in the Backcountry Skills & Knowledge
• Kids and Geocaching Skills & Knowledge
• Kids and Hiking Skills & Knowledge
• Lost? What to Do Skills & Knowledge
• Maps How to Choose
• Minimum-Impact Travel Skills & Knowledge
• Navigation Basics: Map and Compass Skills & Knowledge
• The Ten Essentials Skills & Knowledge
• Trailhead Security Skills & Knowledge
• Trail-Running Shoes How to Choose
• Trekking Poles and Hiking Staffs How to Choose
• Two-Way Radios How to Choose
• Underwear/Base Layer How to Choose
• Water Bottle cleaning Gear Care & Repair
• Water Bottles How to Choose
• Water: What Are the Risks? Skills & Knowledge

All Camping & Hiking-related Articles

Topic	Type of Article	Video
Backpacking Checklist	Checklist
Backpacking for Beginners	Skills & Knowledge
Backpacking: Ultralight Checklist	Checklist
Backpacks	How to Choose
Backpacks: Adjust the Fit	Skills & Knowledge
Backpacks: Find Torso/Hip Size	Skills & Knowledge
Backpacks: How to Hoist	Skills & Knowledge
Backpacks: How to Load	Skills & Knowledge
Batteries	How to Choose
Battery Chargers	How to Choose
Bear Canisters	Skills & Knowledge
Before You Leave Home	Skills & Knowledge
Binoculars	How to Choose
Bivy Sacks	How to Choose
Breaking in New Hiking Boots	Skills & Knowledge
Campfire Basics	Skills & Knowledge
Camping Checklist	Checklist
Campsite Organization	Skills & Knowledge
Campsite Selection	Skills & Knowledge
Car Racks	How to Choose
Child Carriers	How to Choose
Compasses	How to Choose
Compasses: A Note About Declination	Skills & Knowledge
Conditioning for Backpacking	Skills & Knowledge
Cookware	How to Choose
Day Hiking Checklist	Checklist
Daypacks	How to Choose
Dogs and Hiking or Backpacking	How to Choose
Electronic Devices Overview	How to Choose
Energy Foods	How to Choose
Fabric Care	Gear Care & Repair
Fabric Care Symbols	Gear Care & Repair
First Aid Checklist	Checklist
First-Aid Kits	How to Choose
Fitness Monitors	How to Choose
Flashlights	How to Choose
Food Handling/Storage	Skills & Knowledge
Food Organizing Tips	Skills & Knowledge
Gaiters	How to Choose
Geocaching	Skills & Knowledge
Geocaching: Expert Q and A	Skills & Knowledge
Gore-Tex	Gear Care & Repair
GPS Glossary	Skills & Knowledge
GPS Initialization Process	Skills & Knowledge
GPS Receivers	How to Choose
GPS: How to Use	Skills & Knowledge
Headlamps	How to Choose
Health Concerns in the Outdoors	Skills & Knowledge
Hiking Boots	How to Choose
Hiking Boot Care	Gear Care & Repair
Hydration Cleaning	Gear Care & Repair
Hydration Pack	How to Choose
Hydration	Skills & Knowledge
Hygiene and Sanitation in the Backcountry	Skills & Knowledge
Insect Repellent	How to Choose
Insulated Outerwear	How to Choose
Kids and Backpacking	Skills & Knowledge
Kids and Camping	Skills & Knowledge
Kids and Geocaching	Skills & Knowledge
Kids and Hiking	Skills & Knowledge
Kids and the Outdoors: 10 Tips	Skills & Knowledge
Lanterns	How to Choose
Layering	Skills & Knowledge
Lightweight Hiking	Skills & Knowledge
Lost? What to Do	Skills & Knowledge
Maps	How to Choose
Minimum-Impact Travel	Skills & Knowledge
Navigation Basics: Map and Compass	Skills & Knowledge
Outdoor Kitchen Checklist	Checklist
Personal Locator Beacons	Skills & Knowledge
Planning a Menu	Skills & Knowledge
Rainwear	How to Choose
Rainwear: DWR Care	Gear Care & Repair
Rainwear: How It Works	Skills & Knowledge
Setting up Camp	Skills & Knowledge
Sleeping Bag Care	Gear Care & Repair
Sleeping Bags: Backpacking	How to Choose
Sleeping Bags: Camping	How to Choose
Sleeping Pads	How to Choose
Sleeping Tips for Camping	Skills & Knowledge
Socks	How to Choose
Stoves	How to Choose
Sun and Bug Protection	How to Choose
Sunglasses	How to Choose
Sun-Protection Clothing	Skills & Knowledge
Sunscreen	How to Choose
Temperature Extremes	Skills & Knowledge
Tents: Backpacking	How to Choose
Tents: Camping	How to Choose
Tent Care	Gear Care & Repair
The Ten Essentials	Skills & Knowledge
Trailhead Security	Skills & Knowledge
Trail-Running Shoes	How to Choose
Trekking Poles and Hiking Staffs	How to Choose
Two-Way Radios	How to Choose
Ultralight Backpacking	Skills & Knowledge
Underwear/Base Layer	How to Choose
Water Bottle Cleaning	Gear Care & Repair
Water Bottles	How to Choose
Water Researcher Q and A	Skills & Knowledge
Water Treatment: Backcountry	How to Choose
Water Treatment: International	How to Choose
Water: What Are the Risks?	Skills & Knowledge
Weather Basics	Skills & Knowledge
Winter Camping and Backpacking	Skills & Knowledge
Winter/Snow Camping Checklist	Checklist
Wool Clothing	How to Choose
Wrist Altimeter	How to Choose