Real packs from real trips, every item weighed and priced.


561 g base·2 pieces



For weekend
2.22 kg base·9 pieces



good
1.20 kg base·4 pieces



good test
2.85 kg base·7 pieces



1.20 kg base·4 pieces


1.05 kg base·2 pieces



Yosemite high country, June — a 3.9 kg Sierra kit on a Zpacks Hexamid and a Palante pack.
3.87 kg base·46 pieces



New Hampshire's White Mountains — a lean 3.4 kg kit for New England's rockiest ridges.
3.38 kg base·39 pieces



The Uinta Highline Trail, Utah — a 3.8 kg high-altitude kit that cold-soaks to skip the stove.
3.76 kg base·37 pieces



Tour du Mont Blanc, summer — an 8.9 kg loop kit ready for refuge nights and alpine weather.
8.90 kg base·50 pieces



Warm-weather solo trekking in Australia — a 4.3 kg kit dialed for nights above 5°C.
4.33 kg base·52 pieces



High Sierra, three-season — a comfort-minded 8.2 kg kit with room for a few luxuries.
8.24 kg base·82 pieces



The Rae Lakes Loop, Kings Canyon — a 7.2 kg Sierra kit for the classic 40-mile circuit.
7.23 kg base·34 pieces



A single warm, dry overnighter — a 2.6 kg minimalist kit for 10–25°C and zero rain.
2.56 kg base·39 pieces



Kom-Emine across Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains, June — a 3.2 kg three-season kit proven over 12 nights.
3.18 kg base·49 pieces



John Muir Trail, Sierra Nevada, late summer — a 9.9 kg northbound kit for a 17-day thru-hike.
9.88 kg base·42 pieces



The High Sierra Trail, Sierra Nevada — a 10.7 kg kit for the climb over Kaweah Gap toward Whitney.
10.7 kg base·52 pieces



Henry W. Coe State Park, California, June — a 1.4 kg extreme-ultralight overnighter.
1.37 kg base·35 pieces



A long-distance mountain traverse, August — a 6.0 kg kit prepped for a summer departure.
6.00 kg base·53 pieces



A long-distance GRT route — a genuinely ultralight tarp kit at just 3.1 kg base.
3.10 kg base·51 pieces



GR10 across the French Pyrenees — a 7.0 kg traverse kit built around a Tarptent Stratospire Li.
7.01 kg base·60 pieces



GR10 across the Pyrenees — a 3.7 kg MYOG-forward, ultralight take on the traverse.
3.73 kg base·54 pieces



A personal three-season base weight — 4.9 kg organised around the Big 3.
4.93 kg base·38 pieces



A fastpacking setup — 4.3 kg of tarp-and-bivy gear built for covering ground.
4.32 kg base·70 pieces



A general three-season kit — 4.1 kg built around a Durston X-Mid 1 and a Kakwa 55.
4.09 kg base·47 pieces



A general three-season kit built for comfort — 9.3 kg around a two-person Durston X-Dome.
9.31 kg base·52 pieces



Bibbulmun Track, Western Australia — a 4.9 kg kit for the long walk through the southwest forests.
4.93 kg base·68 pieces



A general three-season base-weight list — 6.3 kg with a frameless ultralight pack.
6.26 kg base·46 pieces



A hybrid photo/video kit that lives in one bag.
7.33 kg base·12 pieces



A complete thru-hike kit — 54 pieces, nothing left off the list.
6.56 kg base·54 pieces



Ultralight three-season kit built for Patagonia's wind and rain.
5.63 kg base·42 pieces



John Muir Trail, 2026 — 211 miles through the High Sierra.
5.35 kg base·40 pieces



A general three-season backpacking base — adapt it to any trail.
2.52 kg base·49 pieces



Summer 2026 kit, metric build — fresh off the trail this season.
7.54 kg base·50 pieces



PCT thru-hike, class of 2018 — with the hiker's own gear photos.
5.26 kg base·44 pieces



Continental Divide Trail thru-hike — the full kit, desert to divide.
5.72 kg base·82 pieces



Appalachian Trail ultralight build — 100 pieces, shakedown-refined.
6.53 kg base·100 pieces
4.20 kg base·8 pieces