PCT 2020 | Backpacking Food For 8 Days on the Pacific Crest Trail
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- Backpacking Food for 8 Days on The Pacific Crest Trail // Watch as I show you the backpacking food I carried with me in my food bag for 8 days while hiking the PCT for my section hike along Section L in Washington this summer. Hands down, this was the longest backpacking food carry I’ve ever done for any long-distance hiking trip. Watch this video to see all of the gear in my backpacking cooking system, the food I carried in my food bag system and the backpacking meals I ate throughout the day.
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2:43 DIY Stove Cozy
2:56 Cooking Pot & Stove
4:48 Eating Utensil
6:24 Towel
6:35 Stuff Sack
6:42 Food Bag
7:35 Breakfast
7:58 Second Breakfast/Snacks
8:47 Lunch
9:05 Dinner
9:53 Electrolytes
10:25 Trash Storage
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I enjoy the Greenbelly meal bars.
I’ve been wanting to try those!
I like the heathers choice meals, and their pacaroons. I always have a few lara bars with me too. I like how you dehydrated your own food, thats always a good choice
Thank you! I bring out the dehydrated once a year and bulk dehydrate meals for the entire upcoming season. Saves time and money!
Mashed potatoes with spam!
Canned chicken with Mayo and pepper!
You had me at second breakfast.
Second Breakfast, Second Lunch and LOTS and lots of snacks!!
Lord of the rings XD
Omfg I subscribed when she said that and then went to read the first comment😂
@@TheHungryHiker were u scared camping alone
@@mehchocolate1257 Sometimes I still do, if it's REALLY quiet out and I can hear anything like a twig breaking. My thoughts wonder. For the most part, I'm so exhausted by the time I get to camp and I have no problem falling right to sleep.
You weren't kidding when you said you ate like a teenage boy. This was awesome.
That’s the thru-hiker’s diet for ya 😀
Wow! Finally, a channel packed with practical, realistic, affordable, implementable (is that a word?), down-to-earth, advice. Just getting back to backpacking (at 75) after a 30-year break and leaving in two days for a solo 10 day trip through Tiger Leaping Gorge and Hada Snow Mountain in Yunnan China. You have satisfied all the concerns I had about cooking on the trail since I live in an area where no one even knows what a dehydrated camping meal is much less be able to buy one. Your videos have been my go-to source for all things "cooking and eating" for my trip. Thanks for all the hard work.
Yay!! Welcome back to backpacking. Have a great trip and glad my little channel helped with sorting out the cooking and eating on trail for your trip. That’s awesome!!
I love trail magic. It's amazing how many nice people there are still in the world!!
I totally agree!
Me literally never going hiking. Watching every single hiking video.
I love this! Thanks for watching!
I'm so happy to see you're not a minimalist with food! I learned a lot, thanks!
Nope, definitely not ultralight when it comes to food. Glad you enjoyed the video and learned something!
@@TheHungryHiker I totally agree with Red Proton! Eating good, tasty, meals, is part of enjoying the experience. No skimping there. Well done on the video!
@@markadlardstonepipeadventu2589 Thank you!
Exactly!!!
Note to self. If I get a gray titanium spoon, add a bright color ribbon or paint it.
Yes, I highly recommend doing that or you risk losing your spoon like I did. 😂
dang, that bright tape idea is good.
Yes! I swear I’ve lost about 10 of them in the last couple of years. Starting to think I should stick a GPS tag on it 🤦♀️
I just recently got another spoon. Let’s see how long I can keep it through this backpacking season. 😂
Tying " International Blaze Orange " 550 cord on to everything that is small, and easily lost, or forgotten, minimizes the loss of small items.
i'm a simple man, i see "hungry hiker," i click and subscribe
I love this. Thanks for subscribing!
Her: "I don't drink coffee."
Me: *FULL CARDIAC ARREST*
I know! I know! I’m more of a tea drinker. 🤷♀️
@@MZ95 Well I guess its a good thing I don't drink coffee. :)
Thankfully, I detest coffee. Ewww.
I don’t detest coffee. It’s just not my cup of tea. 🤷♀️
@@TheHungryHiker I'm more of a tea drinker too! It also weighs almost nothing to have some teabags in your pack!
So happy to have just found your channel and am new to hiking. Love your videos! I always think about food and what would I eat. This is fantastic. I'm loving watching and taking notes. You are such an inspiration. Thanks for sharing. ❤
Yay!! Welcome to the channel. Happy to have you here. 😊
Super helpful! I'm hoping to get more multi-day trips in this coming summer and this is really helpful info :)
Yay! Glad you found this helpful. 😊
Great Video! Full of great food ideas!!! Prepping for me first long hike; Thanks for making this.
Thanks for watching! 😀
Not even a real hiker and I got this video suggested to me on UA-cam and I’m so glad it was! I love your energy and following your adventures :) I’m definitely a foodie though so this was perfect 😉
Awesome! Love this!!
PS: You ARE a real hiker. If you can get outside on a dirt trail and enjoy the experience, you are a real hiker to me.
Same😛
Lots of great tips! Love repackaging the mountain house into ziplock cos man those things take up sooo much space! Also love your diy coozy thing! So cool
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video. I save Mountain House meals as a treat meal on trail mainly because they're expensive and AND take up so much space in my pack. Repackaging is definitely the way to go with these as long as you have a good system for rehydrating and cooking. My stove cozy works perfectly! It helps save me a ton of fuel.
This is so helpful! I have a 3 day hike coming up, so many helpful ideas!! Thank you so much
As a beginner hiker, I used ur 8 day food plan and loved it.. thank u so much 🤙
Glad you found this one helpful!
You go girl!!! Wow 20 miles a day is damn good!!! Takes me a week LOL
Thank you! Once your body adapts to the bigger mileage days, 20 mile days are completely doable. Thru-hikers have to work up to 20+ mile days otherwise they might not complete the trail in time. I was a bit out of practice this summer so those 20 mile days definitely felt longer than they used to. Hahahahaha!!
As a fat guy bushcrafter, seeing your meal choices is awesome! I can fully get behind you meal choices
Glad you enjoyed this one!
Great video! Thank you for all the great ideas.
Thanks for watching! Glad you got some ideas from my video. :)
Great video. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
Stay safe and keep sharing your experiences.
Thank you!
I'll tell you something is cheap and tasty, roman noddle with beef jerky! you can add as much jerky as you like Plus the beef jerky get soft in hot water and puts out a great taste of the flavor of the jerky. try it some time you will love it....
Great suggestion. Thank you!
I scrap the ramen spice pack and add a pack of beef stroganoff powder to that.. yum
That is pretty much jail house food called spread. You can crunch of chips and add tj mama in it. Super cheap and filling
Good thing I watched this while eating lunch!
Hahahahahaha!! Yeah, backpacking food videos make me hungry too!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS VIDEO thank you Sooo much lass!!!
Yay! Glad you enjoyed it!
Really cool video, great info, and beautiful backdrop! I will be in the PNW soon and hope to do some exploring! Thanks for sharing. Happy trails!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Ahhh food, as ah fat guy, I love it! lol.. I dig your stove cozy, the PCT decal makes it VERY trail cosmopolitan.. You gotta love some "Trail Magic" too!! Nicely done...
Thank you!! Always gotta rock the PCT whenever I can!
Some of your ideas are brilliant and new to me (powdered pb in ramen!?!). Thanks for the suggestions.
Yay! Glad you found this one useful.
Am learning alot on properly what to take on hiking. Love the food part🥳☺️. Great tips on proper equipment to take. Making sure not to exceed to much. Thanks a bunch be safe hiking my friend.
Thank you!
im loving the energy! subscribed!
Yay! Thanks for subscribing!
Nothing wrong with packing extra food, especially in a place where you may find yourself in a survival situation.
You had me at: ramen noodles, cheese & beef sticks, and SNICKERS!!😆👍🏽(and all of the other food that you packed ❤️)
Awesome!!
Excited for this one!! Thanks
Thanks!
Thanks for this video, planning my fist thru hike and going with your exact set up for heating water.
Awesome! Have a great hike!
Wow this is inspiring! I just started back country hikes a year ago and I’m going on my first solo trip this weekend. Just 12km a day for two days. I’m a bit nervous but it should be a fun experience!
You got this! Have fun on your trip. 😀
In about 2 years when I'm able to be on my own in life, I want to try backpacking because it looks enjoyable and challenging. I found this video very helpful in clearing up what foods should be brought since I tend to get confused with reading articles about this kind of stuff; they can sometimes be fairly vague as well which doesn't help.
Either way... Just wanted to say it was helpful on clearing up this part of backpacking for me. I want to try some extended camping first before I try this kind of stuff but I just wanted to see kind of what I would need to prepare for.
Backpacking is awesome! I highly recommend it. Also, food just tastes better when you're out on trail so you'll have that to look forward to. Good luck!
Congrats on your thru-hike, and thanks for being a fellow FOODIE!!
Thank you!!
Great video - thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
122 miles in 8 days? I'm impressed. Amazing!
Thank you! I haven't put together the video series yet, but I just got done hiking 126 miles along the PCT in 7 days...by myself. What an adventure that was. So much fun!!
My favorite long term hiking food is one I have never heard anyone talking about. I buy # 10 cans of freeze dried beef which I then individualize into mylar bags. I mix it with freeze dried rice and beans. Super filling supper. Will also mix with ramen, etc. And I always carry a couple packs of taco seasoning to spice things up. I am also one of the rare ones who brings powdered eggs in mylar. How nice to start the day with scrambled eggs and bacon bits?
That sounds SO DELICIOUS!!!
I'm so excited I came across this. I live in Washington and I really enjoy video's likes this. Helps me learn more about hiking in my home state. Plus I have a lot of camping gear that I haven't used yet. And it gives me more courage to go out and do it. 😊
Glad you’re enjoying my videos!
Great food advice. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
122 miles in 8 days is an amazing pace. I need to get back to the Rockies soon!
Thank you! I need to visit the Rockies!!
Food seems to be near the top of the list for rewards after a long trail day. Cashews can do no wrong. Dogs keep their opinions to themselves, so we have to try and read their minds. Thanks for a great video.
You are 100% correct! Food is a huge motivator when ut on trail. I feel like I'm always looking forward to my next meal out there. I wish dogs would share their opinions with me. Shoot, I wish dogs would talk to me because I always want to know what they have to say. Glad you enjoyed the video!
I preciate the tips on your cook system... HAPPY TRAILS.
S from Philly
Thank you!
Happy trails and keep on trucking right back Is at you sweetie
Thank you!
Your food chooses look WONDERFUL!
Thank you!! Tasty options = happy hiker!!
I'm going Elk hunting in Colorado in November for 8 days so this video really helped me narrow down my food choices. It's great seeing regular food as well, the rice sides and meats/cheese! I'm moving to Colorado next spring and I'll be out on as many trails as I can be so thanks for the knowledge! Also, what a cutie 😍
Yay! Glad you found this one helpful. Thanks for watching!
DUH just eat the elk
I’m more concerned about the cooking aspect, What cooking system did you end up using? Open fire?
@@that1guycanfly I used a jet boil system. Little propane fuel can attach to a metal base, and there's a cup you buy to boil the food in.
God bless you for wanting to pack an elk out of the back country. That's usually a 4 or 5 man job unless you know a Russian female weightlifter.
Thank you for the boiler idea.
Now this is trail food I can get behind!
Whoo Hoo!!!
Thanks for sharing the 'real' side of thru-hiking! Looks like you squeezed every ounce of weight out possible ...
How much did your 8-Day carry food bag weigh? Total pack weight: base + consumables?
As I mentioned in my video, I didn't weight my food bag. I wish I would've because it was so heavy, but I think at the time I was too scared to know how much it actually weighed. Check out the link to my LighterPack account in the video description for a complete breakdown of all my gear and the weight for each item.
Thank you so much for this great informative video! I’m wondering did you make a special nut spice mix? I’m inspired by this video!!
Glad you enjoyed this one. As for the nut and speech mix, maybe you were thinking it was this? ua-cam.com/video/RKahyKt8ejY/v-deo.html
I'm not able to backpack anymore but I really enjoy and seeing how you do it and it helps me do it in my my utility trailer camper I made thanks for the info
I love that my videos are helping to give you ideas for your camper. That's awesome! Thanks for watching!
Fun to watch!
Whoo Hoo!!
you should read books for a living cuz you have a soothing voice. I promise that is a compliment
Wow! Thank you for that! :)
Maybe there’s a new career in my future? 🤔
I second this! Very relaxing to listen to.
I LOVE Food!! We just take potato’s everywhere.. just incase. sending a like love and sub from Ireland 🇮🇪 😂 🥔
Thank you!!
I really like the cozy you made. I checked the link but i like the style of yours a little better. The lid is a must. Thanks for the awesome video.
Thank you! I felt like adding the Velcro side straps was a must for me for the cozy.
@@TheHungryHiker yeah.. I’m making a few for different pots this weekend.. i am up in Alaska so these are honestly going to be amazing. The straps will definitely be on mine.
Sounds awesome!!
Came for the food, and stayed for the smile! Thanks. subscribed
Glad you enjoyed the video! :)
You remind me of Hobbits with your second breakfast. Perhaps find time and space to fit in elevenies and afternoon tea. I like your style on food/snack choices. I was expecting some healthy organic bland boring food but was shocked to see most of what’s in my kitchen on display. I am a 40 year old man and I eat the same stuff. Lol. Anyways, great video. Will subscribe :)
I really need to watch Lord of the Rings. 😂
Whoa! I’m new to all this, but I had no idea backpacking food could be such “normal” food! How do you figure out what cheese is safe to carry and doesn’t need refrigeration?
Absolutely! Backpacking food can be really whatever you want it to be. I only bring with me food I know I love to eat. Food is a huge motivator for me to hike the big mile days and get to camp. As far as cheese goes, hard cheese will have the longest trail life. which is why I always bring a hard cheese as opposed to a soft cheese when out on trail.
Very enjoyable and informative video to watch, Thanks! I'm into portable food (mostly military), so this vid was great.
Glad you enjoyed this one. Thanks for watching!
Loved this!
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
How does the cheese and salami stay good? We are going to be hiking and camping for a month this summer and looking at all the food ideas! ☺️☺️
I always pick a hard cheese over a soft cheese. Hard cheese seems to last longer on trail. I also keep my food bag buried deep in my pack instead of having it close to the top. That way my food has less of a chance of being exposed sun and heat. In general for the perishables, I tend to eat those first. Be sure to check out my Grocery Store Backpacking Food videos for more trail food ideas on the cheap! Good luck!
Great video. Just starting to get into backpacking so this helps a lot 🙏
Awesome! Thank you!
Second breakfast! I love it! You are a hobbit!!😂 This was sooo interesting and informative. Thank you!❤
Do you have videos about safety? How do you do this alone? Protection against man and animal? I'm all for hiking and camping alone! It wouldn't stop me but I do fear animals and man.
Currently, I don't have any videos on safety. I think this is a GREAT topic to cover though. Honestly, I'm more scared of people in town than I am when I'm on trail. That's not to say that there aren't bad people on trail, but in my experience, I've never had a bad encounter with a person while on trail. As for wildlife, I've only seen one bear and it was it's butt as it was running away from me because it heard me singing. True story! hahahaha!
HA! You're not the only hiker to use a tent stake as an impromptu fork.
Oh good, although I have NO PROBLEMS embracing my inner Hiker Trash, especially if it means having to get creative with my food utensils while out on trail. Nothing will stop The Hungry Hiker from eating out on trail. Hahahaha!
Superb video! Im looking forward on embarking on a similar trip my self and I have been worrying heavily about food but your video gave me some needed advice!
Glad it was helpful!
Yep second breakfast!! Great vid 👍
Thank you!
I enjoy your videos. Stay safe on your future hikes.
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing!
You're very welcome!
Looks suprizing yummy!!! Great video!
Thank you! I only eat food on trail I'm excited to eat. Otherwise its deadweight and who wants to carry deadweight for 8 days? Not me!
Well done. A wealth of knowledge. Nice video 💞
Thank you!
Awesome video!!! Good info for food 🤙🏽
Glad you liked it!!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, kisses from Perú!!!
Excellent, thanks
This was helpful. Thank you.
Awesome. Glad you found this one helpful.
Thanks learning alot great video
Glad to help
Nice blog, like that you use the Starkist packs, love those and easy to pack
Thanks and they're easy to find in most grocery stores.
I also pack more food then I need... very nice video!
Thank you!
Great info! Thank you.
You're very welcome. Thanks for watching!
Great Video. Good info. Good Luck with your adventure.
Thank you! This was a super fun and successful adventure. Can’t wait to get back out there again. 😀
Awsome video. Big help in preperation for 8 days on the high sierra trail 😁
Yay! Have fun on your trip!!
Thank you for ideas
You’re very welcome! 😀
thx love, very nice explanations :D
Thank you!
Thanks for posting
Thanks for watching!
You changed my life with the PB and Ramen! ❤
Love it!
I would be blessed to learn more about the DIY kettle coozy
Nice video! I learn a lot
Glad it was helpful!
Cool ideas!
Thanks!
To the hungry hiker thank you for getting back to me so quick yeah that thing is pretty neat I'll have to think of something like that you know try and find the materials but thank you very much you have a blessed day my friend
Here's the video I watched that inspired me to make one of my own. Hope this helps: ua-cam.com/video/NQqV-y8TvqQ/v-deo.html
Great video! Thank you :)
Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching! 😀
That Gatorade powder is an awesome idea.
And they make Gatorade packets in small pouches now too, perfect for backpacking!!
Outstanding video- subscribed- tried your suggestions- they worked very well:)
Awesome!! I love this kind of feedback. Glad you found my video helpful. 😀
Thank you for showing me this. I'm just plannning to be doing a weekend camping trip but I dont want to cook since I'll be canoeing the entire time!
Glad you found this one helpful!
Fantastic information
Glad it was helpful!
Looks like a great hike.. I want to do this! Thanks for sharing 🏕
The PCT is amazing, whether you're thru-hiking or section hiking it. You should hike any part of it you can.
@@TheHungryHiker I will do my research and plan a trip. I have done a lot of thru hikes here in Montana but I'm ready to explore!
Awesome! Good luck.
I'm from Michigan I learned a lot from your video thank you I was just thinking about my food for my 100+mile hike in Michigan
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed the video!
I enjoyed that thank you.
Awesome!
Pippin would be proud of the second breakfast
As simple as it sounds, putting the mountain house meals in a smaller bag is a great idea for long hauls
Saves so much space!! You can always keep one to cook in. They're reusable!!