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Day Hike Menu: Ultralight
What to eat when you're one person spending one day on the trail and looking to travel light
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- Food |
- Camp stoves |
- Ultralight |
Snack 1
Three handfuls of dried-fruit-and-nut trail mix. Try this recipe below:
Fruitopia (all ingredients equal parts)
- M&M's
- honey roasted peanuts
- smoked almonds
- yogurt covered raisins
- dried mango
- dried papaya
- dried pineapple
Lunch
- A bagel smeared with 2 tablespoons of peanut butter
- 2 strips of jerky
- A handful of dried fruit
- Trail bar
Snack 2
- Trail bar and trail mix
Dinner
- 6 ounces of linguine mixed with half a can of chicken and topped with a sauce
- 1 tortilla topped with grated cheese
- 5 cookies
- 1 cup of hot chocolate or tea
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READERS COMMENTS
there i way tooooooooooo much food and so mannnnnnnnny veges are u crazy?????
Wow, that's an insane food list for a day hike!
Preparing that kind of food seems silly as well- fine if you're car camping, but I wouldn't lug that on a day summit and sit up there cooking quesadillas for an hour... To each their own!
I agree--that's way too much food...don't get it.
This is over 4 lbs of food!!! How is that ultralight?!?! Most people would eat 1.5-2 lbs of food per day, maybe even less on a dayhike.
That's an interesting list. Check out this other site for a walk through of what you need and why: <a href=http://ninehats.com/?page_id=36>www.ninehats.com</a>
That's an interesting list. Check out this other site for a walk through of what you need and why: http://ninehats.com/?page_id=36
I dayhike alot... I never make dinner on the trail when I dayhike. Do many people?
I can get with this.
if yer a veggie you should stay indoors, hide in shame
What if you're vegetarian?
Caloric information to go along w/ the menu would be really valuable.
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