If you hike regularly or have an upcoming multiday excursion planned, you can’t rely on any old backpack to see you through your adventures. You need a dedicated hiking pack made with rugged materials ...

Below is the list of equipment you will need to bring with you for a backpacking, backpacking and canoeing, or backpacking and rock climbing trip. The following list of equipment is based on ...

Yeti just launched its first technical hiking packs. We tested the Skala 60 to see if this Yeti backpack is trail-ready or too heavy.

Walk into any quality outdoor gear store these days and it’s likely you will find an overwhelming selection of packs for backpacking. There are big ones, small ones and middle-sized ones, too. Making ...

In this column last month, I covered two major companies, Kelty and JanSport, who will introduce retro-style, external-frame backpacks in 2011. The article pitched external-frame packs as throwbacks — ...

For sale: 1 blue external frame hiking backpack. $50 + the cost of whatever shipping option you choose(USPS, UPS, FedEx) (will be shipped from Blacksburg, VA)<BR><BR ...