When Michael and Melanie Tilton go into the wilderness, they each carry a backpack with a base weight of around seven pounds. That single-digit figure includes all of their gear — from sleeping ...

Pushing the last backpacking trip of the year to late fall in Colorado’s high peaks comes with a near guarantee of bad weather — but outlandish beauty in exchange. And pure solitude if you get deep ...

For avid backpackers, the search for a lightweight pack that is both comfortable and able to carry a hefty load seems to be never-ending. Gear maker and retailer Kuiu believes it's come up with a ...

Aer hit the ground running after a crowdfunding campaign in 2014. Since then, the bag brand has earned numerous accolades for its minimalist-styled, fully-featured duffles, backpacks and other bags.

For a long time, I thought about lightweight, packable backpacks as cheap, almost throwaway gear, so I never really paid much attention to them. I thought you needed the extra padding, the rigid frame ...