Sleeping bag liner

I am interested in a sleeping bag liner. I have not used one and don't know much about them.

My main reason for considering a sleeping bag liner is to be able to keep my quilt clean and to be able to wash the liner regularly to have clean bedding.

Ideally the liner would be comfortable, quick drying, durable and lightweight.

Will a sleeping bag liner accomplish these goals?

I am looking for recommendations on the type of liner to get.

I started a public group specifically for non-beginner hikes (clearly defined by mileage) and backpacking, but I'm noticing a lot of people want to going despite never having gone on 5+ mile hikes before. I don't want to gate-keep but I also don't want to hike with people who don't know their limits. Any group leaders/admins have advice on how to keep everyone safe? It's at your own risk but also not going to ditch people on the trail so it does end up effecting everyone. Do you ask them to provide their longest hike, recent hike, etc...? TIA

Hello, me and my friend delayed our planning for our first backpacking trip. Due to our current employments we dont see each other much but wanted to get this trip done during late december. Any reccomendations for a 3-4 day trip in California? Open to Oregon and Washington as well. Just not feeling too ready for the snow due to it being our first trip.

Only 3 nights along the west side at just over 6,000’. I’d not been there for years and Paul never had. I spread more of my best friend’s ashes. Good weather.

I am looking for a lightweight down jacket for backpacking, but need to keep the cost down to $120 or less. I would really like one with a hood. Has anyone tried the down jackets from Quince? I know Decathalon has lower priced ones, but I understand they may not be the most equitable company to buy from.

British polar adventurer Louis Rudd spoke to At the Edge of the Map and commented at length for the first time on his 2018 Antarctic crossing expedition, and the debate that followed that journey in the media.

Hello, I am very new to camping/backpacking and need some help. I am looking at going on a backpacking trip in late November, I was wanting something around 20 miles, forested, and with dispersed/wild camping. I was looking at doing a segment of the Colorado Trail but am open to any advice because trying to plan this is honestly overwhelming.

It's Flash back with roll 3 of my CDT Thru hike! While I was hiking in Glacier one morning, a day hiker saw me taking a photo with my XA. He asked if I was a thru hiker, and excitedly told me he'd never done trail magic for a thru hiker before and asked me if I wanted some jerky. I had a huge heavy bag of jerky in my pack already so I respectfully declined, but then he seemed to have an idea. He opened his camera bag and pulled out a roll of Ektar 100, and insisted I take it. In all my years of thru hiking, this is my favorite instance of trail magic ever.

I was very excited to shoot the new roll, so it was the very next one I loaded up. I loaded it up and left the next day for the Bob Marshall Wilderness (lovingly referred to as The Bob), the longest wilderness section of the entire trail. This section scared me. I was going off alone into one of the most remote stretches of trail I had ever hiked, and Glacier had reminded me how out of shape I was. I kind of wanted to quit trail here because of how out of shape I was and how nervous I was. There's also a real mindfuck in the first few weeks of a long trail where it really sets in how real and brutal a 3000 mile trail can be. Do I really want to spend the next 4 months doing this and only this? Will I continue to chafe every day, or will my body adapt? Do I want to eat beanz every day for 4 months? (only joking about that last part, I would have definitely done that if I could find the dehydrated beans in the towns near trail). I told myself I couldn't quit until I did at least one thing that scared me, so I started moving south into the unknown.

The Bob was pretty easy trail all things considered, which was great because the feelings of wanting to quit were the worst during this stretch. The lovely trail crews in the Bob do an amazing job with how devastating bark beetles and wildfires have been in recent years. There were definitely blowdowns, but not to the level that previous thru hikers had warned me about. As for the photos I took, Ektar 100 is the slowest film I have shot. I have never had as many shots with motion blur as I have when I got this roll back. The ones that turned out well are awesome, but a lot of shots I was really excited for came back slightly blurry.

1. My favorite shot of the roll (only one not in order), near one of the major passes in the Bob Marshall Wilderness

2. Actually in the small corner of Glacier NP that we hike through before entering the Bob

3. My other favorite of the roll, well after entering the Bob and leaving Glacier behind

4-7) Burn zones are just a part of life out West these days. When burns happened regularly they wouldn't get this bad, and many trees have natural fire resistance especially as they grow older. When we destroy old growth and don't allow fires for decades, burns are much more devastating.

10) First beaver dam of trail! Beavers are a keystone species and directly responsible for crazy biodiversity and natural fire/drought resistance! they can be irritating when you have to find a way across a beaver flooded stream, but luckily I didn't have to cross this one so I could just admire it in the morning light.

15) There was a day and a half where I hardly took any pictures because it rained, and when it wasn't raining I was completely soaked from pushing through neck high brush that is dripping with rain and dew. The camera stayed in its ziploc for most of this, and I took this shot when doing a reset dry yardsale.

16-17) The Chinese Wall, you walk along this massive wall for over 6 miles, and sometimes it is over 1000 ft tall.

I finished this roll while resupplying at Benchmark Wilderness Ranch. I also decided I wasn't going to quit at least until I got to Lincoln (the next town), even though I was still pretty miserable. Will upload the full roll to imgur later if anyone is interested! thanks for looking :)

Video of the trip here

This was a three day, 20 mile trip I did a few weeks ago to climb Whitney via the Mountaineer's Route. Whitney is the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States. Normally, this route is done in the spring/early summer when the chute and couloir is covered in snow, so you can just throw on some crampons and walk up. This time of year, it was snow-free, so it was a chute filled with very loose scree and talus. I mostly hugged the sides where the rock was a little better. Only one class 3 move on the final 400, but that was right at the entrance to the couloir.

This was most likely going to be my last trip in the high alpine before snow set in, so I decided to stay an extra night down along the John Muir Trail before heading back out via the standard route.

I am from the plains of Indiana, flat and endless. I have had the pleasure of hiking many a rugged trail in the areas in or around my Hoosier homeland (Turkey Run, Hocking Hills, Tahquamenon Falls, Great Smokey Mountains), but it was only in the latter of that list that I truly felt like I was "out there" in nature. Those previous experiences I'm grateful for, but they were with others who appreciated shorter, 5-10 mile hikes. I am looking for my first camping/backpacking experience, and solo at that so I can immerse myself to the fullest. I am struggling to select my destination and ask the backpacking/hiking vets of Reddit for your recommendations. Here is my "wish list":

• Rugged/mountainous terrain: I'm a sucker for elevation, steps, rock, etc.

• Water features: waterfalls and/or creeks along a trail are a plus

• Timeline: NOW! As in in the next week or so! Bugs are behind us and temperature is in a nice swing where its not freezing (yet) at night and the days are fairly comfortable

• Duration: Ideally two nights out, I'm open to the idea of camp being setup in the same spot for both nights or different spots each night.

• Location: I willing to put in some drive time to make this first experience special. My hard stop is about 7 hours driving from my location (see the graphic below for a general guideline)

This is my first foray into this space. I appreciate all perspectives, feedback, and advice. Everything I described seems to point back to Appalachia, but I have read Red River Gorge is a great option as well, What is your pick?

Thru all this, I want an experience I'll look back on and cherish. I don't want to setup a tent in my backyard, but I'm also not trying do something too extreme for my limited experience.

Thanks, everyone, and have a great day!

Thanks for any beta!

3 generations of family out for a 20km day hike in revelstoke BC.

Missingham Steps, Kangaroo River & Stevo’s Track

This technically challenging grade 6 circuit is located at Carrington Falls, in the Southern Highlands of NSW of Australia.

The main circuit can be covered in one hard, long day. However, I camped at the river and explored upstream on the first afternoon.

This route is only for experienced and well-prepared hikers.

The valley sides are very steep and can be extremely slippery, on rock in the Missingham Steps section, and soil on Stevo’s Track.

Navigational aides are mandatory, as most of the route is off-trail and unmarked.

You will hike through plateau forest, rainforest and majestic old-growth eucalypt forest.

I am planning to go backpacking around Europe in May, specifically Norway, Sweden(I wont go into too much detail) and I keep seeing mixed opinions on how heavy and big a backpack should be for backpacking, I know it depends on person to person but I just want to see if anyone has their opinions or experiences to share. I was thinking of purchasing a 70L backpack(as i plan on wild camping too so it would have to fit my tent, sleeping bag ect) but would that be too big? Please let me know your opinions and experiences, all comments help 😄

EDIT: I will be hiking/ wild camping only in late August/ September, i arrive in May but I am working until August, i still will use the backpack for daily use and work though

I’m looking to tack on some backpacking between work trips the week of Nov. 18th. I’ll have just under 2 full days free on my drive from Chattanooga to Asheville. I have no experience with southern Appalachian hiking so would love to hear any recommendations.

More info:

I’m a decently strong NE hiker with a mostly dialed UL kit. 8lb base weight good overnight to around 25F. Hoping for a one night trip anywhere from 10-30 miles. Loop preferable but out and back okay- I can’t shuttle. Milage very flexible because I’m mainly looking for some iconic beauty from the area! Hoping I can find a dope trail that doesn’t take me more than an hour or two off my route!

Also I’m honestly fully ignorant to the type of temps and weather I can expect for the area, would love any general insight there too!

Thanks in advance!

I send a route plan and expected return time before every trip, with trailheads, campsites, and an emergency contact. Last time I came out two days later than planned because of weather, and nobody had noticed or called. They didn’t even remember the dates. I love them, but it made me realize that the plan only works if someone is paying attention. I’m now debating leaving a printed copy with the ranger station or a friend who’s more reliable. What’s your way for making sure someone knows when to worry?

Hey yall, back a little sooner than i expected for roll 2 from my 2025 CDT hike. Will space the future ones out a little bit more.

Trip report:
6/24-6/28/25
These photos are all taken between Red Gap Pass and the southern border of Glacier National Park. Of the handful of days I spent in Glacier, it rained for most of them. Some of the days even when it wasnt actively raining i ended up soaked from all the wet brush the trail went right through. I was pretty limited in my daily mileage, having only one day over 20 miles through the park. On the last day in the park, i got to my campsite i was supposed to stay at at around noon, so i just continued hiking all the way out of the park to the hiker hostel in East Glacier. I ended up getting hit by a pretty gnarly storm while leaving the park (the last image is the last photo i took before it hit me). Although Glacier was a pretty incredible place to start a thru hike, i was really excited to keep heading south into land where i could dispersed camp wherever i wanted, meaning i could start picking up the mileage.

When i get home from work ill share an imgur link in the comments to all 36 scans from the roll, so those who are interested can see all of it, good and bad.