Seminar
Lightweight Backpack Food Planning and Preparation - Online Seminar - Online Classroom
How many calories do I need to be successful? What are some great meal options? How to plan my trail meals to eat well and maintain my energy on the trail with minimum cost, weight, cooking time and cleanup? This online zoom class builds on the B3 Basics lectures and Demo Day food segments with more in-depth information and practical food planning, prep, storage and preparation tools and ideas, whether you are making your own meals or using purchased options. Open to any interested Mountaineers member! NOTE: Backpacking Building Blocks (B3) students can attend for free but to do so they must register for the seminar within the B3 course listing.
- Tue, Apr 1, 2025
- Foothills Backpacking Committee
- Backpacking
- Adults
- Easy, Easy
- Easy
- $25.00 $35.00
- 48 (48 capacity)
- 2 (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
This practical workshop will be held on zoom from 6:30 to 8:30PM. The link to join the zoom session will be provided in the days before the session. To best view the visuals being presented, it's best to join from a laptop or desktop.
Want to enjoy tasty satisfying meals on a backpack trip that you look forward to eating, with minimal weight, prep time, cleanup or smelly bulky trash to pack out, even if you aren't interested in making your own? Want tips for planning your backpacking menus to maintain your energy and avoid an energy crash? This class will include some tried-and-true ideas and tools for planning and prep before your trip, food for the trail and food prep at camp, and in the process, help you lighten up your food bag and food prep gear, and reduce your trail 'footprint'. You will also get some resources for ordering inexpensive instant and dehydrated staples to build into easy and deliciouse recipes. This class is for new and experienced backpackers who struggle with their food weight and/or with unsatisfying meal options, providing more in-depth information and tools for food planning and meal options; and complements other Mountaineers seminars about how to prepare your own dehydrated and/or gourmet trail meals.
The lecture will be supplemented with an optional in-person session where students will be encouraged to use tips and tools from the seminar to plan a trail menu for an actual trip, to share some of your favorite trail food items, and to see and taste favorites from your classmmates in a potluck format.
Required Equipment
Handouts and homework will be provided in advance of the class.