How much food do I need for a 5 day backpacking trip?

Five Day Lightweight Backpacking Meal Plan. Here is a complete 5-day backpacking meal plan similar to what I eat on my hikes. It includes three meals and four snacks, providing 3,500 calories from 2 lbs of food per day. 3,500 calories a day is a good baseline calorie goal for most backpacking trips.

How do you freeze dry food for camping?

Just follow these steps.

1. Step 1: Choose a Carb. These you will probably be getting in the supermarket.
2. Step 2: Add a Protein. Most freeze-dried backpacking meals suck in terms of protein.
3. Step 3: Add Veggies and Fruits.
4. Step 4: Add a Healthy Fat.
5. Step 5: Add Flavor.

How do you pack freeze-dried food for backpacking?

Just save one of your Mountain House empty, stand-up pouches to use as a cozy. Stand the pouch up, slip in the freezer bag with food, close top up, and eat out of the bag when ready… easy-peasy.

How much water do I need for a 5 day hike?

A good general recommendation is about a half liter of water per hour of moderate activity in moderate temperatures. You may need to increase how much you drink as the temperature and intensity of the activity rise. For example, strenuous hiking in high heat may require that you drink 1 liter of water or more per hour.

How much food do I need for a 4 day hike?

A reasonable goal is about 1½ to 2½ lbs. of food (or 2,500 to 4,500 calories) per person per day. A person doing 10 miles of strenuous hiking with a 4,000-foot climb will obviously burn more calories—and need a lot more food—than someone covering a few miles of relatively flat trail who plans to chill at the campsite.

What are the best freeze-dried meals?

Here are the best freeze-dried meals:

• Good To-Go Thai Curry.
• Mountain House Breakfast Skillet.
• Mountain House Biscuits and Gravy.
• Mountain House Beef Stroganoff with Noodles.
• Good To-Go Granola.

How do you prepare for a 5 day hike?

Here are our tips and tricks for a multi-day hike that you should always keep in mind before a trip.

1. Prepare your body.
2. Know where you’re going.
3. Lighten your load.
4. Invest in hiking boots.
5. Plan for your water supply.
6. Plan your meals.
7. Don’t forget the first aid kit.
8. Remember a navigation and safety system.

How does freeze-dried food taste?

According to the Wild Backpacker, the taste of freeze-dried food is essentially held in the food, as the process involves very little heat. This is why many believe freeze-dried food tastes better than dehydrated food, which uses heat to lose moisture, thus forfeiting flavor, original texture, and smell.

Whats the difference between freeze-dried and dehydrated?

What’s the difference between Freeze-Dried Food and Dehydrated Food? Freeze-drying removes 98% of the water in foods while dehydration removes about 80% giving freeze-dried products a much longer shelf-life. Freeze-dried food is flash frozen and then exposed to a vacuum, which causes all the water in it to vaporize.

How much weight is lost when freeze drying?

This process is called sublimation and it takes between 16 to 24 hours, depending on the size of the product. Once the water is removed from the product, this one becomes very light, losing over 90% of its original weight.

How much water do you use for freeze dried meals?

How much water depends on the particular meal: Typical amounts are one, 1 ¾, or two cups. Just check the directions on the back of the package. Before you pour in the water, remember to remove the little oxygen-absorbing packet inside the pouch.

Can I repack freeze dried food?

Worked just fine. You can repackage them into a smaller bag and rehydrate in your cook pot just like the bag.