While fastpacking occupies a small niche, it is rapidly growing as more runners discover the liberating feeling of carrying everything you need on your back and sleeping wherever you end up ...

Put backpacking and trail running together and what do you get? Fastpacking combines ultra trail running with lightweight backpacking, allowing deeper exploration into the backcountry. You don’t have ...

Fastpacking is the marriage of running and backpacking. With advances in gear design, runners can take the bare minimum of overnight equipment in a pack that weighs less than five pounds on multi-day ...

If you’ve always wanted to marry your love for running and backpacking, then we found your next go-to sport: fastpacking. This activity is an outdoor adventure devotee's dream, giving you the perfect ...

We all know how addictive running can be. It starts with an innocent parkrun, you progress to a half marathon, a marathon, maybe even an ultra. Then, before you know it, you’re eyeing up those ...

If you’ve always wanted to marry your love for running and backpacking, then we found your next go-to sport: fastpacking. This activity is an outdoor adventure devotee's dream. It gives you the ...

Main image: Fastpacking in the Black Mountains | Credit: Lily Dyu An adventurous blend of trail running and backpacking, fastpacking is all about travelling longer distances with a lighter pack. It’s ...

Imagine covering the full trailhead-to-trailhead distance, seeing all the same sights and enjoying the same feelings of freedom and escape that the through-hikers experience, but in half the time. You ...

Nothing quite beats a long, leisurely backpacking trip through the wilderness but, these days, our lives are more busy than ever and time is limited. But, what if we told you there’s a way to hike ...

I have to confess, I find backpacking quite boring. And not for a lack of trying, either—I grew up backpacking with my parents and high school friends, and was even a guide on youth trips in Montana.