Lightweight Backpacking

Ten Pound Backpack is about making your backpack weigh less so that you can enjoy the outdoors more. It's about lightweight backpacking, about ditching every redundant, too-heavy, useless piece of gear in your backpack and finding lighter replacements for the few pieces of gear that you actually do need, so that you can embrace lightweight backpacking. The goal is to get the base weight of your pack, that is the weight of everything minus what you're wearing, food, and water, to under ten pounds. There are a few things around the site that will help you get there... The Gear Lists are just that, lightweight backpacking gear listed by weight and other features that will allow you to compare different options.

• Lightweight Backpacks
• Lightweight Sleeping Bags
• Lightweight Tents
• Lightweight Tarp Tents
• Lightweight Sleeping Pads
• Lightweight Bivy Bags
• Lightweight Stoves
• Lightweight Water Filters
• Lightweight Trekking Poles

There's also a whole wealth of information on lightweight backpacking available at Ten Pound Backpack. Here are some of the basic articles to get you started with lightweight backpacking.

• Backpacks
  • Lightweight Backpacks
  • Best Hiking Backpacks
  • Popular Backpacks
  • Backpack Brands
  • Frameless Backpacks
  • Best Backpacks
  • Dyneema Backpacks
  • Lightest Backpacks
• Sleeping
  • Lightweight Sleeping Bags
  • Lightweight Sleeping Pads
  • Backpacking Quilts
  • Sleeping Bag Brands
  • Best Sleeping Bags
  • Best Sleeping Pads
  • Sleeping Pad R-Values
  • Lightest Sleeping Bags
  • Down Sleeping Bags
• Shelters
  • Lightweight Tents
  • Top Tents
  • Lightweight Bivy Bags
  • Tarp Tents
  • Tent Brands
  • Poncho Tarp Tents
  • Best Tents
  • Best Camping Tarps
  • Best Bivy Bags
  • Popular Tents
  • Tarp Camping
  • Lightweight Shelters
  • Best Backpacking Tents
  • Lightest Tents
• Food and Drink
  • Lightweight Stoves
  • Lightweight Water Filters
  • Trail Nutrition
  • Water Filter Brands
  • Best Camping Stoves
  • Best Backpacking Water Filters
• Clothing
  • Hiking Clothes
  • Best Fleece Jackets
  • Outdoor Clothing Brands
  • Best Waterproof Jackets
  • Camping Clothes
  • Best Down Jackets
  • Best Rain Jackets
  • Best Hiking Pants
• Other Gear
  • Lightweight Trekking Poles
  • Best Trekking Poles
  • Best Camping Knife
  • Best Multi-Tool for Backpacking
  • Lightweight Bear Canister
  • Camping Towels
  • Camping Hygiene
  • Camping Soap
  • Camping Toothpaste
• Technology
  • Best Backpacking Cameras
  • Best Hiking GPS
  • Best Headlamps
• Winter
  • Winter Camping
  • Winter Sleeping Bags
  • Winter Hiking Boots
  • Winter Backpacking Checklist
  • Winter Tents
  • Winter Backpacking Gear List
  • Hiking Snowshoes
  • Winter Hiking
  • Tarp Camping in Winter
  • Winter Backpacking Tips
  • Snow Hiking
  • Winter Hiking Gear List
  • Winter Sleeping Pads
  • Winter Hiking Checklist
  • Best Snowshoes
  • Winter Backpacking
  • Winter Backpacking Boots
  • Winter Camping Gear List
  • Winter Hiking Tips
  • Winter Camping Equipment
  • Snow Camping
  • Winter Camping Checklist
  • Winter Camping Tips
• Feet
  • Backpacking Shoes
  • Best Hiking Socks
  • Hiking Barefoot
  • Hiking Sandals
  • Best Backpacking Shoes
  • Hiking in Vibram Five Fingers
• Other
  • Backpacking Gifts
  • Hiking Gear List
  • Christmas Gifts for Campers
  • Backpacking Checklist
  • Hiking Presents
  • Hiking Books
  • Camping Gifts
  • Lightweight Backpacking Gear List
  • Hiking Gifts
  • Camping Presents
  • Camping Checklist
  • Christmas Gifts for Hikers

And if you know of a piece of lightweight backpacking gear that we're missing on a gear list or you just want to say hi, then get in touch with us under Contact Us.