Destination: Katahdin Woods & Waters Monument
Over the course of August 2020, I visited Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument twice. This marvelous and...
Bear Bags vs. Bear Canisters
After hiking portions of the PCT in Yosemite, the John Muir Trail, the eastern High Peaks in the...
2020 Allergy Season: What Backpackers Should Know
Not to advance stereotypes about Jewish health neurosis, but bubbie wants you to take care of yourself out...
Cold Weather Backpacking
And with snow accumulating to around an inch, it was suddenly winter in Maine. I watched with envy...
Sukkot 5780
An Excellent Holiday Entrypoint for Wilderness Backpacking, and to Learn about the Holiday You shall dwell in booths...
Backpacking with Children
I was reading a piece by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks about priorities as related to Parsha Matot-Masei, where he...
Lag B’Omer: The Perfect Wilderness Holiday
Let’s face it, most of the fun parts of the Lag B’Omer holiday are rooted in the aggagic...
The Israel National Trail
In honor of Yom Ha’Atzma’ut this week, The Kosher Backpacker is proud to present an overview guide and...
Our Guide to a Wilderness Passover
We cover some of this in our book, The Kosher Backpacker, but as Pesach starts Friday night, there...
Family Purity and the Outdoors
This week’s parsha, Tazria (Leviticus 12:1–13:59) continues the exposition of our purity laws. In this portion, there’s purity...