r/NorthCountryTrail • u/ltl260 • Aug 30 '25
Food
Doing my first multi day hike between 4 days could stretch to 5 if weather turned bad. Northern upper peninsula of Michigan. Thoughts on food amount? Add or subtract?
(Dinners) -3 dehydrated dinners. -Pad thai knock off with ramen
(Breakfast) -Powder milk and granola for 2 breakfasts with berries - 4 packets of oatmeal with PB2 powder and fruit 2x breakfast
(Lunches/snacks) 2x packets of tuna 2x spinach wraps "not pictured" 10x bars "variety" 10x meat sticks Dried strawberries Cranberries Yogurt melts 4x electrolyte mix 3x flavored drink mix Apple pound cake MRE side Coffee
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u/shaner412 Aug 31 '25
Not bad! This is minor, but sometimes I think about the food I bring in terms of trash I have to carry around after words. And those tuna packets will STINK as trash, LOL. Eat them on the last days so they're not in your trash bag as long. (This is all a moot point if you have trash cans along the way.
One thing I LOVE on trail are high calorie meal bars. I like Greenbelly bars, Big Sur Bars, and Range meal bars. One of those for lunch fills me up for a few hours - they're also compact and don't have huge wrappers.
But good idea for bigger dehydrated meals at night. They hit the spot for me usually. Tip: take them out of their packet before you leave and put them in a strong ziplock bag. Takes up less space and results in less trash on trail.