Food/Snacks

[LURE]

peanut butter M&Ms
costco pizza in a ziploc (hard to beat the cals/dollar)
snickers
summer sausage
mcdoubles picked up on the way to trailhead and tossed in the pack
apples
santiagos breakfast burritos tossed in the pack
cheese (goes great with summer sausage)

i always always always have peanut butter M&Ms

[XterraRob]

Peanut Butter & Jelly Bread Burritos usually work well for me, that or Trail Mix w/ M&Ms.

[the_hare]

Costco trail mix for generally filling carbs/ some protein & sugar (considering adding peanut butter filled preztel nuggets too)
Little sausage sticks for protein
Sugar-dried mangoes for sugar
Sugar-free Propel/ Gatorade powder packets for electrolytes

Over time I've developed a sense for what particular food/ nutrient my body needs, but I'll eat trail mix periodically even when I'm not feeling hungry for anything to prevent bonking. I also try to get affordable snacks instead of the very marked-up outdoor brand stuff bc to me it's all the same nutrients

[SkaredShtles]

<snip>
santiagos breakfast burritos tossed in the pack
cheese (goes great with summer sausage)

Dammit. Now I'm hungry for Santiago's *and* some aged Gouda.

[zootloopz]

I'm about to go out for a R2R2R in the Grand Canyon and I'll be bringing a more running focused mix...
10x huma gels (100 cals)
10x honey stinger waffles (150 cals)
4x sourdough english muffin with some sort of savory spread (200 cals)
4x dots honey mustard pretzels (150 cals)

For 13ers and 14ers, I generally do easy to eat sweets for the uphill, savory snacks for each summit, and some protein based stuff for the downhill to begin the recovery process early trying to eat something at least every hour.

paydays, M&Ms, snickers, gummies etc. uphill
sandwich, burrito, pizza -- something a bit heftier and savory for the summits
smaller protein bars or those recovery smoothie packets with at least 5-10g of protein for the downhills

[hardc0r3y]

Breakfast burritos, pocket-bacon, leftover pizza, al pastor tortas, and beer.

https://www.amazon.com/The-Original-Por ... B01AWYY7ES

You’re welcome.

I use one of these under my jacket when skiing to keep my burritos piping hot on the slopes. (well like kind of warm-ish).
https://nalgene.com/product/32oz-sleeve-insulated-gray/

That's cool and all, but have you ever tried something like this!?

https://www.gossamergear.com/collection ... crotch-pot

[SkaredShtles]

https://www.amazon.com/The-Original-Por ... B01AWYY7ES

You’re welcome.

I use one of these under my jacket when skiing to keep my burritos piping hot on the slopes. (well like kind of warm-ish).
https://nalgene.com/product/32oz-sleeve-insulated-gray/

That's cool and all, but have you ever tried something like this!?

https://www.gossamergear.com/collection ... crotch-pot

[gbateman25]

I like carbs and sugar in as concentrated a form as I can. This might not work for everyone's body, but for me (also pretty fast metabolism), it's mostly about maximizing caloric value. I like GU and other energy shots like that since they're so lightweight and have a lot of carbs without leaving you full or bloated. I also love to bring a celebratory mini pie from Walmart for the summit haha. Slim Jim's are pure salt so they're my favorite for maintaining those electrolytes. Surprisinf as it may seem, I actually adhere to a pretty healthy diet in my non-alpine life, but something about junk food just manages to get me up the mountain

[LURE]

<snip>
santiagos breakfast burritos tossed in the pack
cheese (goes great with summer sausage)

Dammit. Now I'm hungry for Santiago's *and* some aged Gouda.

every day is a good day for both and if you've never added chicharrons to your santiagos b burritos you're missing out.


my backcountry food has a tendency to require a little extra toilet paper tbh. worth it tho.

[SkaredShtles]

<snip>
santiagos breakfast burritos tossed in the pack
cheese (goes great with summer sausage)

Dammit. Now I'm hungry for Santiago's *and* some aged Gouda.

every day is a good day for both and if you've never added chicharrons to your santiagos b burritos you're missing out.


my backcountry food has a tendency to require a little extra toilet paper tbh. worth it tho.

The cheese has a tendency to offset the Santiago's, IME.

[justiner]

I live in Google Sheets these days with all the product testing I do - and I just came across this sheet from my Colorado Trail hike. If you want a master class in trying to fit as many dense calories into the least amount of space/weight, here you go,

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... 9TFtxTlUc/

You'll see that the majority of cals are from a product called Hammer Perpeteum, which is mostly maltodextrin, followed by 10,000 calories (1,000 calories/day) of chocolate, whey powder, protein bars, MCT Oil, and Licorice (because I love fruity licorice!).

Once you start breaking out the calculator at the store to try to figure out both calories per dollar and calories per gram of each selection you make, you know you're on the deep end.

One of the most calorie dense foods I've packed is the Keto Brick (https://www.ketobrick.com/), which I can't suggest, as it tastes terrible. It includes Stevia, which gives it a terrible aftertaste of like battery acid or something. The taste-taste isn't much better.

Here's a sheet of calorie dense foods:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... CMimkGLWE/

[E_A_Marcus_949]

For 13ers/14ers (+ backpacking I guess) focus on what you like to eat not what you *should* eat when hiking. My go-to items: PB&J, Larabars, maybe some candy/chocolate/cookies, energy gels (mocha/cappuccino flavor for some extra caffeine too), waffles, gold fish, protein bars (I have a variety so they're fun to eat)... For day trips I don't care as much about the weight but enjoying what I'm eating. I know some people have packs of tuna or sardines, nutrigrain bars, beef sticks... I'm a vegetarian so I get my protein from other sources though. Stick with what you enjoy and go from there! It's a balancing act of getting the calories you need + actually wanting the food you pack when at altitude.