Backpacking meal plans
A trip food plan is a daily calorie target, real meals, trail snacks and a total carried weight. The examples below are generated by the existing BackpackMeals optimizer.
They are starting points, not universal prescriptions. Use the planner when your group, food preferences or cooking setup differ.
Generated meal-plan examples
These menus are generated at build time from the same optimizer and recipe catalog used by the planner.
3-day trip
15,160 calories
7.3 lb food weight
9 meals and 3 snack bundles
See the 3-day example5-day trip
25,130 calories
12.3 lb food weight
15 meals and 5 snack bundles
See the 5-day example7-day trip
35,310 calories
17.3 lb food weight
21 meals and 7 snack bundles
See the 7-day examplePlan the trip, not just one dinner
Food weight accumulates with every day away from a resupply. The planner balances complete recipes and snacks against the daily target, then produces a shopping list from the finished plan.