I have been organizing food and gear to get things ready for multiple trips we have upcoming, the first of which is an 18 day sheep/caribou hunt via backpack and packraft. I get a lot of questions and PMs about food, as far as what we take with us when we are living out of a pack so I thought I would post up what one days worth of food looks like for Luke or I. Keep in mind that the calorie counts are going to vary based upon specific entree or snack choices. I usually bring an assortment, and try to eat the higher calorie stuff on days we hike further or pack a heavy load. Over the years we have pretty well fine tuned how many calories we need... We just don't consistently eat more than about 2500 calories per day in the field, so I don't bring along too much extra anymore. Keep in mind that depending on your size, metabolism and energy output you might need more calories than what we bring along.
Here is an example of all the food I pack for one person for one day:
We typically eat breakfast and dinner, but no formal lunch (just snack all day). Here are the calorie breakdowns, remember the specifics vary from day to day. These were all middle range choices calorie wise.
MH two serving entree: 640cal
Snickers: 280cal
Pb pretzels: 280cal
Lara Bar: 200cal
Nut&Seed Bar:190cal
Gu: 100cal
Coffee mate:20cal
Vitamin mix: 25cal
1 c Granola w powdered milk:480+80=560cal
Total= 2190 cal
Weight=20oz
So 2190calories/20 oz comes out to approx 110 cal/oz
Here is what 18 days of food for the two of us looks like:
When rafting or for shorter trips, we also bring along some heavier "extras" like cheese, pita bread or tortillas. Usually also have along some hot cocoa or cider, enough for one every few days. Those of course will increase the weight, and impact the calorie counts, for so the sake of simplicity I omitted them here.
Hope this is helpful for folks, and would be interested to hear what other people are doing that is the same or different.
Here is an example of all the food I pack for one person for one day:
We typically eat breakfast and dinner, but no formal lunch (just snack all day). Here are the calorie breakdowns, remember the specifics vary from day to day. These were all middle range choices calorie wise.
MH two serving entree: 640cal
Snickers: 280cal
Pb pretzels: 280cal
Lara Bar: 200cal
Nut&Seed Bar:190cal
Gu: 100cal
Coffee mate:20cal
Vitamin mix: 25cal
1 c Granola w powdered milk:480+80=560cal
Total= 2190 cal
Weight=20oz
So 2190calories/20 oz comes out to approx 110 cal/oz
Here is what 18 days of food for the two of us looks like:
When rafting or for shorter trips, we also bring along some heavier "extras" like cheese, pita bread or tortillas. Usually also have along some hot cocoa or cider, enough for one every few days. Those of course will increase the weight, and impact the calorie counts, for so the sake of simplicity I omitted them here.
Hope this is helpful for folks, and would be interested to hear what other people are doing that is the same or different.