October 2025

For hiking, plan about 0.5 L per hour in mild weather and up to 1 L per hour in heat; adjust for distance, pace, shade, and refills.

Yes, for day hiking, plan roughly 0.5–1.0 liters of water per hour, then adjust for heat, pace, and your sweat rate.

For hiking sticks, most hikers use one for easy trails and two for steep, uneven, or load-bearing terrain.

Most hikers do well with two pairs of trail pants: one for hiking and one spare for weather swings or laundry gaps.

As of the 2024 ALDHA-West ceremony, the Triple Crown of Hiking count stands at 775 recognized awards.

A 5-mile hike burns about 400–1,100 calories, depending on body weight, pace, elevation, and pack load.

Hiking typically burns 300–700 calories per hour; weight, pace, hills, and pack load shift the total.

Most hikers burn about 150–300 calories per mile on moderate trails; grade, pace, body weight, and pack weight shift that number.

Hiking burns about 275–725 calories per hour, depending on body weight, trail grade, pace, and pack weight.

Most long-mile hikers burn roughly 3,000–6,000 calories per day; body size, pack weight, terrain, pace, and weather swing the total.