You don’t need to spend a fortune to cut pounds from your kit. In fact, you might not need to spend anything at all.

My absolute favorite hiking gear for women in SoCal and throughout the Eastern Sierras is a long sleeve ultra lightweight sun ...

But my ultralight backpacking gear is easy, reliable, and the more I watched my friends struggle with their elaborate setups, the more I felt like ultralight is the way to go no matter what style ...