Lighten your pack this summer—skip the sleeping bag and carry one of our favorite ultralight backpacking quilts instead.

When you're backpacking deep in the wilderness, you have to carry everything you might need, which means that every ounce counts. One way to minimize the weight you have to lug around is to opt for a ...

Unlike traditional sleeping bags (which are fully enclosed and have hoods), the best backpacking quilts tend to be significantly more lightweight, versatile, and packable. Still, despite their ...

It’s no secret that sleeping bags are an essential piece of camping gear. Without one, you’ll likely spend the night shivering in your tent once the sun goes down. But have you ever heard of a camping ...

It’s not often that I get to test a new product that genuinely changes my life. But that's the case with Therm-A-Rest’s new UberLite sleeping pad. Weighing just 8.8 ounces in its six-foot long, ...

Tired of sleeping like a mummy in a bag? Improve your backcountry sleep and carry less weight with an ultralight quilt. I used to say that all my best days started with waking up in a sleeping bag.

During one week in April, three separate people asked me about the Western Mountaineering AstraLite quilt, which I’ve used for about 30 nights—while scouting the Yosemite High Route in August 2018, on ...