Best Backpacking Backpacks of 2026 | Tested & Ranked – GearLab

May 11, 2026

From the Appalachians to the Rocky Mountains to the Sierra Nevadas, we wore these backpacking backpacks on long and short trail days, testing and assessing their strengths and weaknesses along the way.

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