Food & Resupply for the Pacific Crest Trail
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- A lot of prep can go into a 2,650 mile hike! I thought it would be fun to go through some of that and take a look at the food I am starting my Pacific Crest Trail thru hike with, my 9 resupply boxes that I am sending myself, and my all time favorite dinner.
Food mentioned:
Santa Fe Beans - amzn.to/3kzBp4K
Mexicali Rose Beans - amzn.to/3y8HgpH
Minute Rice - amzn.to/3ORQMmZ
Ultima Electrolyte - amzn.to/3vXi3vQ
Nuun Electrolyte - amzn.to/3762o4P
Oat Bars - amzn.to/39ybacP
Nut Butter - amzn.to/3MNxdKH
Seed Butter - amzn.to/3F8MEeb
Bobos Bar - amzn.to/3LB8E3K
Greenbelly Bar - amzn.to/3vzuw9Q
Food Bag - amzn.to/3rOVfeu
Bear Can - amzn.to/3Mtsi2u
Spoon - amzn.to/3cA3mVG
I leave for the PCT in less than 2 weeks so I have been scrambling to prepare everything for this 3 - 4 month long hike. One of the largest of tasks was getting resupply boxes together, packages of food that I am sending to small towns that otherwise don't have a grocery store to buy food from. I am sending myself 9 of these packages to these locations...
- Paradise Valley Cafe - Most hikers go into Idyllwild instead so you don't need a package here
- Kennedy Meadows
- Tuolumne Meadows - If you went into Mammoth you may not need this box either
- Donner Pass
- Castella
- Mazama Village
- White Pass
- Stevens Pass
- Stehekin
I don't really think boxes are super necessary, as there really is an abundance of towns along the way. But if you have a dietary restriction, if you want to hike very cheaply, or if you want to hike very fast I think they can be nice. Still it is a ton of work, and a risky thing to spend so much money on food, before you've even left for the trail.
I personally like boxes because it helps me to spend less time in towns, which both can make my hike quicker overall, but also helps me spend less money. I would not recommend doing a ton of these packages if you are newer to thru hiking.
0:00 - Intro
0:13 - My favorite hiking dinner
3:35 - Resupply box tips
6:42 - My food to start!
10:27 - PCT here I come
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That 4:25 transition from losing your balance to pretending you were always just trying to sit down is epic. Getting huge "cats falls off something" vibes
I added the locations I'm sending my boxes to in the video description, as well as some other info. Check that out if you're interested and thank you for watching! PCT coming up as soon as soon can be
Thanks for that man! I was wondering! Be well 🙏
Jupiter you got a Venmo so we can send you some love or what?
Thank you for sharing your knowledge of backpacking with us, hope you have an amazing thru hike!
You like the bars from Bob's Red Mill? The actual Bob and his Red Mill are about 45 minutes drive off the PCT near Portland, Oregon, in the small suburb of Milwaukee, a few minutes drive from a local REI at Clackamas Town Center. If you are taking a day off, I'm sure Bob would appreciate saying hi.
@@memathews I love those bars man! They've been a huge favorite from my recent trips. I doubt I'll get the chance to stop by but I hope I could
Some sad news about Santa Fe beans- it's been hard to find them recently and I sent an email to check when they might be available again, and I learned of the passing of the owner, Grant Bassett. By all accounts he was a great guy and pillar of his community and it's a terrible loss for his family. His wife, Mary Ann, explained that they are planning on ramping back up, but have no eta on online availability.
If you're like me and have been missing santa Fe beans a lot over the year or two, I urge that you're patient and support the company when they do get back on their feet!
Santa fe beans are nasty anyway. Really low grade gmo food.
@@boogietimehikes3803 WELL SORRY MISTER FANCY FOOD SOME OF US LIKE TO JUST MAKE THE HUNGER GO AWAY AND GO ABOUT OUR
LIVES
@@ChrisKerel I forgive you my friend.
@@boogietimehikes3803 ah fuck let's hug it out...Bring it in son
@@boogietimehikes3803 You like a particular dehydrated bean for the trail?
the graphics and props are fantastic. No need for fancy editing. I really like it. I love all your content.
Those pieces of paper killed 2,382.4962 polar bears over the next 41.8629 years. Jupiter is fascist.
@@sasquatchrosefarts bruh what
@@johncoffeehays742 and 5,864,912 harbor seals seals died. And 901,843,178 of their pups were clubbed and killed for their fur because of the paper in his video.
" to top things off...I add some olive oil" (tilts picture of olive oil and dumps some on the rice and refried beans) .... hehe. That was awesome. Lol.
Jupiter you're a gangster bro ❤
There’s about to be an Amazon sales spike on dehydrated refried beans ❤️ Just ordered mine
Jupiter, your honesty and humility is refreshing, like a breath of fresh air. While I’m getting ready for the AT, I’m watching multiple YT videos, so blessed to have found yours. Thank you for sharing your skill sets, gear that’s good and bad and “why”, thoughts about UL vs luxury comfort, picking a site for a tarp vs a tent, resupply, where to send boxes, and set up preparation for someone who might send something. Thanks again, from northern Kentucky.
Thank you for sharing this video!!
Good luck on the trail! Can’t wait to see your journey!!
Yesssss I was waiting for a video like this to come out thank you so much
Thank you so much for making this video. Food is always a helpful topic to cover.
Love seeing the details of your hike! Thanks for sharing!
Very helpful, many thanks for posting and providing links. Enjoy your hike!
Your bean and rice meal is a classic. Freeze dried salsa really makes it delicious.
Thanks for all that you do for the hiking community man. This video is extremely helpful!
Extremely well-organized! Thanks!
have a wonderful trail, good luck and all the best wishes for you🥰
Great inspiration and tips for preparing meals for a long hiking trip! Rice and beans and bars are always a good choice and a good source of energy ;) Looking forward to your videos of your new PCT life. Good luck and health for this upcoming adventure. Have a wonderful week. Best wishes, Mario
Good stuff Jupiter. The rice/bean meal is great. Looking forward to following along.
The myth, the man, the legend! Those beans are awesome, you mentioned them before and I bought some. So yummy!
Always great to see what others eat on the trail. Those Green Belly bars are my favorite thing! Happy Hiking
illuminating -- thank you Jupiterhikes !!!
You are a good thing 💙 Great video. I like your choices
I've been eating the couscous meal you posted about, oh, I don't know a couple years ago? The couscous Olive oil, raisins, and some kind of nuts like pine nuts or something. It's really good
Good luck! Thanks for sharing
I love beans and rice, so that looks like an idea thing for me to eat on the trail during future hikes.
That dinner is perfection. I stumbed across something very similar on one of my first hikes when I threw together a mixture of odds and ends that were left in my food bag. Except I cook mine, and I add cheddar cheese and hot sauce. I called it backpacker nachos. Good by itself, even better rolled up in a tortilla.
Fellow Floridian from Fort Lauderdale starting the PCT on May 10. Hope to see you on the trail. You're an inspiration!
Have a great trip!
This is great! I don't eat very much in the backcountry simply because I don't want to cook, wait, or deal with the stove. The pre-packaged meals take up a lot of space also. Thanks for sharing! 🤙
Good luck. Learned a lot from your videos.
Hey Jupiter, thanks for all your videos and sharing your experiences with us. I was hoping you could do a video on cold soaking. My interest is in figuring out what you take, how do you make sure it makes nutritional sense and meets caloric density needs, how you minimize packaging waste, how long it takes to soak, and any other insights you could offer. Thank you.
I think you are one of the few thru hikers who do not eat crap everyday. Safe travels and looking forward to following!!!!!!!
wanted to say, not sure where is best but- after picking up pepper spray on your blog's reccomendation for my sheltowee thru, it saved my ass when 3 dogs cornered me on a narrow bit of road with railings around mile 117 sobo yesterday. THANK YOU. also a good tip on sending yourself more interesting food that it's hard to get on trail. not something i thought until i was out here and disappointed by my options. being a vegetarian in KY who cant eat nuts or legumes is tough.
I just finished the Arizona Trail on May 1. Lots of us hikers watch you, Dixie, and Darwin and recommend you to new hikers we meet💗
Congrats on the AZT!! I very much so enjoyed that trail. And thank you!
so stoked for you bro
Thank you! I'm glad to be returning and hopefully seeing it all!
Great information and advice especially concerning footwear, thanks for sharing
Great info, thanks for sharing!
This is really great info thnx for sharing bro
I just finished the AZT last month and sent myself 4 boxes with food I have always eaten and enjoyed. By the second box, I tossed them in the hiker boxes with the exception of my dinners. I ended up buying all of my resupply food because I just didn't want to eat a single thing I shipped. I think on future thru hikes, I will only ship dinners because I have eaten them for years and always enjoy them. Interestingly enough, they are beans, rice salsa and chicken which I cook and dehydrate at home.
I liked the nature valley fig bars, too. , Justin's nutbutters are great. I've found that I needed something like a sandwich to fill up so I found english muffins smooth well and are pretty light. ... with Justin's filled me up. A meal I made to fill me up was I got bunch of mixed dried organic mushrooms from Costco and blended them, then had, freeze-dried white onions, garlic powder, salt, nutritional yeast, textured soy protein. I also ordered cashew milk powder from znatural foods to make it creamy... (this is also a nice creamer for coffee or tea) This was added to noodles, couscous.... sometimes dill or cumin, etc to change it up a little. I also had flaked beans and made various meals with those. Pre making bags of nut varieties and cranberries or raisins are really satisfying. It's best to chew them to a paste to extract all the nutrients. I often will start with apples cucumbers and will eat those on the first day or so to offset carrying water. Actually really hydrating.
You lucky guy, have fun man 👍
great stuff!
Great video buddy!
Just found your channel, great video! I love those fig bars, they are my favorite!
Would like to see ya do the Allegheny Trail next year. Last spring I did a 98 mile section of it and planning on doing another chunk of it this year. It's awesome. I loved you food ideas. I have to eat gluten free and just about everything you had fit.
I too would like to hike the allegheny trail!
Thanks. This is great. Ive never made it over 2800 per day. The binging in town and packing out a burrito has made it so that I can't eat over 3k.
Go time. Good health out there.
Fall is not far around the corner…😜…Que the flagstaff tourism advertisement…lol…hope you’re having an amazing time out there Jupiter
Just whipped up the Beans and Rice. Great stuff. D~lish. I really could not get over it, no wonder you are so fond of it. Next time. Fritos.
Stoked to try the beans and rice..you could always throw in some tortillas and make a burrito I suppose. Great to see you heading out..this will be an awesome hike!
Heck yea! Tortilla it up. There is no end to the what you can do with the beans
Incrível seu trekking!💯👏👏👏
Ok I make a pretty similar dinner every night, minute rice (with taco seasoning for extra flavor/salt) and bean dip from the tin you find in the chip aisle pretty much anywhere (even gas stations) and I love me some Fritos for crunch and flavor, my fave is the chili cheese kind. I've never gotten my act together enough to ship resupplies to myself consistently, but it still works out to be pretty cheap, filling and tasty as hell (albeit *slightly* heavier since my bean dip comes hydrated). Thanks for sharing as always, looking forward to seeing your updates once you hit the trail!
Love your starbursts trail update video! Couldn't comment there (for reasons I understand!) but had to tell you either way. I don't think I'll be able to catch up with you two, but I'd love to know more about this bean dip. Next time i'm shopping i'll have to look for it.
@@JupiterHikes I appreciate it! We're putting out part 2 today I think... spoiler alert, the Northern Sierras were wayyy more snowy than everything south of Forester Pass. Yeah, you're super fast but that's still probably too much ground to cover even for you this time 😂 Once you're done with the PCT you should take your van out towards the CDT and do a section or three!
Thanks!
You printed out photos and my brain loves it lol
Nice to see you! Best of luck and fun on the PCT. I hope you share your journey with us. Welcome to San Diego (in case you’re doing NOBO). 🌟💫
I am indeed going NOBO and thank you!
Woo-hoo! I was thumbs up #500! Feels like I just passed a mile marker on the PCT! 🥾
Safe travels man.
My number one favorite meal on the trail. Just frustrated I can’t find the Santa Fe in my local markets in Los Angeles
Never thought about kale chips. Will definitely be bringing some next time!
thank you so much for this one! always been curious about how your beans work as well as everything else, and those kale chips looked like weed lol
What about adding desicated line powder to your meal? Big flavour booster! Love your dinner setup. Going to make that for this year
Beans are a true superfood
We are pulling for you!
Thank you!!!
That Justin's maple almond butter is legit!
Talenti jars too fancy for Jupiter. That's why I love this guy.
I love the video and really appreciate you taking the time to break down your meals. I had the idea to just crush up dried lentils and try that in place of the refried but I'm finding conflicting info. I don't believe it is safe to eat cold soaked raw dried beans. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. thanks
You got this, Jupiter! May good fortune come your way. ... Hey I'm curious how you carry your olive oil? I use what is essentially a miniature platypus bottle that I found in the travel section of the local megamart. K, thanks again for sharing your stuff!
I buy olive oil in bulk, and then buy a 6 pack of tiny (I think 8oz) apple juice bottles for kids. Drink the juice, clean the bottles, and then repackage the olive oil in those bottles. They have never leaked on me which is nice, and they're small enough where I don't feel like I'm carrying too much for any given stretch of trail.
@@JupiterHikes oh yeah, leakage would definitely not be good. 🤔 I'll have to keep an eye on that! Thanks for the reply! I love that you take the time to answer people's questions. Oh, and I got some of the beans to try out!
Youdont have to eat raw rice ! Just cook it and then dehydrate it ! It will be the same size ! You can soak it when meal time come !
That was how we reserved rice back home , in VNam
during the war
Still amazing anybody eats that much in one day. To eat that many bars each day, you’d need to be chewing non-stop! Eve need after hiker-hunger sets in, I max out at about 3 per day.
Hey, what ever works!
I try and eat once every hour or two! Keeps the energy up in hopes of preventing a bonk
Hi Jupiter. Excellent video, thank you!. I have heard that Tuolumne Meadows is closed this year for construction. I see you have a box sent there. I am hiking through there in late August, and curious if you have heard anything about Tuolumne meadows closures? Good luck on your hike, will be folling you on CZcams. Thanx - Ray
sick dude! i may see you out there. i start 5/16
I was just wondering about whether you had already started. Good luck to you, have a great hike, and don't go too fast too early! Are you going to make some paintings later on?
I have not yet started! I wish I could say I've just been twiddling my thumbs but there's been a lot to do before leaving as after this trip I think I'll wind up staying out west for quite some time. I will most definitely be making paintings after!!! I am very excited for some new inspiration to work from
@@JupiterHikes Looking forward to your vids, I think they're a class apart among other hikers'.
I wish we could get either the dehydrated cooked beans or the minute rice here in the UK, as I'd love to try this, but we can't. My equivalent cold soaked meal is noodles with peanut butter powder, with Doritos. Again about 900 calories.
Maybe not the same brand, but I wonder if dehydrated refried beans are made by any companies over there?
Great videos as ever, Kale chips - fancy. With all the refried beans - that may be why you often hike alone. 😆
Enjoy bro
heyyyy love the videos! just curious how often to park ragers ask for to see your long distance permit o the PCT?
This looks 100% vegan and almost what I would pack. My only concern is your lack of micronutrients, I suggest tossing in some nutritional yeast into your rice packets (flavor, B12, iron, etc) and iodized salt (or occasionally eat some dry seaweed snacks). Sure you could take a multi-vitamin but that tangy yeasty flavor works so well with rice dishes.
I was thinking of doing cajun rice packets like jambalaya and I'm probably going to use your idea of refried beans as a test run. Thanks and good luck on the trail!
Hey Jupiter! I see you don’t have a box for Snoqualmie Pass, resupply is pretty tricky there. Are you planning on skipping it and going 170 miles from White Pass or Stevens Pass? I’ll be going SOBO in late June, I’ll probably see you in Washington or Oregon! Love the videos man.
You'll probably want a package there, but I have been there before and unless somethings changed there is a gas station and convenience store. Not a great resupply but I'm ok with that. Hope to see you out there!
Have fun out there! Heads up, it's only about 40 miles from the border to Mt Laguna- not the 70 you listed.
Oops you right! Guess I meant from mt laguna to warner springs, which is 70. Small mixup but at least my food will remain the same. My plan is to buy a bit extra in mt laguna, skip julian, get a bit more extra in warner springs, and then first real resupply is idyllwild.
@@JupiterHikes Exactly what I did on my thru- though I didn't put nearly that much planning into it. Just showed up at the border with 2 days food and everything worked out. SoCal is a great logistical ramp-up for new hikers with such frequent resupply options.
The food looks good! Are you driving your van or flying? The logistics of driving, storing the vehicle then flying back to get it seem difficult. That would make a useful video.
Hey Jupiter! What a great video. I have come to really love researching healthy and appropriate trail nutrition and I sincerely appreciate you sharing your means and methods and extensive knowledge on the subject. I 100% agree with sending boxes to anywhere but a PO. So much easier to hit a friendly hostel or outfitter than a government office with regulated hours. I think I know the answer from your food choices but you still eat lunch while hiking right? I started doing it last fall (just adjusting my pace slightly while I eat) and I really like it. Especially when you are trying to push miles and fighting against the dark. I really hope that your last weeks before the trail are relaxing. The trail is looking amazing and I can imagine is going to be a busy time for you when you start! 🙏 Thanks for bringing us along today. I hope tomorrow’s miles are kind. Keep truckin’ and be well.
-Grateful
I wouldn't say I am a guru on trail food or anything, but I have sent myself about 100 boxes before so that is where a lot of my experience is! The people who dehydrate everything themselves, or really go out of their way to eat healthy are the true kings and queens. I find myself more in the middle. I don't eat straight honey buns and chips, but I'm also not perfect by any means. Glad either way to offer some ideas for others to try. To answer your question, I do just snack all day and don't have a defined lunch or breakfast. Sometimes however it is nice to eat the bean mixture for lunch if I have extra. In a perfect world I would probably prepare extra for that purpose, and add dehydrated veggies to it as well. Just a matter of more effort when in the past I haven't felt a great need, so long as I am getting the calories the miles come. A trip that is more lax or fun and I could see myself doing more breakfast and lunch items, but it's no secret I like to try and push some miles instead
Yeah boyyyyyy
I know in the past you’ve said you would prefer to do SOBO, but if you are going NOBO, I’m in San Diego and am happy to get you around town and to the terminus in Campo. LMK young man. BTW, another excellent video
I very much appreciate the offer, but I see taking the bus as like a stupid right of passage or something. So the bus I will go!
@@JupiterHikes Yet another reason to admire Jupiter.
Happy Beans fo sho
happy beans for sure!!
Do you add olive oil in your bag at home or you add it when ready to rehydrate? Thanks for sharing journey..
Hi Jupiter, thank you for the informative video. I was wondering what is the size and brand of your dinners plastic bag? Thanks in advanced.
Those are ZIPLOC 100 calorie bags. He uses an OPSAC bag to stuff them in when he’s on trial to avoid bears and other animals.
You look like you're in shape.
Also, I just wanted to mention that most of Nuun is the citric acid and sodium bicarbonate to make your drink fizzy (talk about luxury). They are what 6 grams each plus the container? IMHO, I personally don’t think they are worth it unless you’re looking for that effervescent experience. Can do flavor drops like Mio to cover up funky water. What I would recommend is 1/4 tsp of good sea or Himalayan salt, 1 pack / 2 tabs of Medi-Lyte electrolyte replenisher (cheap on Amazon) for the calcium, potassium, and magnesium, and possibly some honey for the carbs (30-60 grams per hour when pushing). I’m bringing straight up salt and a honey bear. 🧂 🍯
Awesome! Will you be doing daily or weekly videos from the PCT?
I'm going to see what I can do while out there, but after the trip I'll be doing more documentary style videos (as I can edit on my laptop and have more time to think about how the videos can play out)
Gonna second the SkurkaBean recipe for anyone wondering. I was buying Backpacker's Pantry for a while and it wasn't even the cost that made me switch, it was indigestion. I had a couple nights after eating Backpacker's Pantry where I would wake up at like 2am with a stomach ache. The SkurkaBeans are notorious for making people gassy but my body can at least break it down unlike some of the $8 stomach bombs I used to eat.
Before skurka it was quite the popular meal among hikers like scott williamson! Andrew was the one to make it mainstream though
@@JupiterHikes The more you know! Thank you for this lesson in Hiker Lore :)
Thanks for sharing that Jupiter! I’m getting excited for you! Stay healthy my friend! Not sure if you are trying to go vegetarian or vegan, but Vital Proteins Collagen is an easy, light, compact, and versatile way to add some protein in that easily dissolved in water and has very little taste on it’s own so it’s easy to add a 10g scoop here and there. Costco has a good deal on a fairly large size. It works really way with 1-2 tbsp of unrefined coconut oil to make trail keto coffee. You could also use MCT oil or powder, and/or some Laird’s Superfood creamer. You’d only want to do that if you were okay waiting on carbs and staying aerobic for a while afterwards to leverage that 9 Calories per gram of energy without a sugar crash. Basically, can run keto in the morning. Anyway, I think it’s very interesting that backpackers are starting to take a closer look at trail nutrition, and that doesn’t need to include massive sugar high glycemic junk food carbs with no nutrients. I loved hearing “greens powder” and “avocado”! Love it! Are you planning on bringing any low carb tortillas or anything? I think I’m going to bring a very underripe, and underripe, and a ripe avocado to have over 3 days, as well as blueberries, and spinach. I’m still trying to find a good greens powder with no added sugar. Let us know if you find anything good. Thanks Jupiter!
In the past I had used vitamineral greens, tho I don't know about the sugar in it or if it has any (my internet isn't loading the page right now.) I had a friend who was hiking the AZT who straight up just bought normal foods and packed that as his resupply. Avocado, carrots, salad bag, hummus in a ziploc. Was inspiring as I don't ever see others do that. Add nuts or peanut butter, and some other odds and ends and you got a really interesting resupply.
Vitaminerals Greens looks really good. Thanks for the Jupiter! Not cheap, but I really like the idea of getting some veggies on the trail. GGG has Karen’s Just Veggies at a pretty good price. Might add those too.
look what I eat every day for years: Rice and Beans. You are prepared to be a brasilian haha
You are starting off about the same time as Nar Nar and Flossy. Looking forward to living vicariously through you during this thru-hike. I subbed after listening to Trail Tales a while ago. So I'm going to ask a daft question now. Are you a vegetarian or is it that the mix you have keeps better? Good luck, will be waiting with baited breath.
When do they start? Not a veg currently, this is just stuff I have enjoyed most over the years, or things that looked good to me when shopping!
Beans are the most unassuming superfood on earth.
Are the refried beans dehydrated?
Do you mix fretos into beans or eat seperate?
Have you ever considered adding electrolytes to your bean mixture in addition to the beverages?
I haven't but will often just drink some at the end of the day. I have on the other hand in the past added like extra micro nutrient supplements to them. I don't do that anymore though
Hey Thanks I can look at a bean and get gas if you know what I mean how do you deal with it
Hey Jupiter, how much does your starting food weigh in at? I just finished 4 day section hike on the MTS trail along the blue ridge parkway. Overall around 65 miles. So I would love to compare your food weight with what I brought.
Yes, I like to know that starting weight also.
ounces in weight or volume for the beans and rice? Thank you