2026 Backpacking Season Planning Meetup (Coffee Edition)

This is a winter planning meetup for our backpacking group as we start shaping the 2026 season.

The focus for next year will be forest backpacking — multi-day trips, moderate daily mileage (roughly 4–7 miles per day), and a style that prioritizes comfort, preparedness, and lighter packs over speed or distance.

We’ll talk about routes, timing, conditioning, and what kinds of trips make sense for the group moving forward.

This isn’t a skills class or intro workshop — it’s a planning conversation for people interested in overnight and multi-day backpacking in natural, non-urban settings.

Coffee now, trail miles later.