Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking

WikiProject Backpacking
	Kit for carrying home and hearth
Shortcuts	WP:BPCK, WP:PACK
Categories	Backpacking, WikiProject Backpacking articles
Wikimedia Commons	Category:Backpacking
Project banner template	{{WikiProject Backpacking}}
Userbox	{{User WikiProject Backpacking}}
Has goals?	Yes
Assessment	Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Assessment
Popular pages	Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Popular pages
	Improving the encyclopedia when we are not walking in the wild and sleeping under the sky

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Welcome to WikiProject Backpacking. Several Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Hiking and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, inquire on the talk page, watch this page, and see the to-do list, below.

Scope

Hiking, hiking trails, hiking equipment, hiking techniques, organizations that support hikers and hiking trail, the hiking community, authors, and their books. To cover hiking and backpacking by its many names; e.g. trekking, hill walking, tramping, rambling, snowshoeing, and more.

Goals

To improve hiking, backpacking, and trail related articles to Good Article Status
To organize and categorize articles related to hiking, backpacking, and trail articles
To provide a consistent layout for hiking, backpacking, and trail articles where applicable
auditing articles (tagging, classifying, and setting importance level) in categories hiking, hiking trails, backpacking, and camping
identifying and categorizing articles about organizations that support hikers, trails, backpackers and related activities

Articles

Recognized content

Good articles

Did you know? articles

Former featured articles

Beverage-can stove

Former good articles

Level 4 vital articles

Level 5 vital articles

Source page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Recognized content

List

Period: 2025-12-01 to 2025-12-31

Total views: 1,031,361

Updated: 01:22, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

Rank	Page title	Views	Daily average	Assessment	Importance
1	Chris McCandless	67,080	2,163	B	Unknown
2	Bear Grylls	59,520	1,920	B	Unknown
3	Camino de Santiago	56,285	1,815	C	Unknown
4	Arc'teryx	31,089	1,002	C	Unknown
5	The North Face	29,627	955	Start	Unknown
6	Patagonia, Inc.	23,351	753	C	Unknown
7	Bill Bryson	23,316	752	B	Unknown
8	Appalachian Trail	22,398	722	C	Unknown
9	Wild (2014 film)	20,396	657	C	Unknown
10	Desire path	16,521	532	C	Unknown
11	National Park Service	16,346	527	B	Unknown
12	Bartram Trail	15,242	491	C	Unknown
13	Columbia Sportswear	14,726	475	Start	Unknown
14	Canada Goose (clothing)	14,235	459	C	Unknown
15	Bivouac shelter	13,807	445	Start	Unknown
16	Mountaineering	13,094	422	B	Unknown
17	Pacific Crest Trail	12,690	409	B	Unknown
18	United States Forest Service	10,705	345	B	Unknown
19	Grand Canyon National Park	10,665	344	C	Unknown
20	The Way (2010 film)	10,359	334	C	Unknown
21	Tarpaulin	10,143	327	Start	Unknown
22	First aid	10,075	325	C	Unknown
23	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	9,224	297	B	Unknown
24	Backpack	9,129	294	C	Unknown
25	REI	8,954	288	C	Unknown
26	Ice axe	8,880	286	C	Unknown
27	A Walk in the Woods (film)	8,511	274	C	Unknown
28	Fjällräven	7,711	248	B	Unknown
29	Hiking	7,353	237	B	Unknown
30	Sierra Club	7,256	234	B	Unknown
31	Topographic map	6,924	223	C	Unknown
32	Mount Katahdin	6,901	222	C	Unknown
33	Pocketknife	6,850	220	B	Unknown
34	Bothy	6,566	211	C	Unknown
35	Grandma Gatewood	6,565	211	Start	Unknown
36	Bureau of Land Management	5,758	185	B	Unknown
37	South West Coast Path	5,722	184	B	Unknown
38	Quechua (brand)	5,651	182	Stub	Unknown
39	Via Francigena	5,631	181	C	Unknown
40	Freedom to roam	5,622	181	C	Unknown
41	Continental Divide Trail	5,523	178	B	Unknown
42	Wild (memoir)	5,453	175	B	Unknown
43	Lean-to	5,094	164	Stub	Unknown
44	Snowshoe	4,995	161	C	Unknown
45	Hammock	4,956	159	C	Unknown
46	Tent	4,783	154	C	Unknown
47	JanSport	4,736	152	Start	Unknown
48	Wilderness	4,548	146	B	Unknown
49	Lycian Way	4,234	136	B	Unknown
50	Scrambling	4,230	136	C	Unknown
51	Fire making	4,215	135	C	Unknown
52	The Nature Conservancy	4,117	132	B	Unknown
53	Death of Vance Rodriguez	4,087	131	Start	Unknown
54	Rab (company)	3,977	128	Stub	Unknown
55	Nordic walking	3,927	126	C	Unknown
56	Jack Wolfskin	3,920	126	Start	Unknown
57	A Walk in the Woods (book)	3,750	120	C	Unknown
58	John Muir Trail	3,672	118	B	Unknown
59	Hayduke Trail	3,640	117	Start	Unknown
60	Backpacking (hiking)	3,594	115	C	Unknown
61	Outdoor recreation	3,500	112	C	Unknown
62	Kokoda Track	3,474	112	C	Unknown
63	Tongariro Alpine Crossing	3,469	111	B	Unknown
64	Marmot (company)	3,367	108	Stub	Unknown
65	Trail	3,314	106	B	Unknown
66	Climbing	3,249	104	List	Unknown
67	Coleman (brand)	3,210	103	Start	Unknown
68	Triple Crown of Hiking	3,146	101	Stub	Unknown
69	Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest	3,061	98	Start	Unknown
70	Survival skills	3,045	98	C	Unknown
71	Lillian Alling	2,986	96	Start	Unknown
72	The Ridgeway	2,965	95	C	Unknown
73	Karrimor	2,843	91	B	Unknown
74	Green Mountains	2,801	90	Start	Unknown
75	List of wilderness areas of the United States	2,680	86	List	Unknown
76	National Trails System	2,648	85	Fl	Unknown
77	Pennine Way	2,638	85	C	Unknown
78	Gander Mountain	2,638	85	C	Unknown
79	Alfred Wainwright	2,625	84	C	Unknown
80	Coast to Coast Walk	2,596	83	C	Unknown
81	West Highland Way	2,570	82	C	Unknown
82	European long-distance paths	2,483	80	List	Unknown
83	International Appalachian Trail	2,454	79	C	Unknown
84	Mountain Hardwear	2,451	79	Stub	Unknown
85	Dyneema Composite Fabric	2,446	78	Start	Unknown
86	Regatta (clothing)	2,416	77	Start	Unknown
87	Insect repellent	2,389	77	B	Unknown
88	Te Araroa	2,384	76	C	Unknown
89	Mountain Equipment Co-op	2,382	76	B	Unknown
90	Rail trail	2,313	74	B	Unknown
91	Hexamine fuel tablet	2,309	74	Start	Unknown
92	List of long-distance trails in the United States	2,299	74	List	Unknown
93	Canoeing	2,279	73	Start	Unknown
94	Icebreaker (clothing)	2,258	72	Stub	Unknown
95	Chilkoot Pass	2,241	72	B	Unknown
96	Swag (bedroll)	2,229	71	Stub	Unknown
97	Thru-hiking	2,209	71	C	Unknown
98	Mountain hut	2,157	69	Start	Unknown
99	Portable stove	2,138	68	B	Unknown
100	George Meegan	2,114	68	C	Unknown

Source page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Popular pages

Article alerts

Redirects for discussion

27 Nov 2025 – Appalachian trial (talk · edit · hist) →Appalachian Trail was RfDed by Mdewman6 (t · c); see discussion

Source page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Article alerts

Other

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Article assessment

The project is using standard and extended class/importance as described in content assessment. See also assessing articles.

Priority/importance

Articles that need prioritization

Top: Subject is extremely important, even crucial, to its specific field. Reserved for subjects that have achieved international notability within their field
High: Subject is extremely notable, but has not achieved international notability, or is only notable within a particular continent
Mid: Subject is only notable within its particular field or subject and has achieved notability in a particular place or area
Low: Subject is not particularly notable or significant even within its field of study. It may only be included to cover a specific part of a notable article

When reviewing the importance of an article to the project, consider this guidance. Your judgment as an editor will always trump this guidance.

The U.S. National Scenic Trails, or another nations equivalent, and many subjects related to hiking upon them should probably be High priority.
The Ten essentials and individual articles about the use of the essential or skills need to use it effectively should be High priority.
Other equipment critical to a safe and comfortable backpacking trip should be Mid priority unless it is more—or less—notable for another reason.
Organizations that support long-distance hikers or the trails they use should be Mid priority.
Hiking trails shorter that ten miles (16 km) may not belong to this project at all unless they are of notable interest to backpackers.
Hiking trails longer than ten miles (16 km) should be Low priority unless they are of significant interest to backpackers.
Manufacturers or brands of equipment used by backpackers should be Low priority unless they are essential to backpackers for an important reason.

Content quality grading

Articles that need grading

Standard classes

We use these classes as defined further in Wikipedia:Content assessment. Here is the relative Part of that document.

Stub-Class: A very basic description of the topic. Can be well-written, but may also have significant content issues.

The article is either a very short article or a rough collection of information that will need much work to become a meaningful article. It is usually very short; but, if the material is irrelevant or incomprehensible, an article of any length falls into this category. Although Stub-class articles are the lowest class of the normal classes, they are adequate enough to be an accepted article, though they do have risks of being dropped from being an article altogether.

Start-Class: An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources.

The article has a usable amount of good content but is weak in many areas. Quality of the prose may be distinctly unencyclopedic, and Wikipedia:Manual of Style compliance non-existent. The article should satisfy fundamental content policies, such as Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. Frequently, the referencing is inadequate, although enough sources are usually provided to establish verifiability. No Start-Class article should be in any danger of being speedily deleted.

C-Class: The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains much irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup.

The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements; need editing for clarity, balance, or flow; or contain policy violations, such as bias or original research. Articles on fictional topics are likely to be marked as C-Class if they are written from an in-universe perspective. It is most likely that C-Class articles have a reasonable encyclopedic style.

B-Class: The article is mostly complete and without major problems but requires some further work to reach good article standards.

The article meets the six B-Class criteria:

The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. Any format of inline citation is acceptable: the use of <ref> tags and citation templates such as {{cite web}} is optional.
The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing.
The article has a defined structure.Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind.
The article is reasonably well-written. The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but it does not need to be "brilliant". The Manual of Style does not need to be followed rigorously.
The article contains supporting materials where appropriate.Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams, an infoboxetc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content.
The article presents its content in an appropriately understandable way. It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. Although Wikipedia is more than just a general encyclopedia, the article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.

GA-Class: The article has attained good article status, having been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations.

The article meets the good article criteria:

A good article is:

Well written:
1. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct; and
2. it complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.
Verifiable with no original research:
1. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline;
2. all inline citations are from reliable sources, including those for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons—science-based articles should follow the scientific citation guidelines;
3. it contains no original research; and
4. it contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism.
Broad in its coverage:
1. it addresses the main aspectsof the topic; and
2. it stays focused on the topicwithout going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
1. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content; and
2. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.

FA-Class: The article has attained featured articlestatus by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates.

The article meets the featured article criteria:

A featured article exemplifies our very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes.

It is:
1. well-written: its prose is engaging and of a professional standard;
2. comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context;
3. well-researched: it is a thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature; claims are verifiableagainst high-quality reliable sources and are supported by inline citations where appropriate;
4. neutral: it presents views fairly and without bias; and
5. stable: it is not subject to ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured article process.
It follows the style guidelines, including the provision of:
1. a lead: a concise lead sectionthat summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections;
2. appropriate structure: a substantial but not overwhelming system of hierarchical section headings; and
3. consistent citations: where required by criterion 1c, consistently formatted inline citations using either footnotes (<ref>Smith 2007, p. 1</ref>) or Harvard referencing (Smith 2007, p. 1)—see citing sources for suggestions on formatting references. Citation templates are not required.
Media. It has images and other media, where appropriate, with succinct captions and acceptable copyright status. Images follow the image use policy. Non-free images or media must satisfy the criteria for inclusion of non-free content and be labeled accordingly.
Length. It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses summary style.

Other classes

These are used for project maintenance.

List-Class: Any list page falls under this class
Disambig-Class: Any disambiguation page falls under this class
Category-Class: Any category falls under this class
Draft-Class: Any draft falls under this class. These are typically found in the Draft namespace, but may also be in the User namespace
Project-Class: Any project page falls under this class; may also include help pages
Template-Class: Any template falls under this class; may also include modules or userboxes

Statistics

Backpacking articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
GA		2		5			7
B	3	10	9	48			70
C	2	21	20	152			195
Start		16	16	204		1	237
Stub		3	4	103			110
List		5	5	24			34
Category					78		78
Disambig					8		8
Project					4		4
Template					12		12
Other					1		1
Assessed	5	57	54	536	103	1	756
Total	5	57	54	536	103	1	756

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FA-Class: 0
A-Class: 0
GA-Class: 0
B-Class: 0
C-Class: 0
Start-Class: 0
Stub-Class: 0
FL-Class: 0
List-Class: 0

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Top-importance: 0
High-importance: 0
Mid-importance: 0
Low-importance: 0
Bottom-importance: 0
NA-importance: 0
Unknown-importance: 0

Participants

Our member list can be found below and in the category: Category:WikiProject Backpacking participants

If you would like to declare yourself as a member of WikiProject Backpacking:

add yourself to the member list below, and optionally,
add any or all of the following to your user page:
- category indicator, {{ucat|WikiProject Backpacking participants}}
- userbox, {{User WikiProject Backpacking}}, in shortcut form {{WPBUBX}}
- topicon, {{Backpacking topicon}}

Members

Watchers

Project watchers

Former Members

This WikiProject was established on March 11, 2007 and was worked by these and other, unnamed, editors. We thank them and salute them for the path they started and upon which we follow.

Open tasks

Templates

wiki markup: {{WikiProject Backpacking}}, shortcut {{WPBBanner}}
Used to tag, grade, and prioritize the articles by applying to the talk pages of backpacking related articles
the banner looks like this:

Backpacking (inactive)

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Backpacking, a project which is currently considered to be inactive.BackpackingWikipedia:WikiProject BackpackingTemplate:WikiProject BackpackingBackpacking

Invite

wiki markup: {{WikiProject Backpacking invitation}}, shortcut {{WPBInvite}}
used to invite editors to the backpacking project by using it in a message on the editor's talk page
the invitation looks like this:

You're invited to be a part of WikiProject Backpacking, an attempt to better organize information in articles related to backpacking. To accept this invitation, click here!

Userbox

wiki markup: {{User WikiProject Backpacking}}, shortcut {{WPBUBX}}
the userbox looks like this:

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Backpacking

There is also a user topicon, {{Backpacking topicon}}

Barnstar

wiki markup: {{The Backpacking Barnstar|put your message here ~~~~}}
the barnstar look like:

		The Backpacking Barnstar
		for all the edits when you could have been in the wilderness

{{subst:The Backpacking Barnstar|1=message ~~~~|2=alt}}

		The Backpacking Barnstar
		message ~~~~

Stubs

{{Backpacking-stub}}

This backpacking related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

{{Trail-stub}}

This trail or long-distance path-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Other project pages

In this wikipediaspace:

Wikipedia:

WikiProject Backpacking

Wikipedia talk: