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Not medical or safety advice. Plans, paces, fueling, turnaround times, tide or current estimates, and trip estimates are general calculations from the information you enter, and they may be wrong. Exercise, endurance events, hiking, cycling, paddling, and time outdoors carry a risk of serious injury or death. Consult a physician before beginning a training program, especially if you are pregnant, injured, or have a health condition. Check official weather, trail, park, tide, and water conditions, carry the safety gear the trip requires, and turn back when conditions require it. You participate at your own risk. Fueling suggestions are not nutritional advice for allergies or medical conditions.

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One day of food per night

A backpacking food calculator

A hard day starts at 3,700 kcal. A moderate day starts at 3,100. A low at or below 32F adds 400 kcal, and a low at or below 45F adds 200. Grams assume about 125 kcal per ounce of trail food. You pack one day of food per night if breakfast on the way in and dinner on the way out happen in town.

NightsOvernight low (°F)Effort

Per day: 3,900; kcal
Per day: 885 g; about 125 kcal per ounce
For the trip: 4,425 g; per person

This is the same calorie rule the trip plan uses. The shopping list, with meals split out, is part of the unlocked list. Build a full list.

Cold, altitude, and a pack that is heavier than you think all change what you actually burn. This is a shopping estimate, not a nutrition prescription. The meal split and the group totals are on the unlocked trip list.

Pack Planner is a packing checklist, not a promise that the trip is safe, and not medical advice. Preset elevations and food-storage notes are planning figures. Confirm permits, fire restrictions, and current regulations with the land manager. Water sources change.