WikiProject Backpacking

Kit for carrying home and hearth
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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

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.

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.

• 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

Source page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Recognized content

14 edits	Northern Crossing (Tararua Range)
5 edits	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
3 edits	Wild (2014 film)
2 edits	Bureau of Land Management
2 edits	Leeds Country Way
2 edits	Alfred Wainwright
2 edits	List of mountaineering equipment brands
2 edits	Peace Pilgrim
2 edits	Sierra Club
2 edits	Recreational Equipment, Inc.

These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last seven days. Last updated 17 August 2021 by HotArticlesBot.

Source page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Hot articles

This is a list of bot-generated pages in the scope of Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking along with pageviews.

To report bugs, please write on the Community tech bot talk page on Meta.

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

Total views: 1,416,445

Updated: 16:51, 4 February 2025 (UTC)

Rank	Page title	Views	Daily average	Assessment	Importance
1	Camino de Santiago	92,148	2,972	Unknown	Unknown
2	Bear Grylls	75,606	2,438	Unknown	Unknown
3	Chris McCandless	68,331	2,204	Unknown	Unknown
4	The North Face	36,505	1,177	Unknown	Unknown
5	Wild (2014 film)	33,891	1,093	Unknown	Unknown
6	Appalachian Trail	30,676	989	Unknown	Unknown
7	Arc'teryx	29,047	937	Unknown	Unknown
8	First aid	25,884	834	Unknown	Unknown
9	Bill Bryson	23,687	764	Unknown	Unknown
10	Patagonia, Inc.	23,049	743	Unknown	Unknown
11	Desire path	21,328	688	Unknown	Unknown
12	National Park Service	21,050	679	Unknown	Unknown
13	Pacific Crest Trail	20,903	674	Unknown	Unknown
14	Bivouac shelter	19,463	627	Unknown	Unknown
15	The Way (2010 film)	18,476	596	Unknown	Unknown
16	Mountaineering	18,071	582	Unknown	Unknown
17	Columbia Sportswear	17,121	552	Unknown	Unknown
18	United States Forest Service	16,377	528	Unknown	Unknown
19	Grand Canyon National Park	15,960	514	Unknown	Unknown
20	Topographic map	15,018	484	Unknown	Unknown
21	REI	14,055	453	Unknown	Unknown
22	Mount Katahdin	13,082	422	Unknown	Unknown
23	Hiking	13,004	419	Unknown	Unknown
24	Canada Goose (clothing)	12,800	412	Unknown	Unknown
25	Tarpaulin	12,431	401	Unknown	Unknown
26	Bothy	12,213	393	Unknown	Unknown
27	Sierra Club	12,038	388	Unknown	Unknown
28	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	11,105	358	Unknown	Unknown
29	English calamity	10,946	353	Unknown	Unknown
30	Bureau of Land Management	10,357	334	Unknown	Unknown
31	Tour du Mont Blanc	10,096	325	Unknown	Unknown
32	Backpack	9,304	300	Unknown	Unknown
33	Via Francigena	9,120	294	Unknown	Unknown
34	Ice axe	8,709	280	Unknown	Unknown
35	Outdoor recreation	8,122	262	Unknown	Unknown
36	Pocketknife	7,939	256	Unknown	Unknown
37	Continental Divide Trail	7,879	254	Unknown	Unknown
38	Fjällräven	7,749	249	Unknown	Unknown
39	Freedom to roam	7,488	241	Unknown	Unknown
40	Snowshoe	7,432	239	Unknown	Unknown
41	Wild (memoir)	7,309	235	Unknown	Unknown
42	Lillian Alling	7,238	233	Unknown	Unknown
43	Gaiters	7,223	233	Unknown	Unknown
44	Camping	7,062	227	Unknown	Unknown
45	A Walk in the Woods (film)	6,806	219	Unknown	Unknown
46	Nordic walking	6,520	210	Unknown	Unknown
47	Grandma Gatewood	6,467	208	Unknown	Unknown
48	Wilderness	6,220	200	Unknown	Unknown
49	Lean-to	6,198	199	Unknown	Unknown
50	Quechua (brand)	6,188	199	Unknown	Unknown
51	The Nature Conservancy	5,947	191	Unknown	Unknown
52	Pennine Way	5,850	188	Unknown	Unknown
53	South West Coast Path	5,771	186	Unknown	Unknown
54	Kokoda Track	5,509	177	Unknown	Unknown
55	Director of the National Park Service	5,503	177	Unknown	Unknown
56	John Muir Trail	5,492	177	Unknown	Unknown
57	Lycian Way	5,420	174	Unknown	Unknown
58	Death of Vance Rodriguez	5,401	174	Unknown	Unknown
59	Tongariro Alpine Crossing	5,338	172	Unknown	Unknown
60	JanSport	5,071	163	Unknown	Unknown
61	Green Mountains	4,684	151	Unknown	Unknown
62	Tent	4,683	151	Unknown	Unknown
63	Rab (company)	4,632	149	Unknown	Unknown
64	Fire making	4,616	148	Unknown	Unknown
65	Te Araroa	4,583	147	Unknown	Unknown
66	Coleman (brand)	4,569	147	Unknown	Unknown
67	Hammock	4,540	146	Unknown	Unknown
68	Survival skills	4,490	144	Unknown	Unknown
69	Climbing	4,421	142	Unknown	Unknown
70	West Highland Way	4,389	141	Unknown	Unknown
71	Backpacking (hiking)	4,361	140	Unknown	Unknown
72	List of long-distance trails in the United States	4,329	139	Unknown	Unknown
73	Triple Crown of Hiking	4,329	139	Unknown	Unknown
74	Thru-hiking	4,323	139	Unknown	Unknown
75	Jack Wolfskin	4,315	139	Unknown	Unknown
76	Scrambling	4,160	134	Unknown	Unknown
77	Marmot (company)	4,157	134	Unknown	Unknown
78	Swedish torch	4,108	132	Unknown	Unknown
79	The Ridgeway	4,100	132	Unknown	Unknown
80	European long-distance paths	4,093	132	Unknown	Unknown
81	Trail	4,035	130	Unknown	Unknown
82	Insect repellent	3,865	124	Unknown	Unknown
83	National Trails System	3,838	123	Unknown	Unknown
84	Mountain Equipment Co-op	3,827	123	Unknown	Unknown
85	Hadrian's Wall Path	3,825	123	Unknown	Unknown
86	Hexamine fuel tablet	3,776	121	Unknown	Unknown
87	Kelly Kettle	3,746	120	Unknown	Unknown
88	Portable stove	3,699	119	Unknown	Unknown
89	A Walk in the Woods (book)	3,609	116	Unknown	Unknown
90	Coast to Coast Walk	3,605	116	Unknown	Unknown
91	Alfred Wainwright	3,592	115	Unknown	Unknown
92	Dyneema Composite Fabric	3,584	115	Unknown	Unknown
93	Regatta (clothing)	3,458	111	Unknown	Unknown
94	Canoeing	3,355	108	Unknown	Unknown
95	Karrimor	3,296	106	Unknown	Unknown
96	Guide book	3,287	106	Unknown	Unknown
97	List of wilderness areas of the United States	3,223	103	Unknown	Unknown
98	Gander Mountain	3,094	99	Unknown	Unknown
99	Routeburn Track	3,086	99	Unknown	Unknown
100	Rail trail	2,993	96	Unknown	Unknown

Source page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Popular pages

Articles for deletion

• 31 Jan 2025 – Catskill Mountain 3500 Club (talk ·  · hist) AfDed by Graywalls (t · c) was closed as keep by Explicit (t · c) on 21 Feb 2025; see discussion (5 participants; relisted)

Source page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Article alerts

• Quality log (assessment changes)
• New pages to evaluate
• Cleanup lists

Note: the transcluded pages above are produced on our behalf by bots

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

• 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.

• Articles that need grading

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:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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).
4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
6. 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.

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Length. It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses summary style.

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

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}}

• Project watchers

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.

• 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

• 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:

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

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

• 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 ~~~~

• {{Backpacking-stub}}

• {{Trail-stub}}