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Your Backpacking Food Recipes, Tips, and Ideas could be worth $500 dollars!






Backpacking Food and Recipe Contest - Would you like to win a $500 visa gift card to spend at your favorite gear store? (or anywhere else you'd like!) Well now you have the chance!

win 100 dollars It’s super easy to enter and only takes a few minutes! Make sure you know the Terms and Conditions as well as the Rules for Entry.

You don’t have to be an expert, just tell us what you know!

Do you have a favorite recipe or food tip? We want to hear about it!


Choose from any of the following backpacking food categories:






The Rules

Here’s what you have to do. Fill out the following form and make sure you include a picture. Each entry will be scored using points (100 total) on the following factors:

backpacking spices Entry MUST be 500 words or more. This is roughly two paragraphs.

Make sure you opt to enter your email address so we can contact you if you win!

After you click Submit Your Contest Entry, the next page will allow you to enter your email address. (Your email address is always safe and will NEVER be shared)

  • Use of Picture (40 points) – If you write about a recipe and take a nice, well lit picture of the finished product, you’ll get lots of points! (a second picture of the ingredients would be nice too! *hint hint*)

    If you choose a backpacking food category that is not a recipe, then include a picture relevant to your topic. Only original / non-copied pictures please!

  • Quality and Organization of Entry (40 points) - This is important folks! Make sure you include all the steps to your tips or recipes in an easy to understand format with correct grammar and spelling of words. Original writing only, do not copy! We will know if you have copied someone else's work!

  • Your Personal Flair (20 points) - This is the fun part! We want to see some creativity. Get descriptive. Don’t be shy. Tell us why you chose the entry you did and where you learned it from. Tell us something interesting! A good way to do this is to tell a story.

  • Facebook & Twitter (BONUS 20 POINTS!!!) - Using the buttons at the bottom of this page, you can Share this contest on Facebook and Tweet it on Twitter. 10 points for Facebook and 10 points for Twitter. We’ll keep track of your entries and award you up to 20 additional bonus points!

    For Recipe Entries

    You’ll need to include 3 categories.
    • The first will be the list of ingredients.

    • The second will be the “at home” preparations, which includes information like how to package items or mix dry ingredients.

    • And the third will be the “in camp” preparations, which includes information like how to cook meal items and for how long. That’s it! Super easy!

    The winner will be announced right here on July 15th 2012. Enter the contest as many times as you'd like by July 14th 2012 at 11:59pm. The more times you enter, the better chance you have of winning!

    Backpacking Food and Recipes Contest

    Do you have a great backpacking recipe or food tip? It could be worth $500 dollars! Remember to submit your email address so we can contact you if you win. (Don't worry, email addresses are always safe here)

    Enter Your Title and the Category You've Chosen to Enter Under

    Read Entries Others Have Submitted

    Click below to see contributions from other visitors...

    GORP - Snack and Trail Mix Recipes and/or Ideas  Not rated yet
    A friend of mine introduced me to a quick, easy and inexpensive solution to putting together a great trail mix for those spur-of-the-moment hiking adventures....

    Trail Mix for Kids: Scroggin  Not rated yet
    Trail Mix for Kids

    I’m from New Zealand, and we call Trail Mix – Scroggin. I have no idea where the name comes from, but I have been making it ...

    Gingerbread-Hazelnut Pancakes  Not rated yet
    I am an outdoor educator and this is my favorite backpacking recipe to make for my students! These pancakes are always a hit while we are on the trail....

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