One of the interesting things about running a website is that over time, it becomes sort of like a giant house filled with rooms you can no longer entirely remember.

Every now and then you discover something like this Granite Gear Vapor Trail Backpack Review which was hiding in a closet.

I started this review soon after I got home from my Pacific Crest Trail hike from Onion Valley to Cottonwood Pass. Somehow, I never finished it.

Oops!

Well, I stumbled across the review yesterday, so I’ve finally finished the job and gotten it online. I’ve had my eye on Granite Gear’s ultralight packs for a while. They really are light: 2 pounds five ounces for the Vapor Trail in a size regular.

In my experience, they’re not quite up to the necessary durability and load-bearing capacity of a bona-fide Alpine climbing pack (which must handle skis, climbing hardware, and winter overnight loads), but for 3-season thru hiking, these packs are a terrific choice—as evidenced by their considerable popularity.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 at 4:02 pm and is filed under Gear. So There.