How it works
1. Hikers planning to tackle the Appalachian Trail or the Pacific Crest Trail — currently the only trails serviced by TrailDrops — choose between a 3,500-calorie-per-day option and a 5,000-calorie-per-day option. Choice is made based on the hiker’s weight and how much distance he or she plans to cover in a day.2. TrailDrops packs a box with enough food for five days, and ships it to a post office or shop along the trail’s lines before the hiker reaches that location. Post office locations will hold a package for up to 30 days.3. The hiker leaves the trail and picks up the package, or emails TrailDrops if moving faster or slower than expected, to have the package mailed to a different location.4. The hiker returns to the trail and follows instructions on the packages for how to prepare each meal. Each meal can be made in about 10 minutes. Simply rehydrate and enjoy!
To Order
To set up deliveries for your next long-distance hike or to order one of Brasel’s signature meals, visit TrailDrops.com.
Like most back-packers, Meg Brasel knows that the process of preparing meals for an extended hike can be as long and arduous as the journey ahead.
An avid outdoor adventurer and a midwife adept in nutritional education, Brasel spent hours weighing food and calculating calories for her family’s week-long excursions – especially after her husband started hiking the Appalachian Trail five days at a time.
“Before he would go out, we would be trying to make sure he had the right number of calories per day and that they were very lightweight,” she remembers.