Best Snacks for your Adventures

Hiking, biking, trail running, climbing, or whatever your adventure, you always need fuel to keep you going. Having snacks that are nutritious, delicious, energy giving, and easy to grab-and-go aren’t always easy to find. Make sure you are stocked up on these foods so when it’s time to adventure, you are ready! Here are some of the best snacks for your adventures. 

1. Nuts

Nuts are nutritious, high in unsaturated fats, and easy to grab and go. They can be eaten plain, mixed together with other nuts, or thrown in a trail mix with dried fruit and chocolate. Often sold in individual packets, nuts are some of the best snacks to have on your adventure.

2. Fruit

An apple a day keeps the Doctor away! Fruit is good in almost any situation, including the trail or crag. Depending on the duration of your adventure, you’ll want to stick to fruits that are hearty, i.e. not needing refrigeration or too much prep. Apples, bananas, and clementines are some of the best fruits that are easy to grab and go. Other fruits like avocados, blueberries, and kiwi are also delicious on the trail, as long as you have a cooler bag (and a knife and spoon), or don’t wait too long to eat them. 

3. Vegetables

Vegetables aren’t always the easiest snack to have on the go, but some veggies can be quickly prepared for an adventure. Especially if you are adventuring with little humans, having healthy options for them to snack on is always preferred. Carrots, yummy peppers, celery sticks, and sugar peas are easy to wash and cut for a refreshing snack.

4. Gummies

Fruit gummies or gatorade chews are nice to have on the trail because of their small, compact size, and yet they still bring a good source of energy. If you’re feeding fruit gummies to your children, just watch the ingredients and sugar content. I like to stick to organic kinds like Annies Fruit Snacks.

5. Chocolate

Chocolate has caffeine, giving you a little boost of energy when you need it. A good way to incorporate chocolate is in trail mix or granola bars. Dark chocolate bars or squares are certainly delicious, but depending on the weather, they aren’t the best travellers 🙁 If the weather is cold, dark chocolate squares from Endangered Species are awesome for your hike. 

6. Cliff Bars (protein bars) 

Cliff bars, organic protein bars, granola bars, homemade snack bars, or any other type of bars are good for adventures as long as they’re made with the good stuff (watch for high fructose corn syrup and other ingredients you don’t know). If the ingredients are words you know and understand, it’s probably a safe bet that it’s a good bar.

7. Gatorade or electrolytes

Don’t miss hydrating while on your adventure! Gatorade or other drinks packed with electrolytes are good for restoring minerals to your body, and help you finish your adventure feeling less depleted. Electrolyte pouches are awesome because you can add them to water anywhere.

8. Hard boiled eggs

Hard boiled eggs take a little bit of prep and prethought, but I love having them out on the crag or trail. Eggs are something I always have in my fridge. They just take a few minutes to boil, and then you have nutrient rich eggs to take along with you wherever your adventure leads. *Weather depending, you may want to stick these in a cooler bag. I often take them out without one, and eat them by lunch time, but if the weather is pretty hot, I wouldn’t risk it.