Plan Smart. Hike More.
Assemble your pack with real numbers
Add gear from our catalogue, set weight targets, and watch your base weight and pack cost update in real time.
Track what you own, what you still need, and what it all weighs organized by category so nothing gets missed.
Let your people help the right way
Create a centralized shareable wishlist of gear you still need. Friends and family can contribute to specific items or help fund your resupply while you're out there on trail.
Think wedding registry, but for long distance hiking. Share one link and let your supporters choose exactly how they want to help.
Appalachian Trail
Georgia to Maine along the Eastern Seaboard
Continental Divide Trail
Mexico to Canada along the Continental Divide
Pacific Crest Trail
Mexico to Canada through the Western U.S.
Kickstart research for your next hike
Deep dive into comprehensive guides with key information to get you started on the research and planning for your next long distance hiking adventure.
Get started with the Triple Crown trails. More trail guides coming soon!
Twenty miles in,
soaking wet,
questioning everything.
That's where Tank and JLo met for the first time. It was 2025, and neither of us knew we were about to spend the better part of the next 2,650 miles together or that we'd eventually build something to help other hikers avoid some of the headaches we faced.
We spent nearly every day together for the next five months, talking about everything from blisters to business ideas. One problem kept coming up: planning a thru-hike is overwhelming.
So we built TrailStacks.
Plan your backpack. See real weights and costs. Compare gear across multiple retailers in one place. Create a registry so your people can actually contribute to your trip. It's the central tool we wish we'd had.
Thru-hiking the PCT was a genuinely transformative and life changing experience for us. We want that for you too.
TrailStacks is our love letter to thru-hiking and all the wonderfully messy and exciting planning that goes into it. We hope it helps.
Tank
Co-Founder
Recovering management consultant. 1.7-time PCT hiker. Earned his trail name by tanking through injuries and starting his first PCT hike with a notoriously heavy pack.
JLo
Co-Founder
Former private equity guy. First-time thru-hiker. Spent years closing deals and now helps people close their gear lists.
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