WIN this ultralight backpacking kit from PCTA and Platypus Hydration

Get even more pumped for hiking season this year! Enter to win this pretty stellar pile of ultralight backpacking gear from Platypus Hydration, Therm-a-Rest, MSR, PackTowl and Scarpa! Special thanks to Platypus for being the title sponsor and for making this big-pile-of-gear contest happen. They’re our favorite partner that’s also named after a monotreme. We’ve got a thing for egg-laying mammals.

Enter on Facebook! Click the image.

Enter on Facebook! Click the image.

What’s in the ultralight backpacking kit?

It’s desert hiking season on the PCT, so this package is pretty primed for keeping you hydrated and comfortable. One lucky winner will win all of this:

The contest closes March 27th. Earn more chances to win by getting your Facebook friends to sign up and by visiting (and liking!) Playtpus Hydration’s Facebook page.

ENTER on Facebook now

Here is a video of a platypus getting a belly rub. Just because.

Best of luck!

Author: Jack "Found" Haskel

As the Trail Information Manager, Jack works to connect people to the PCT. He's involved with a wide variety of projects that help the trail, the trail's users and the community that surrounds the experience. He has thru-hiked (Pacific Crest Trail in 2006; Colorado Trail in 2008; Continental Divide Trail in 2010) and is an obsessed weekend warrior.