Rocky Mountain Hiking Trip Food List

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Here’s the list of food I packed/ate during my recent Colorado hiking trip. The trip lasted three-and-a-half days.

food calories cals from fat net weight (g) cost ($)
chocolate peanut butter 1190 840 227 6
Lay’s potato chips1 3200 1800 567 8
Maruchan ramen2 1140 420 255 0.75
Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds3 1670 257 411 3.5
Lindt 85% extra dark chocolate 575 425 100 3.5
Planters mixed nuts 1979 1513 326 5
Italian dry salame 1093 729 340 7
pepper jack cheese 757 540 227 3.5
Kipper canned herring 190 120 92 3
Starkist Albacore 226 48 181 3.8
bagels 2021 32 734 04
Clif Bars 960 200 272 05
Powerbars 480 80 130 05
cheese sticks 160 100 56 06
KFC entree 680 240 361 6
**total** **16321** **7344** **4279** **47.05**
  • 4,663 calories per day. Not bad.
  • 45% of which came from fat

I also had a chicken chimichanga at a Mexican restaurant in Breckenridge, CO. Although, I don’t know how many calories that was, I know that I wasn’t able to stand up straight after the meal.

What’s interesting is each food item’s calories/grams, calorie/cost, and calorie/(grams * cost) ratio. This chart shows that ramen had the highest calories to cost and calories/(grams * cost). Planter’s nuts packed the most calories per gram. Tuna was the least effective food in terms of calories/weight. Cheese sticks were the most costly, and the KFC meal had the lowest calories/(g*$). So maybe for my next hiking trip I should only bring nuts and ramen.

food cals/g cals/$ cals/(g * $)
chocolate peanut butter 5.24 198 0.87
Lay’s potato chips 5.64 400 0.71
Maruchan ramen 4.47 1,520 5.96
Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds 4.06 477 1.16
Lindt 85% extra dark chocolate 5.75 164 1.64
Planters mixed nuts 6.07 396 1.21
Italian dry salame 3.21 156 0.46
pepper jack cheese 3.33 216 0.95
Kipper canned herring 2.07 63 0.69
Starkist Albacore 1.25 59 0.33
bagels 2.75 505 0.69
Clif Bars 3.53 192 0.71
Powerbars 3.69 96 0.74
cheese sticks 2.86 27 0.48
KFC entree 1.88 113 0.31
**total** **3.81** **347** **0.08**
  1. ^ flavors: barbecue and flaming hot
  2. ^ flavors: chicken, beef, and “oriental.” There’s an oriental flavor?
  3. ^ It’s only the best cereal ever.
  4. ^ A gift from a man in Boulder, Colorado whom I think is homeless. Long story.
  5. ^ Thanks, Peter for sharing.
  6. ^ Thanks, Julian for sharing.