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The Best Deals for Hikers From Hyperlite Mountain Gear’s Biggest Sale of the Year
The following is a sponsored post brought to you by Hyperlite Mountain Gear. Save 20% sitewide February 11 – 21 during Hyperlite Mountain Gear’s biggest sale of the year.
Black Friday is ancient history, Cyber Week has come and gone, and the clearance sales of late December and early January are done and dusted. But fear not, sweet hiker. With thru-hiking season right around the corner, there’s still a chance to save on top-shelf UL backpacking gear.
Today marks the beginning of Hyperlite Mountain Gear’s biggest sale of the year — that’s right, even bigger than Black Friday! — during which you can save 20% sitewide AND get free domestic shipping on orders over $300.
For all your Big Three needs and beyond, these epic deals from HMG will help you keep pounds off your back and dollars in your Snickers budget for your 2025 adventures.
The sale lasts just 10 days, starting today, so be sure to check out the deals by February 21. Click the button to head over to HMG right now, or keep reading to see our favorite Hyperlite Mountain Gear products for thru-hikers and backpackers.
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Best Deals From Hyperlite Mountain Gear’s Biggest Sale of the Year
HMG Windrider UL Backpack
Sale: $279 – $295 | Reg.: $349 – $369 | You save: $70 – $74
- Weight:
- 40L white pack: 29.9 oz
- 40L black pack: 32.4 oz
- Materials:
- White pack: 50d Dyneema Composite Hybrid (DCH)
- Black pack: 150d DCH
The Windrider is one of HMG’s most iconic thru-hiking packs. Its streamlined profile has graced many a long trail over the years, and it’s easy to understand why. The pack’s primary material is Dyneema Composite Hybrid (DCH), an ultralight, waterproof, and highly abrasion-resistant fabric. HMG tapes the seams, making this as close to a fully waterproof pack as you’ll ever find. As an added bonus, seam taping also serves to reinforce the seams, boosting the pack’s overall durability.
HMG Windrider vs. Southwest vs. Junction: The Windrider is identical to the HMG Southwest and Junction backpacks except for the external pocket material. The Windrider uses 100% mesh for the roomy back pocket and side water bottle holders, which saves weight and improves ventilation. These pockets are a great place to dry wet rain jackets and tents during the day.
The HMG Southwest uses solid Hardline with Dyneema fabric for all the external pockets, which is a great choice for rugged hikes where you’re worried about snagging. Meanwhile, the Junction compromises between the two, using Hardline with Dyneema for the side bottle pockets and mesh for the rear pocket.
HMG Versa Fanny Pack
Sale: $63.20 | Reg.: $79 | You save: $15.80
- Weight: 4.3 oz
- Volume: 2.5L
Even though HMG backpacks are all blessed with generous hipbelt pockets, every hiker could still use a good ultralight fanny pack for quick, easy-access storage.
The Versa is made of durable DCH50 and even has a waterproof zipper, and it provides enough room to store your phone, map/guidebook, chapstick, earbuds, and a few snacks while you’re hiking. Plus you can throw small essentials in it and take it around with you on town days while your heavy gear stays behind in the hostel, which is super convenient.
Of all the thru-hiking accessories, the humble fanny pack is surely the greatest. You need this.
HMG Mid 1 UL Tent
Sale: $479 | Reg.: $599 | You save: $120
- Weight: 16.8 oz
- Materials: DCF5, DCF10, No-See-Um Mesh
This fully enclosed, pyramid-shaped tent only requires one trekking pole and six stakes to pitch. Unlike many tents, the Mid 1 sets up quickly and easily: you can go from zero to fully pitched within about five minutes. And it’s quiet, y’all, even in the wind and rain.
Despite only weighing 16.8 ounces, the Mid 1 provides 21 square feet of interior living space and 54 inches of head room. The six-inch bathtub floor is deep enough to protect you from rain splashback and is made of high-quality, ultralight DCF10 fabric. DCF is a hard-wearing material, so this tent should last you a long time.
HMG Bottle Pocket
Sale: $31.20 | Reg.: $39 | You save: $7.80
- Weight: 1.2 oz
- Capacity: 0.9L
How are your rotator cuffs doing, sweet hiker? We all know hydration is incredibly important on trail, but reaching back to grab water bottles out of your side pockets can be a painful (literally) chore. The bottles are too hard to reach, so you have to stop and take your pack off when you want to have a drink, which you don’t do as often as you should because you have miles to make, gosh dang it, and as a result, many of us end up chronically under-hydrated.
That’s where this handy little shoulder water bottle pocket comes into play. It clips into your shoulder straps and provides easy access to one bottle so you can easily sip while you walk without dislocating a shoulder in the process. And it only adds 1.2 ounces to your pack weight, making it a guilt-free addition to your kit.
HMG 20-Degree Quilt
Sale: $399 | Reg.: $499 | You save: $100
- Weight: 20.1 oz
- Materials: 7D micro-ripstop nylon treated with a C0 DWR, 1000-fill down w/ C0 DWR
Round out your Big Three with HMG’s 20-degree down quilt, which should be warm enough for most thru-hikers in three-season conditions. The quilt contains a generous 13 ounces of ultra-premium 1000-fill down (which is about as lofty as it can possibly get), meaning a full 64% of this quilt’s total weight is dedicated to warm, fluffy insulation.
Having a warm enough sleeping bag is a matter of safety as well as comfort in the backcountry, and this quilt delivers while keeping the weight low at just 20 ounces for the regular length. Comes with pad attachment straps to ensure it stays in place even if you sleep rotisserie-style.
HMG Repack Cooking Cozy
Sale: $39.20 | Reg.: $49 | You save: $9.80
- Weight: 1.5 oz
- Materials: DCF11 + 3M Thinsulate Insulation
Ever cooked up hot food on a bitter night only to have it come out disappointingly lukewarm by the time it’s fully rehydrated and ready to be eaten? What a tragedy.
This adorable insulated cozy is just big enough to fit a single freeze-dried dinner and will help keep your food warmer longer. You can even save weight and space by repackaging premade dinners out of their mylar packaging and into lighter freezer bags without having to worry about losing the insulating properties of the mylar. Or make your own dinners and save money.
No matter how you approach hot food in the backcountry, the Repack will ensure that it’s actually still hot when you eat it. Also makes a great hand warmer while you’re sitting around waiting for dinner.
Hyperlite Roll-top Food Bag Kit
Sale: $56 | Reg.: $70 | You save: $14
- Weight: 4 oz (10L size)
- Materials: DCF11 food bag and rock bag, 2.3mm Lawson Ultraglide bear line
Because proper overnight food storage keeps your precious food safe from hungry bears and keeps precious hungry bears safe from your food. This kit takes the guesswork out of bear bagging, providing durable storage for your food, a rock-throwing bag that won’t immediately rip, and 50 feet of sturdy cord with a carabiner for hanging. We love that the roll-top bag seals with magnets for a more reliable closure.
HMG Unbound 40 Pack
Sale: $295.20 – $311.20 | Reg.: $369 – $389 | You save: $73.80 – 77.80
- Weight:
- White pack: 29.6 oz
- Black pack: 32.3 oz
- Materials:
- White pack: DCH50
- Black pack: DCH150
The Unbound is the newest addition to HMG’s backpack lineup and features more modern features, like a stretch-mesh back pocket, a bottom stash pocket, a removable stay and hipbelt, and side compression straps. Basically, it’s the same durable, ultralight, streamlined design HMG is known for but with shmancy new features that boost functionality without really increasing the weight.
HMG Unbound 2 Tent
Sale: $559.20 | Reg.: $699 | You save: $139.80
- Weight: 22 oz
- Materials: DCF5, DCF10, No-See-Um Mesh
If you’re only going to buy one thing during Hyperlite Mountain Gear’s biggest sale of the year, the Unbound 2 tent would be a great choice. $560 for a two-person DCF trekking pole tent is an incredibly good deal. If you’ve ever shopped DCF tents before, you know how spendy they can be — but the ultralight, abrasion-resistant, sag-resistant fabric is worth it for many hikers. With the 20 percent discount from this sale, you’ll be unlikely to find another tent with similar specs at this price point.
This tent is very ultralight at 22 ounces and provides 28 square feet of living space with 48 inches of height at the peak. It’s a great choice for couples, but is also light enough to be carried by solo hikers who want a bit more room.
HMG Stuff Sack Pillow
Sale: $47.20 | Reg: $59 | You save: $11.80
- Weight: 1.7 oz
- Materials: DCF8 + Polartec 100-weight fleece lining
An ultralight stuff sack pillow that weighs less than two ounces and can double as a small organizational stuff sack during the day. Do you need it? Not really. But do you WANT it? Absolutely. Inflatable pillows are rarely as comfortable as you think they’re going to be, and they’re dead weight during the day.
In contrast, this fleece-lined sack still serves a purpose during the day, and at night you can stuff spare clothes or rain gear in there until you reach the desired level of firmness. As HMG points out, a good night’s sleep is priceless, so don’t sleep on this deal. (Heh.)
Didn’t see exactly what you were looking for in this list? Head over to Hyperlite Mountain Gear’s website to shop the sale directly. You can get 20% off sitewide now through February 21, and HMG has tons of cool offerings for ultralight hikers.
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