These athletic, sleek packs remain true to their lightweight credentials: with their minimal weight and purist, technical look, the ACT Lite models are good-looking, light, yet reliable companions on any trek.

The Futura Vario is a comfortable backcountry hauler with air conditioning for long mountain hikes or trekking. The combination of its lightweight, round spring steel frame and the Vari Flex waist belt provides fantastic flexibility and carrying comfort.

The Deuter ACT-Lite 65+10 is a solid multi-day backpack with a great feature set and all under the 4 pound benchmark. The top loading design fastens with twin lid buckles and a stretch front compartment to hold wet gear, a helmet, or rain gear when you need it quit. Equipped with front gear loops allows for quick attachment of a sleeping pad or tent.

At less than 3.5 pounds, Gregory's Sage 55 is an excellent all-around backpack for overnighters and week long trail jaunts. Packed with features at an attractive price, the Gregory Sage 55 offers a comfortable suspension with side stash pockets, a large horseshoe zipper access pocket with side and bottom compression straps and integrated pack cover when your trail conditions start to get wet.

The Gregory Savant 58 is the largest of their All-Mountain line that's an ideal size for the short overnight or longer multi-day trips. The Savant 58 features a substantial wishbone frame that's the heart of the Intuition 3D suspension system. A large front access pocket allows for easy reach of your essentials during trail side snack breaks and lunch while an integrated raincover keeps your gear from soaking through on even the heaviest of rain storms.

There have been more Atmos 50 packs that have helped carry the gear of thru-hikers on the Appalachian Trail than any other pack! We don't really know if that's true or not, but it has to be close as Osprey's Atmos 50 blends the best in light weight and superior comfort for up to 5 days on this world class trail. The 3000 cubic inches with an average weight of just over 3 lbs means you can carry all you need and nothing you don't. The Atmos 50 also features a top floating pocket/lid with twin front pockets for additional organization. Other features include an internal hydration sleeve, zippered mesh pockets on the adjustable hipbelt and removable sleeping pad straps.

Osprey developed the Aura 50 to be a lightweight backpack for overnights and multi-day adventures with minimal gear. Tried and true as a thru-hiker's pack, the Aura 50 offers a great weight to volume ratio for your next superlight backpacking experience.

A long hauler for those 5+ day trips, the Kestrel 68 features large capacity and sleeping bag access and plenty of organization. Custom fits are easy at Blue Ridge, and you can expect the best in ventilated comfort on the warmest weather hikes with Osprey's AirScape™ backpanel with LightWire™ framing that provides excellent weight to carry comfort ratio.

Osprey's Exos 46 backpack is the ultimate thru hike and super lightweight backpack, thanks to the AirSpeedSuspension, which teams a 6061-T6 Aluminum frame with a 3D tensioned mesh backpanel, and side crescent ventilation.