My wife and I go on at least one 4-5 day backpacking excursion every summer. Now....backpacking is NOT the same thing as day-hiking, though we love to do that as well. Throwing 50 pounds on your back, most of that resting on your hips, changes the equation for the kilt you wear.

What's your ideal backpacking kilt?

Me?

I have a 5-something yard digicamo cotton/poly kilt that is pleated reverse Kinguisse style, and the pleats are about 4.5-5 inches deep. It has 20 pleats, ten pointing each direction, meeting in the back (of course). The waistband is the usual, but it closes with two strips of velcro...no buckles here to get under the waistband of my back, and dig in. There are belt loops and I usually wear it with a web belt that also closes with velcro. If I were to re-do it I would only change it by making the pleats deeper and having fewer of them...say more like 6 on a side. I like the Kinguisse style, the pleats all open to the back, and they don't catch brush and stuff.

What's yours?