Trail/ Hike Calorie Calculator

[Lafayette]

So I would like to share a small spreadsheet that a buddy and I mocked up in excel. We're just a couple of geeks and thought it would be an interesting experiment. I was looking for a way to objectively measure the 'cost' in calories of each piece of gear, and especially all those extra personal items. While not important on weekend hike, as the trips goes to 2 or 3 weeks that 1/2 lb book can require a large amount of food and fuel.

 

What this spreadsheet does is allow you to enter your body weight, trail grade, mileage, and gear to compute how many calories you'll be burning. It makes a number of assumptions to keep it on the simple side.

 

If anybody has any ideas or improvements I would be happy to hear them.

 

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuSAKF-Mz6i3dENWRGU5elNhYTRxTjExT1pvRk5uYXc&hl=en_US

 

 

[skeletor]

this is pretty cool! My suggestion would be to add in an equation to calculate the grade easily. Most trailguides will give you distance and elevation gain, so if you just enter those numbers, it would save pulling out the calculator to figure out the grade.

 

Thanks for posting!