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Kelty Yukon 2900 Backpack
Yukon 2900 Backpack

Is there a kids’ backpack that can grow with a child?

Who makes quality comfortable backpacks for kids, ages 8 to 12? My grandsons love our weekend camping trips, but the best packs we can find, extra-small women鈥檚 packs, still have harness systems too large for them. S Fairbanks, Alaska

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Kelty Yukon 2900 Backpack

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You聮re right. There aren聮t tons of youth packs out there, in large part because there just isn聮t much market for them. Backpacking kids are relatively rare, and in most cases mom and dad get wheedled in schlepping the gear聴or they do so voluntarily to reduce the whining quotient.

Kelty Yukon 2900 Backpack

Kelty Yukon 2900 Backpack Yukon 2900 Backpack

So your grandkids are the exception, and I聮m please to see them so interested in getting outdoors. And there are indeed some packs that would work for them. Sort of the boilerplate pack for youngsters is the Yukon 2900 ($110). It聮s a classic external-frame design, which is actually a good design for a kids聮 pack because it can be telescoped as the child grows. Torso length, in fact, can be adjusted from 13 to 19 inches. Capacity is pretty good at 2,900 cubic inches. And there are plenty of pockets for kids to place聴and lose聴their stuff. makes a similar pack called the Scout Pack ($90). On the internal frame side, makes the Fox 30 ($79), an 1850-cubic-inch pack that can support loads of up to 20 pounds.

As the grandkids grow, put the biggest one into Terra 55 Youth pack ($129). It聮s a more modern internal-frame design, for more comfort and load-carrying capacity (3,350 cubic inches). It can then be handed down, and when that happens, the first to use it will have grown into small adult packs.

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