Granite Gear Crown2 60 Backpack Review
The Crown2 60 is light and does everything I need, as long as I stay organized around one big pocket.
The Crown2 60 packed for the Tahoe Rim Trail, July 2026.
On my first trip into Desolation Wilderness in 2012 the red pack on my back belonged to a friend, and so did the pants and the shirt. I borrowed my way through the next several trips too. The Crown2 60 has been my own pack since June 2021, bought in the same stretch as the hammock, when I stopped making do and started outfitting myself properly.
Since then the Crown2 has carried every one of my published trip kits, from three nights on the Lost Coast in February 2022 to the full loop of the Tahoe Rim Trail in July 2026. The pack weighs 38.7 ounces on my lists. The Crown2 is pretty great and does everything I need a pack to do. On a wet February day in Point Reyes in 2024, the yellow cover over the Crown2 held up considerably better than my rain jacket did.
The limit is pockets. The main body is essentially one big pocket, so I have to stay extra organized. I sort the small pieces into a 6-liter dry bag for camp gear and a 2-liter Sea to Summit bag for hygiene, which keeps the single compartment from swallowing them. The weight is the reward for that discipline.
What works
- Light for a 60-liter pack.
- Carries everything a multi-day trip needs.
What does not
- Limited pockets mean the load needs stuff sacks to stay organized.
Open the Crown2 60 in Backpackers Friend
The link adds the Crown2 60 to Backpackers Friend as a small gear bundle with the weight filled in, ready to apply to the gear list of your next trip.
The trip kits in Backpackers Friend
The Crown2 60 appears in eight of my trip kits. Each kit is a real trip and opens in Backpackers Friend as a gear bundle with every item, weight, and quantity.
- Tahoe Rim Trail, Leg 1, July 2026The first leg of my loop around Lake Tahoe, with the hammock as my shelter. 70 items on a 19.7-pound base weight. Read the trip report.
- Solo near Mammoth Lakes, September 2024A solo trip out of Mammoth Lakes. 80 items on a 21.5-pound base weight, including the only iPad I have ever carried.
- Ediza and Thousand Island Lakes, September 2024Two nights in the Ansel Adams Wilderness with my backpacking partner. 79 items on a 20.5-pound base weight. Read the trip report.
- Ostrander Lake and Buena Vista, July 2024A Yosemite loop with a guidebook shortcut through an old burn. 75 items on a 21.2-pound base weight. Read the trip report.
- Young Lakes, June 2024One night at Young Lakes out of Tuolumne Meadows in peak mosquito season. 77 items on a 21.9-pound base weight. Read the trip report.
- Chilnualna Falls, May 2024A solo loop toward Buena Vista that ended one crossing short, carried with a tent instead of the hammock. 72 items on a 17.7-pound base weight. Read the trip report.
- Point Reyes in the rain, February 2024An overnight at Coast Camp with a close friend in steady February rain. 78 items on a 21.7-pound base weight. Read the trip report.
- Lost Coast Trail, February 2022Three nights on the King Range coast, with a tent and a bear canister. 73 items on a 30.8-pound total pack weight. Read the trip report.
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Keep your own gear list with the trip
The gear checklist in Backpackers Friend weighs every item by category, charts the pack as you build the list, marks each item packed, and saves a list as a reusable bundle for the next trip. The checklist lives on the phone next to the route, the camps, and the offline map. The gear checklist is part of Premium, and planning a trip, drawing the route, and tracking the walk are free with no account.
