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Because it is a favorite food choice of hikers and backpackers. Trail mix is considered an ideal snack food for hikes, because it is lightweight, easy to store, and nutritious, providing a quick boost from the carbohydrates in the dried fruit and/or granola, and sustained energy from the mono- and polyunsaturated fats in nuts.
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Trail mix is popular with campers too, and all of these outdoor types are trail goers.
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Because it's a mix of things that are good source of energy for eating out of hand while out on a trail, be it walking, hiking, riding, boating. And it doesn't require refrigeration, as it keeps well at air temperature.
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