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Pioneer Camp Cargo Trousers

Cargo trousers and cargo shorts with five and six pockets, stretch nylon and quick-dry wovens, several water-resistant and several rated UPF 50+.

  • 20 styles
  • 20 colourways
  • XS to 2XL size run
  • $29.99 to $77.99

Colourways on this page: Black, Navy Blue, Purple, Grey, Grayish Green, Grey Blue, Dusty Pink, Army Green, and 12 more.

A cargo pocket is not a style decision on this page, it is a load-carrying one, and the difference it makes is felt going downhill. A phone in a hip pocket swings out and slaps the leg on every step; the same phone on the front of the thigh, in a pocket with a flap or a zip, sits still. That is the whole argument for cargo, and it is why the people who buy these buy them again: a walker with a map, a camera and a phone runs out of hip pockets on the first morning.

What varies across the cards is the fabric and the closure rather than the pocket count, which is five or six on nearly all of them. The stretch nylon pairs are the light ones for warm-weather walking; the heavier quick-dry wovens take more abuse and dry slower. Several carry a water-resistant finish, and several a UPF figure for open ground. The closure is worth reading: a flap keeps rain off and lets a phone bounce out on a scramble, and a zip does the opposite. Sizes run XS to 2XL.

Every colourway here is priced on its own; Pioneer Camp pieces keeps the figures current and the till is what decides.

02About these pieces

Questions about Pioneer Camp Cargo Trousers

For the days you carry things

How many pockets do Pioneer Camp cargo trousers have?

Five or six on nearly all of them, and the card prints the count and names the ones that zip. The number matters less than the placement: two hip, two thigh and one back is a different trouser from six pockets crowded onto the same leg.

Do Pioneer Camp cargo trousers look like workwear?

The stretch nylon ones read as hill kit rather than as workwear: the pockets are cut flat against the leg rather than bellowed out, so they do not stand proud when they are empty. The heavier wovens are closer to a work trouser and are cut looser.

Can you get Pioneer Camp cargo shorts as well as trousers?

Yes, and they are on this page too: the same thigh pockets at a walking length. If you want both, the convertible trousers on the hiking page do the job of two garments, with a zip across the knee as the price of it.

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