Built for hiking
All-day sodium for the trail
Electrolytes for Hiking That Replace What You Sweat Out on the Trail
Long climbs, sun, and a loaded pack pull a lot of salt out of you. Saltivate puts 800mg of sodium back per serving to help you replace what you lose and stay hydrated on the trail.
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- Zero sugarno stevia, Reb M
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- Made in USAthird-party tested
Why hiking drains your electrolytes
A hike is hours of steady effort, often in full sun with a pack on your back, and that adds up to a lot of sweat. The biggest thing you lose in that sweat is sodium. Plain water replaces the volume but not the salt, so on a long day you can drink plenty and still feel wiped out. Electrolytes for hiking work best when they actually match what your body is losing, which is mostly sodium and not sugar.
Signs you are running low
- Heavy legs and a flat, sluggish feeling on the back half of the climb
- Headache that sets in a few hours into the day
- Muscle cramps in your calves or hands on long descents
- Salty crust or white streaks on your skin and hat brim
- Still feeling thirsty no matter how much water you drink
What actually helps you stay ahead of it
Most sports drinks and tablets are built around sugar and only carry a small amount of sodium, so they fall short on a real trail day. Since sodium is the main electrolyte you lose in sweat, replacing it in the right amount is what helps you keep your energy and stay hydrated. Saltivate delivers 800mg of sodium per serving, along with 240mg potassium and 60mg magnesium, with zero sugar, with zero calories in Raw Unflavored and 10 in the flavored mixes. Many hikers find that matching their water with the salt they are actually losing helps them feel better through the back half of the day.
Why Saltivate is built for the trail
Saltivate is a high-sodium electrolyte mix made for people who sweat through long, hot effort, which is exactly what hiking is. Each single-serve stick pack tears open and pours straight into your bottle, canteen, or bladder, so you mix a fresh drink at the trailhead or the next water source instead of carrying a scoop or a jar. Stash a few in a pocket, your pack, or the glovebox and the box of 30 keeps your salt grab-and-go, ready whenever you head out. Every pack mixes a bright, tropical Mango Pineapple drink with zero sugar and no bitter aftertaste, so you get real flavor on the climb without the crash.
- 800mg sodium per serving targets the salt you actually lose in trail sweat
- Single-serve stick packs are light and pack flat, easy to stash in a hip belt or top lid
- Zero sugar, with zero calories in Raw Unflavored and 10 in the flavored mixes, so no syrupy gut bomb or energy crash mid-hike
- Raw Unflavored is plain, just salts: it drinks like lightly salted water from a bottle or bladder
- Flavored options are sweetened with OnoSweet from fermented rice, not the stevia leaf, so no bitter aftertaste
- Made in the USA and third-party lab tested, with COAs published
- HSA/FSA eligible at checkout, no Letter of Medical Necessity needed
Try it. Sweat on it. Decide later.
Every order carries a 30-day money-back guarantee. If it is not for you, email us and we refund you in full. You do not even ship anything back.
What customers say
Love it! Super helpful high sodium for my POTS and doesn't taste too salty.
Mango Pineapple Electrolytes
Great flavor and taste.
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Common questions
How many electrolyte packs should I bring on a day hike?
A good rule of thumb is one serving for every bottle or two of water on a hot, long day. Many hikers carry an extra stick pack or two beyond what they plan to use, since they pack flat and weigh almost nothing. On shorter or cooler hikes you may only need one.
Should I use flavored or unflavored electrolytes for hiking?
Raw Unflavored is the easiest to carry and mixes clean into a hydration bladder or plain water. It is plain rather than tasteless: its roughly 2g of salt gives the water a light salty edge. If you like a flavor to encourage you to drink more, Orange, Mango Pineapple, and Watermelon are sweetened with OnoSweet made from fermented rice, not the stevia leaf, so there is no bitter aftertaste.
Why does Saltivate have so much more sodium than other electrolyte drinks?
You lose mostly sodium in sweat, and most drinks underdose it because they are built around sugar and flavor. Saltivate uses 800mg of sodium per serving to better match what you actually sweat out on a long trail day. It has zero sugar, with zero calories in Raw Unflavored and 10 in the flavored mixes.
Are the stick packs easy to use on the trail?
Yes. Each is a single tear-and-mix serving. Open the pack, pour it into your bottle or bladder at a water source, shake, and go. No scoops, no measuring, and no bulky container to carry. At under $1 per serving, they are an easy way to keep electrolytes on hand.
Pack the salt your trail day actually burns
Drop a few Saltivate stick packs in your hip belt and replace the sodium you sweat out on a long day. 800mg of sodium per serving, zero sugar, and light enough to forget you are carrying it. Buy 3 get the 4th free on full-size, and HSA/FSA eligible at checkout.
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| Saltivate | BPN Electrolytes | Buoy | Carnivore | Cure | Dr. Berg's Electrolyte Powder | DripDrop | DryWater | Gatorade | GHOST Hydration | Good Intentions | HRDWRK | Hydrate Pro | HydroMATE | Just Ingredients Electrolytes | Liquid I.V. | LMNT | Magna | Nectar Hydration | NormaLyte | Nuun Sport | Pedialyte | Prime Hydration+ Sticks | Promix Electrolyte Drink Mix | Propel | Re-Lyte | SALTT | Santa Cruz Paleo | Skratch | Thorne Catalyte | Trevi | Ultima | Vitassium | Waterboy Daily Hydration | Nothing found with these criteria | |
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| Serving size | 1 stick (6g) | 1 scoop (5.6g) | 1.5 mL (1 squeeze) | 1 scoop (~3g) | 1 scoop (8.3g) | 1 scoop (6g) | 1 stick (10g) | 1 stick (11g) | 1 powder stick (35g) | 1 scoop (9g) | 1 scoop | 1 scoop (3g) | 1 scoop (4.93g) | 1 stick (5.4g) | 1 scoop (5.7g) | 1 scoop | 1 stick (6g) | 1 stick (5 to 6.5g) | 1 packet (3.4g) | 1 stick (10.5g) | 1 tablet (5g) | 1 packet (8.5g) | 1 stick (9.8g) | 1 scoop (5.18g) | 1 stick (3g) | 1 scoop (5g) | 1 stick (6.6g) | 1 scoop (4.1g) | 1 packet (22g) | 1 scoop (10.4g) | 1 stick (4.8g) | 1 stick/scoop | 2 capsules | 1 stick (3.0g) | — |
| Sodium | 800mg (from salt) | 500mg (from himalayan pink salt, citrate) | 50mg | 500mg (from citrate) | 240mg (from salt) | 40mg (from pink himalayan salt) | 330mg (from citrate, salt) | 380mg (from citrate, pink sea salt) | 230mg (from salt, citrate) | 150mg (from citrate, himalayan pink salt) | 500mg (from salt) | 600mg (from citrate, bicarbonate, chloride) | 1000mg (from salt) | 250mg (from salt) | 100mg (from salt) | 510mg (from salt, citrate) | 1000mg (from salt) | 300mg (from salt) | 100mg (from himalayan pink salt) | 851mg (from citrate, salt) | 300mg (from bicarbonate) | 260mg (from salt, citrate) | 40mg (from sea salt) | 1000mg (from salt (himalayan pink)) | 260mg (from salt, citrate) | 810mg (from salt) | 968mg (from chloride (solarsea salts)) | 1000mg (from salt) | 400mg (from citrate) | 485mg (from salt, disodium phosphate) | 230mg (from pink himalayan salt) | 55mg (from salt) | 500mg (from salt) | 550mg (from pink himalayan salt) | — |
| Potassium | 240mg (from citrate) | 200mg (from chloride) | 10mg | 300mg (from citrate, bicarbonate) | 310mg (from coconut water) | 1000mg (from citrate) | 185mg (from citrate) | 1000mg (from citrate) | 70mg (from phosphate) | 375mg (from citrate) | 100mg (from chloride) | 300mg (from bicarbonate) | 200mg (from chloride) | 200mg (from chloride) | 300mg (from citrate) | 390mg (from citrate) | 200mg (from chloride) | 150mg (from citrate) | 250mg (from citrate) | 393mg (from chloride) | 150mg (from bicarbonate) | 180mg (from citrate) | 700mg (from dipotassium phosphate, coconut water) | 200mg (from chloride) | 80mg (from phosphate) | 400mg (from citrate) | 408mg (from chloride) | 200mg (from chloride) | 49mg (from citrate) | 96mg (from citrate) | 250mg (from phosphate, citrate) | 250mg (from phosphate) | 100mg (from chloride) | 140mg (from citrate) | — |
| Magnesium | 60mg (from malate) | 25mg (from bisglycinate chelate) | 0mg | 40mg (from oxide, citrate) | 0mg | 120mg (from citrate) | 39mg (from citrate) | 40mg (from citrate) | 0mg | 83mg (from citrate) | 30mg (from malate) | 150mg (from glycinate, citrate) | 60mg (from glycinate) | 15mg (from oxide) | 50mg (from citrate) | 0mg | 60mg (from malate) | 210mg (from malate, gluconate, glycinate) | 50mg (from citrate) | 0mg | 25mg (from oxide) | 0mg | 124mg (from citrate) | 60mg (from malate) | 0mg | 50mg (from glycinate, malate) | 178mg (from chloride (solarsea salts)) | 60mg (from glycinate) | 48mg (from carbonate) | 40mg (from lysinate glycinate) | 100mg (from citrate) | 100mg (from citrate) | 0mg | 20mg (from malate) | — |
| Sugar | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 7g | 0g | 32g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 2.5g | 0g | 11g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 7g | 1g | 6g | 2g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 19g | <1g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | — |
| Sweetener | Reb M (not from stevia) | Stevia (steviol glycosides) | None | Stevia | Stevia, monk fruit | Stevia | Sugar, sucralose | Stevia, monk fruit | Sugar, dextrose | Sucralose | Stevia extract | Sucralose | Stevia | Sugar, sucralose | Stevia, monk fruit | Cane sugar, dextrose, stevia | Stevia | Stevia | Stevia | Sucralose | Stevia | Dextrose, sucralose, Ace-K | Sucralose, acesulfame potassium | Monk fruit (lightly sweetened versions) | Sucralose, ace-K | Stevia | Stevia (RebD and RebM) | Stevia | Cane sugar, dextrose | Stevia (Rebaudioside A) | Sucralose, stevia | Stevia | None | Organic stevia leaf extract | — |
| Artificial ingredients | None | — | — | — | — | — | Sucralose | — | Artificial flavors, dyes (Yellow 5, Red 40) | Sucralose, Artificial flavors, dyes (Red 40, Blue 1) | — | Sucralose, Artificial flavors | — | Sucralose, Artificial flavors | — | — | — | — | — | Sucralose, Artificial flavors | — | Sucralose, Ace-K, Artificial flavors, dyes (Red 40, Blue 1) | Sucralose, Acesulfame | — | Sucralose, Ace-K | — | — | — | — | — | Sucralose | — | — | — | — |
| Pay with HSA/FSA card | Yes | No | — | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | — |
| Made in | USA | Unknown | — | USA | USA | USA | USA | USA | USA | USA | Unknown | Unknown | USA | USA | USA | USA | USA | USA | USA | India | USA | USA | Unknown | USA | USA | USA | USA | Unknown | USA | USA | USA | USA | USA | USA | — |
| Servings per unit | 30 sticks | 50 (jar) | 40 servings | 90 (jar) | 28 (jar) | 50 (jar) | 32 sticks | 12 sticks | 30 sticks | 40 (jar) | 100 (jar) | 100 (jar) | 45 (jar) | 30 sticks | 30 (jar) | 30 (jar) | 30 sticks | 28 sticks | 30 sticks | 30 sticks | 10 tablets | 8 packets | 6 sticks | 30 (jar) | 40 sticks | 75 (jar) | 30 sticks | 30 (jar) | 20 servings | 30 (jar) | 45 (jar) | 20 sticks | 50 (100 ct) | 60 (jar) | — |
| Price per serving | $1.33 | $0.90 | $0.98 | $0.46 | $1.37 | $0.97 | $1.12 | $2.50 | $0.90 | $0.82 | $0.22 | $0.30 | $0.78 | $1.20 | $0.83 | $1.39 | $1.50 | $1.96 | $1.47 | $1.33 | $0.75 | $1.25 | $2.33 | $1.40 | $0.75 | $0.60 | $1.20 | $1.00 | $1.20 | $1.13 | $0.67 | $1.05 | $0.50 | $0.50 | — |
| Price per 1,000mg key electrolytes i | $1.20 | $1.24 | $16.33 | $0.54 | $2.49 | $0.83 | $2.02 | $1.76 | $3.00 | $1.34 | $0.34 | $0.28 | $0.61 | $2.58 | $1.84 | $1.54 | $1.19 | $2.96 | $3.67 | $1.06 | $1.57 | $2.84 | $2.69 | $1.11 | $2.20 | $0.47 | $0.77 | $0.79 | $2.41 | $1.81 | $1.15 | $2.59 | $0.83 | $0.70 | — |
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