Osprey Kestrel 68 Rucksack
All about this product
General
Osprey’s Kestrel 68 Rucksack is designed for longer trips, and allows you to take more essentials. The large capacity provides space for bulky gear or allows you to take more essentials. Accessing this gear is easier than ever, with a huge U-zip opening on the front panel, providing an easy way to organise your equipment. The Kestrel 68 also features upper lid access with a drawcord closure alongside a lower sleeping bag compartment with a removable divider.
Kestrel’s back system has been designed for comfort and stability, featuring Osprey’s tried and tested AirScape back panel and a sturdy hipbelt and harness design; these packs will comfortably carry a heavy load. An adjustable design allows you to easily personalise the back panel's height using a hook-and-loop torso panel.
Kestrel 68 features numerous locations to store your backpacking essentials, including nylon-reinforced water bottle pockets, dual zippered hipbelt pockets, a large front shove-it pocket, a top lid pocket, an under lid pocket with key-clip and an external-access hydration sleeve.
Finally, the Kestrel 68 comes equipped with all of the essentials for life on the trail; an integrated and detachable rain cover, Osprey’s Stow-on-the-Go trekking pole attachment, multiple compression straps, sleeping pad straps, ice-tool attachments and multiple lashing loops. Whether tackling mountainous terrain, deep forests or winding trails, these packs set a definitive benchmark in backpacking comfort and performance.
Technical details
- Ideal use: Backpacking, travel, hiking
- Materials:
- 210D x 630D Nylon dobby
- Fullt adjustable AirScape backpanel with foam for comfort
- Sleeping bag base compartment with dividers
- Stow-on-the-Go trekking pole attachment
- Sternum strap with emergency whistle
- U-Zip suitcase opening on front panel
- Integrated and detatchable raincover
- 15mm side compression straps
- Dual access mesh side pockets
- Twin zippered hipbelt pockets
- Stowable twin ice axe loops
- External Hydration access
- Adjustable torso length
- Front shove-it pocket
- Dimensions: 78 x 37 x 37cm
- Weight: 1.8kg
Key Features
Volume (l) | 68 |
Specification
Closure type | Flap with buckle |
Luggage features | Shoulder strap |
Fit/Measurements
Weight (g) | 1800 |
Dimensions (cm) | 78 x 37 x 37 |
Other features
Brand | Osprey |
Ideal For | Backpacking, Hiking, Mountaineering, Travel |
Gender | Unisex |
Product Code | B42B3B0152 |
About this brand

One man’s vision has grown into a wide range of Osprey rucksacks and accessories that are being used from the highest mountains to the most remote islands and everywhere between.
With innovation in every strand of each pack and an identity born out of true specialism, Osprey continues that true pioneering spirit today.
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