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I'd approach this with a focus on differentiating needs and wants. You need image quality, low weight, and the right focal lengths. You don't need a body that feels nice, weather sealing, a large viewfinder, high framerates, or any of a hundred other features.
So what system has maximum image quality in a small package with quality lenses?
Nothing full-frame. There are no light full-frame bodies and few light full-frame lenses worth mounting.
Nothing Canon if you care about dynamic range.
Nothing M4/3s. You get a much inferior file for little, if any aggregate weight benefit over APS-C.
Probably nothing Sony. Their APS-C lens lineup is mediocre.
For the trips I take that tend to have 50 miles or more of backcountry hiking, I bought a Fuji X-T1. Building a kit today, it'd be between the X-T20 and Nikon's D3400. Both have stellar image quality and great (Fuji) or good (Nikon) lightweight lenses. The Nikon's inferior usability is offset by better battery life.
I do think it's worth carrying a tripod, just not the studio models certain vocal professionals seem to think are the minimum standard. I have a Dolica TX570B150SL. It's small, durable, stable for long exposures, and weighs about 2.5 lbs. A few carbon models slip just under 2 pounds.
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That would be ideal.
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