Category: trip videos

trip video: Teton & Washakie Wilderness – Younts Peak, July 2022

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This is a companion video to our upcoming trip report.

Meeting up with Richard and Mike, fellow backpackers from Backcountry Post forums, we were headed to Younts peak over the Wyoming high country along the Continental Divide. This was the second time I joined Richard on an adventure and since I’d survived the first, I thought I’d push my luck. Luck, in this case, can be interpreted as a few guests we met, 16 specifically.

You can our full detailed report of our hikes below in the index as they are posted.

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Three Rivers Junction Thermal Area

trip video: Yellowstone National Park – Dunanda Falls, Bechler Canyon, & Shoshone Geyser Basin, August 2022

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This is a companion video our Yellowstone backpacking trip report.

My brothers in law wanted to backpack for the first time and they wanted to do it in Yellowstone National Park. It was quite the ambitious idea, so I decided on a last minute trip to help lead them through. Thankfully, I was able to recruit Chris to help me chaperoning them. We spent 4 days and 3 nights covering the southwest corner of Yellowstone where we saw plenty of hot springs and waterfalls.

You can our full detailed report of our hikes below in the index as they are posted.

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trip video: Bob Marshall Wilderness – Prairie Reef & The Chinese Wall, September 2023

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This is a companion video to an upcoming backpacking trip report (at some point).

Richard and I teamed up again for a late season backpack into Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana. The Bob Marshall Wilderness is just south of Glacier National Park in Montana and is known for the 15 miles long feature called the Chinese Wall. Unlike the typical hike to visit these Walls, we had plans to be on top a couple of them. What do they say about plans? Regardless, my 3rd team up with Richard was again a Wild adventure, with a capital “W” as he says.

You can our full detailed report of our hikes below in the index as they are posted.

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trip video: Gros Ventre Wilderness – Granite Creek, West Fork Crystal Creek, Crystal Creek, & Swift Creek loop, June 2021

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As a companion video to our upcoming backpacking trip into the Gros Ventre Wilderness, I joined Richard from the Backcountry Post forums for an early season hike into the Gros Ventre Wilderness. Nestled between the Tetons, Wind River Range, and the Absaroka Range are these set of mountains that I had never heard of a week before meeting up with Richard at the trailhead. Wild is an apt description of the hike. That included the many wildlife we saw along the way and the difficult terrain that came with the early season.

You can our full detailed report of our hikes below in the index as they are posted.

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trip video: Yellowstone National Park – Hellroaring Creek, Yellowstone River, Black Canyon, & Blacktail Deer Creek, June 2021

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As a companion video to our first backpacking trip into Yellowstone National Park, we saw green rolling hills and rushing rivers that part of the early backpacking season. Along the way, we saw plenty of animal carcasses and bones under an unseasonably hot sun. We were also visited by a way too friendly black bear to round out our trip.

You can our full detailed report of our hikes below in the index as they are posted.

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trip video: Yellowstone National Park – Old Faithful, Mammoth Hot Springs, & Grand Prismatic, June 2021

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As a companion video to a few of our day hikes at the most popular spots in Yellowstone National Park, we do our best to capture the typical road trip experience through the park. That includes plenty of geothermal features from erupting geysers to colorful pools to cascading terraces. Along our way, we also so a grizzly bear, a coyote, and plenty of bison roaming the fields. 

You can our full detailed report of our hikes below in the index as they are posted.

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trip video: Vermont – Mt. Mansfield & Colchester Causeway, October 10 – 11 2020

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This is the video companions of trip to Vermont to visit our friend Jared. With good friends, it is always easy to pick up where we left off and this was no exception. We revisited Mt. Mansfield and then opted for less elevation by visiting Lake Champlain via the Colchester Causeway. In between we had a campfire and cookout to complete the autumn scene. 

You can find our full trip report of our hike in the index below.

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trip video: New York – Adirondack Mountains, October 2 – 4 2020

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This is the video companions of trip to the Adirondack Mountains to visit our friends Mat & Vru. They were awesome hosts taking us on a few summits in the Adirondack Mountains including Cat Mountain near Lake George, Hurricane Mountain near Lake Placid, & Owls Head Mountain near Long Lake. It was the perfect weekend to see the changing fall leaves even as we dodged the rain.

You can find our full trip report of our hike in the index below.

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Virginia hikes: Woodstock Reservoir via Little Stony Creek, May 15 2021

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Continuing from our previous hike report of Tibbet Knob, we spent the weekend camped out along Forest Road 92 in the George Washington National Forest. 

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After our early dinner following our short hike to Tibbet Knob, we decided to explore downstream on the Stony Creek Trail next to our campsite. As the Chinese proverb goes “飯後百步走，活到九十九” or after dinner 100 steps, live to 99. Well, a little more than 100 steps in our case but the stroll out to Woodstock Reservoir was the perfect fit for that sentiment.

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Virginia & West Virginia hikes: Tibbet Knob, May 15 2021

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The area around Stony Creek in the Lee Ranger District of George Washington National Forest is an go to for car camping or semi-car camping ever since we moved to D.C. Typically, we’d make the mile long hike up Little Stony Creek for our own isolated spot, but there are plenty along Forest Road 92 itself. We decided to grab one of those this time around on a last minute trip

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with a new mix of friends now that we’ve all had the jab. Hopefully this is the first of many more excursions.

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While here, we explored a couple of the smaller hikes. The first being Tibbet Knob, the lesser known outcrop on the same ridge as the popular Big Schloss.

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Virginia hikes: Chimney Rock, Riprap Hollow, & Wildcat Ridge, April 17 2021

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Shenandoah National Park is one of the parks thru hikers on the Appalachian Trail will cross during their journey between Georgia and Maine. However, I don’t know if the thru hiker ever really get the full Shenandoah experience if they only stick to the white blazes on the ridge following Skyline Drive and never try Blue-Blazing down on of the many hollows. While this could serve as the start of a spicy discussion of why I will probably never be a thru-hiker (JMT doesn’t count), I will save that clickbait post for another time. Instead, this post will highlight they typical Shenandoah experience with rushing cascades, crystal clear swimming holes, and rocky vistas out with views of the wide Virginian valleys. Maybe you’ll even see a black bear. All of which you’ll find on the Riprap Hollow loop.

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