Solo Backpacking 4 Days Around the Wild River Wilderness | Hiking the White Mountains of NH
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- čas přidán 15. 10. 2020
- Took the excellent forecast and holiday weekend as an excuse to go backpack around the Wild River Wilderness for four days. I started out mid afternoon on Friday proceeding about 8 miles through some epic New England Fall beauty, and some very marshy trail before making camp.
Day 2 I awoke to some warmer weather and proceeded up a couple of mountain peaks and hiking along a ridge line before hitting camp and experiencing quite the rain storm over night.
Day 3 with the winds from the night before I awoke to a dry tent and temps back down into the 40s. I took my time on this day just enjoying the trail and scenery. Stopping and admiring everything along the way. I ended up finding a stealth spot and camped out for the night.
Waking up to Day 4 with freezing temps but a fairly quick and easy 5ish mile hike back out to my car.
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A lot of people have been asking about trail names, and peak names and why I have not been mentioning them in videos lately. I have addressed this in some previous videos but I will copy and paste from another comment. I hope you all understand.
"I have been purposefully leaving the names of the peaks and trails I have been taking out of the videos lately. I didn't / don't want my videos to possibly contribute to the overcrowding and literal trashing of the trails thats been occurring lately.
With everyone trying to escape outside since covid it appears nobody did research on the basic principals of hiking / backpacking or the principals of Leave No Trace. If they did then they just don't seem to care. The amount of toilet paper, feces, and trash I have seen literally on or next to the trail in the last couple weeks is absolutely mind boggling.
I am hoping to add the names to the trails and peaks back in eventually hopefully once things kind of settle down up there a bit. I know a lot of people use the videos to plan their adventures. I did the same when I started hiking up in the Whites. Its part of the reason I started this channel.
With that said, I have a video up in some way shape or form for I believe every 48 4k and 52 wav peak. Some maybe in my AT series, and also my Pemi Loop series"
Here is an article about the issue www.nhpr.org/post/trouble-trails-forest-service-grapples-crowds-trash-and-human-waste#stream/0
Here you can learn about leave no trace (LNT) principals lnt.org/why/7-principles/
Good move. MF the Trailpanzees.
IMHO the time has come to go back to naming names. Last weekend I did the Kinsmans and Moosilauke, and the number of hikers seemed to be back to normal. Also, I saw no trash anywhere along the way.
Thank you for not naming names. I stealth when I can.
i can tell where you went and camped; i've been there. though i wish you had commented on trail conditions there as they are falling apart and not maintained
@@TheNeoMetric It was my understanding that the wilderness areas were supposed to be pretty unmaintained trail wise but I dont think the trail was bad at all. There is certainly some spots that were challenging navigating but I think a lot of that had to do with the leaf cover over much of the trail. But as far as actual trail conditions things looked pretty great to me.
Thanks for taking me with you. Love the relaxed attitude. So many times hikes are dictated by the need to cover x number of miles or getting to a waypoint by some arbitrary time. Wonderful to see you really enjoying the experience. Inspirational.
These are the best type of trips. Bunch of time and do whatever floats your boat haha. Thanks for watching!
You do low key and mellow so well. I love the Northeast at this time of year with the changing fall colors. Great job Chris! God bless.
Great video - took me back 30 years to my peak bagging days in the Whites. Loved the "socks on a sunny rock" to dry things out - been there, done that. I know COVID has driven everyone outdoors - the popular AT trailheads in CT are overflowing with cars every weekend. Fortunately I haven't seen too many signs of people trashing the trail or campsites, but I can definitely see how a place as popular as the Whites could quickly get overloaded. Thanks for putting this out there - an hour of my time well spent.
Thank you for making these Chris , I really enjoy them as I am sure others do :) happy trails
The back and forth on the warm/not warm pants was crackin' me up. Been there
Time Stamps for each day
Day 1 - ....the start of the video
Day 2 - 9:19
Day 3 - 27:19
Day 4 - 43:44
Loved it.
Brings back childhood memories of my brother taking me to that area many years ago. It was car camping but still a great memory. Thanks.
The shots you capture are so beautiful. It sucks being at home right now but looking at your vids let me escape, thanks for posting :)
Its what I aim for, thanks for watching!
Awesomeness!!
I loved this. So mellow. Thank you for your hard work
Really enjoyed watching....the colors were incredible!
love this video,
My first hikes were in that area back in the 70s. Lots of memories.
Great relaxing hike Chris. My kind of trip. Love the beautiful posh it’s you showed of the views and the fall colors.
Lovely vid! Spent 2 nights in that area last summer and it was really nice to see it w the fall color! Thanks for the relaxing trip!
I always enjoy your videos and the scenery that you show. Thanks.
Appreciate you watching Ann
Some really beautiful shots there. Thanks for the really great images. The fall colors really seemed to pop very well.
Nice Vid - Really enjoyed your narration.
Great video and appreciate all your work you put it to them
Thanks Joe!
This is soothing, moving, and beautiful.
Thanks Laura!
Another beautiful adventure! I spit out water when you did the Mountain House modeling ... thank you for that! LOL
Great video footage sound and content ..nice ! thanks
Loved this video :)
Thanks for watching!
Outstanding video! You keep getting better and better.
Thanks Lisa! as always appreciate you watching!
Terrific video Chris. Such a beautiful time of year up there.
It really is. Supposed to be getting snow up there today. I imagine its going to start looking quite different soon
Amazing video! Your cinematography just keeps getting better all the time! This area is on my radar. I'm told there's some good trout fishing to be found up there.
Fantastic trip!
Loved it!
Very nice vid, I really enjoyed it, thx man.
Appreciate you watching Eric
Beautiful video, Chris!
Thanks a bunch!
I love watching your videos. Beautiful hike.
Thanks so much!
love your paths less traveled for the reasons you posted a while back. living in the Whites myself, when it gets super crowded, I will retreat to similar haunts. love the videos
hello from turkey i love your videos . your voice is really chill :P your videos are so calm and filming is absolutely perfect . ✌🙂
Thank you so much!
Good job Chris.
Thanks for watching Greg!
I know it's hard work filming but your doing a great job and your vids are amazing cheers ur friend Matt Beck
Yes Chris I really enjoy the video. Like always your videos are amazing and very worth it to watch it to the end. All the views are awesome and beautiful. Thank you for sharing such of beautiful experience. I truly love nature and love hike as well. God bless.
Thanks for watching Nayda
Wonderful relaxing. Thank you so much for taking us along. I know we really slow you down. All those details made me feel like I was there. Watching some people's videos makes me sad or resentful that I'm not out there. This one just made me zen. Thanks.
Thanks Melinda! Just want people to be able to chill out and enjoy haha
Wow! Awesome fall colors Chris and fun video. I'm learning lots from your editing style and hope to apply those lessons to my own vids. Thanks for all the work that went into this. Keep on hiking!
It was definitely one of my more involved videos for sure haha I appreciate you noticing!
Great video my friend. Dig the fact you’re not naming names.
Hey man! Great vid again. Me and a friend of mine did this in August. That was a great trip!
To address your comment on trash and such - while I agree with you completely, keep in mind that it also might be more noticeable since trail maintenance, especially on secondary/tertiary trails, is extremely limited. In that vein, trash is not dealt with. I get that it shouldn’t be there in the first place, but I’m just giving you another perspective on why it could be more noticeable.
Anyhoo, take it easy! See you on the trails!
Great video, it’s a shame fall can’t last longer but I guess that’s why we appreciate it so much!! Already looking forward to the next one. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Paul!
If you haven't tried it yet, pick up some Meat Shrez Spicy Sriracha to add to your ramen...absolutely amazing "add-on" to ramen on trail and is shelf stable with recloseable packaging.
Great video man!! Wish I could have watched the premier. I will say that if they're gonna put your pic on food, it should definitely be a ramen pack lol. Looking forward to the next one.
I'd be down with that 😂
Amazing effort man ! Lots of work , greatly appreciated. Those kind of trips are the best with no real set plans, I will be heading up to the Whites again in a couple weeks, can’t wait ! Cheers !
I agree. Love being able to just do whatever I feel like at the time haha
ChrisGoesOutdoors Right on !
Didn't see this until too late. I guess I better hit the notification button. DOH! I really enjoy your vids. I contacted Trail Tales Podcast and suggested that Kyle bring you on as a guest, you'd be a great interview. I've loved watching your evolution as a videographer. Keep up the good work!
It was a good time in the premiere thing. Had never used it before haha. Appreciate that! It was great having the 4 days to myself. It really allows me to film quite literally whatever I want
Hey Chris, love your videos!! I am trying to get in back shape for a good hike next year. I let myself go...just a little. I did the Pemi Loop with my son a couple of years ago. We are going to stay at Dolly Copp with the family and do some day hikes and/or over nighters from there in 2021. If you’re in the area we would love it if you could join us.
Great video! You had me really entertained for all 50 minutes of it. If you've done the NH48 4k and the 52WAV you should finish the northeast 115 as it's not too many more mountains.
I actually looked at that list like 2 weeks ago and I have done a bunch of the other ones listed on it. I cant imagine I have too many more to do. Maybe that will be the next list to tackle!
That was a great video Chris I should be headed up that way next weekend,not quite sure what part of the white mountains, one that is less traveled 🧐 sweet
Enjoy your trip!
Awesome work Chris! Love the long format, watched it all in the premiere. We hiked Potash that same Saturday, watches the thunderstorms from outside of Conway that night. A great weekend all round. Thanks for sharing your adventures. Keep hiking.
Ya it definitely felt different making such a long video but I am really happy how it came out. That storm was something. TONS of lightning and thunder directly on top of us up there. A memorable trip for sure haha
@@ChrisGoesOutdoors .. I think your content here is better than a lot of what I see on Outside TV and Backpacker, and would fit perfectly with White Mountains TV. If it's an interest, you might reach out to them about sharing content. I don't know anyone at those channels, but I do know it takes a lot of work to put these videos together, it deserves many views.
Fantastic trip, amazing colors and weather! I just read your pinned comment and I am in full agreement with the state of things on the trails. I have seen way more trash and just overall lack of concern for the areas I've been hiking in. My last trip I wound up with a good sized bag of garbage that I packed out. The trip video I'm working on now unfortunately does need some tagging of peaks (Lake George 12ster Challenge) but moving forward I plan on eliminating a lot of the tagging I do in places that really don't need the extra attention.
Great trip, been enjoying your videos lately...I miss NH! Maybe next year I'll get back up there.
Great points Joe ! Hope you’re well my friend !
Another awesome video! I've been up hiking in the Whites every weekend since February, crushing out 4,000s and 52WAVs, and everytime I see a dude with a beard I'm like "Is that Chris from CZcams?!?!". Keep up the good work, and hope to see you on the trails!
Its only a matter of time. I feel like I run into so many people out on trail haha thanks for watching!
In your last two videos you've displayed a different style or technique to your recordings. Perhaps it is also the fall scenery but I suspect it is that change in style and the use of the music. Just different. And most excellent. I'm impressed.
Ya, definitely been filming things a lot different lately. Been enjoying it more too. Thanks for watching Mike!
Was up in Crawford Notch for the same weekend. The lightning show and the rain/wind on Saturday (10/10) from those storms was some of the most intense I have seen in my entire life, and I go storm chasing every chance I get. I was legitimately worried for all of the hikers up in tents on the mountains, that wind could legit tear up tents. Several at the campground I was in got busted up.
Ya it was pretty crazy up there. Lightning at some points like every 5 seconds. Feel like the storm sat on top of where we were at for a while. Constant thunder. Massive wind gusts. Luckily the trees seemed to take a brunt of the force of the wind at least
We are getting snow in our mountains tonight man!!!!!! WooooooHooooooo!!! I love New Hampshire!
Let it snooooooow! but preferably enough so that my 2wd van can still maneuver around up there hahaha
@@ChrisGoesOutdoors Yes!!!!
Great work, love it. looking for more of the same
Thanks Peter!
Really enjoy youre ride christ amazing
Thanks for watching Megan!
very nice video, i like it very much, thanks for that. A BIG Like . 235 Greetings from Germany :-)
Cheers!
Awesome vid Chris. Question. What mountain house did you use? What’s your favorites?
My brother and I did a Saturday-Monday pemi over the same weekend. We stealthed right before Guyot campsite (went counterclockwise) and that Saturday night thunderstorm was absolutely righteous. It felt like someone was flying B-52 bombers overhead with all the wind and the lighting made it feel like a rave. Crazy weekend but definitely was great for hiking. Great video
Ya the weather was wild. I saw some crazy stuff between the AT and CT but the light show from this storm was up there. The wind too. I had never had my tent completely dry after a rain storm like that but thanks to the wind rolling through my tent was 100% completely dry by the morning
@@ChrisGoesOutdoors we were in a Grand Mesa by Kelty, a tent I picked up for it's price and ~6L volume and we were surprisingly dry (given standard condensation from me breathing into the side all night) given the night. We actually had it freeze on us after the rain stopped, which might have been the result of where we were located, and just shook off a bunch of the frozen bits. Watching my brother fight with a frozen zipper was also a rip at 7 am.
Great stuff as always Chris, do you use anything to track your hikes/steps? I always think it's cool to have them documented so i can look back at my progress
It looks like an amazing wilderness area. I always feel a longing to visit such picturesque places, but alas, in Australia we don't get a great deal of "Fall" colour.
Im sure you guys have some great hiking otherwise though. I;ve heard great things anyways lol. Maybe some traveling in your future once the whole covid thing hopefully ends!
The grass is always greener on the other side. I'm people on North Americas east coast would love for some of the diversity you can get in Australia. But I get it.
longform works, if you were wondering...
Appreciate that, always a concern when dropping a 52 minute video haha
what size is that cook pot?
ive avoided watching it as i delayed my last trip of the year due to vehicle issues and miss being out in the woods backpacking and sleeping under the tarp, but now with the temps in northern maine and my poor circulation in my hands i think it might be to cold. :(
Do you tie off your food at night or are bear boxes available at most spots?
How is the water in the wind river during summer. I wanna get down there this weekend but I don't wanna have to plan my hike for water.....I always go places with little water and want a change hahaha....TIA.
Chris, could you tell me about the little pocket on your pack strap that holds your phone. I looked in your equipment list but didn't see it. Thanks.
Its one of the zpacks shoulder pouches. Pretty much works with every backpack ive owned
Hey Chris. Just curious how you pack extra batteries for the headlamp? Thanks.
I’ve been using the nitecore nu25 which is usb rechargeable so no extra batteries needed. Just recharge off the external battery I usually carry. For winter tho I will bring along a standard battery powered head lamp and usually just keep extra batteries elasticd together in my electronics bag
@@ChrisGoesOutdoors thanks so much for getting back to me! That was great info!! I will definitely look into that.
So Chris did you end up with an unidentifiable illness??? How much do you trust your sawyer??? I have to know its killing me??!!! Love your videos
Nope. Lived to healthfully tell the tale haha
Praise and a suggestion.
Hi Chris! I greatly enjoyed this video, especially since a friend and I backpacked this area last weekend (Columbus / Indigenous Peoples weekend). Loved the storm footage and your expressions and changing clothes on a frigid morning 😁. We heard that it rained hard Saturday night and that's when I'm guessing you were there. For the record, we started at the Bog Brook Trailhead on Sunday and spent the night at Perkins Notch Tentsite. The next day we hiked up the Rainbow Trail to Carter Dome. It got down to 30° on Sunday night at the tentsite. Our weather was good and we saw a tame pair of Spruce Grouse on the trail and Gray Jays that demanded to be hand-fed (we complied). My giving these details segways into my suggestion. I think you're overdoing it with your new policy of not naming trails and mountains in your videos. I truly believe that the ChrisGoesOutdoors channel is not going to increase foot traffic in any significant way by saying where you are hiking. And not telling us where you are, for me anyway, detracts from the enjoyment. So I would very respectfully ask that you at least reconsider your policy of not saying where you are in the videos. That said, I greatly enjoyed it and appreciate you taking the time you took to make this video.
I have definitely gave consideration to re-adding the names and probably will at some point.
I included the names of the mountains in one of the videos out of my hikes this year. I genuinely wanted to see if anyone mentioned going up to hike the mountain after I posted. I had multiple people message me within that following week that they went and checked out that specific peak after watching my video. Those are just the people that messaged me. Never mind people that may have just went and checked out the mountain and not said anything to me.
With that said, I know I am not sending an army of people to a specific peak or that I am the be all end all of how people choose what to hike in New Hampshire but there came a point when it felt like, and continues to feel like, the right thing to do.
With the recent massive increase in people hiking up there and the issues with overcrowding, trash, and disrespectful hiking behaviors and with posting videos to the Internet in my case to an audience of close to 17,000, many of which are hikers in the New England area, plus whoever else happens across the videos on CZcams, I feel the need to take what I believe is the responsible approach of leaving the names out for now.
Greatly do appreciate you watching the video. Sounds like a good trip! I am actually hoping at some point to work my way back up there and do similar. Stay at perkins, go up rainbow over carter dome, go over to height and down black angel
@@ChrisGoesOutdoors Thanks very much for the thoughtful explanation and I respect your reasoning. During COVID, we've all had to make various kinds of decisions that we haven't had to make previously. Not easy. If I remember correctly, you live near the Blue Hills as I do. Maybe I'll see you there someday ☺️.
Sound of rain on a dyneema roof puts this hillbilly right to sleep
Its a great sound. Especially when you are already in the tent, and then it ends before you have to leave the tent haha
@@ChrisGoesOutdoors hahaha yep!
I have never had anything to do with drones. But why don't people that like to do walk away shots build a light tripod and use the drone to shoot the shot and then fly the drone to them?
Gorgeous video, but what is up with you and all the ramen? You seem to eat that stuff on every video.
Ramen is light, inexpensive, calorie dense, easy to cook, easy to clean, can cold soak if necessary, can even eat raw if for some odd reason you had too. Put in quarter to half a packet of flavoring as to not overdose on MSG / Sodium and still tastes pretty much the same. Just works. Pasta sides I used to bring are kind of a pain and not that great flavor wise. Have gotten fairly sick of instant potatoes and mountain house / freeze dried are obnoxiously expensive comparatively
@@ChrisGoesOutdoors Good to know. Do you eat ramen at home or only when you're hungry on trail? I don't think I could get myself to stomach ramen either way lol.
@@woodalexander never touch the stuff at home haha
Should tell everyone what Mt that was you hiked ,
So disappointed that you didn’t mention any peaks. As far as trash and overcrowding there’s a vast difference between Lincoln Woods and the Wild River Wilderness.
Moist
Also.... amazing work Chris!!!!
haha thanks Mike!
Got dizzzzzzzy. tooo much changing from one image to another. I just barely get to appreciate that beautiful forest then another image appear. It is just not comfortable watching.