Is This Colorado's Most Beautiful Backpacking Destination?
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- According to locals, this backpacking trip will take us to Colorado's most beautiful overlook. I had to find out for myself. So my girlfriend Kristi and our dog Kovu head to the mountains for a three day adventure.
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Thanks for your videos on Mtn tv. So inspiring to watch a new adventure every morning . I've backpacked some of these same trails. Really great to relive part of the adventure. Thanks.
Please tell us the trail name, specific peak name, .... something. I know Weminuche area, San Juan Mountains, but we need the specifics so we can do this hike.....
Right lol. I'm looking around for what trail this is and can't find anything lol
Overlook Point, southwest of Chicago Basin
Mountain View Crest
You should have to figure it out yourself, personally doing the research ensures you know the area and dangers before you go. It should not be just handed to you on a silver platter. Plus it's more fun discovering places for yourself, rather than following an internet recommendation. It's also bad for the place if half the internet starts showing up there all at once.
Awesome as always !!!!
That is so beautiful! I’m so ready to experience my first backpacking trip! I wish I could go with someone that knows what to do ! Awesome video!
Me too lol! I think everyone could use a backpacking buddy
That view is truly amazing and breathtaking. I just moved here to Colorado and can’t wait to get some good hikes and views in.
The San Juan’s were my home for many years…Ice lakes basin is my favorite area, can’t go wrong anywhere in the San Juan’s though ! Great video Eric and fam. It’s fun to watch all the great reviews and beautiful places 🎉🎉
beautiful! Thanks for sharing
Welcome!
Just getting into backpacking. Haven't bought a single piece yet!
I live in the beautiful state of Washington! I can't wait to get started. Hoping to go up the Foggy Dew Trail for my first go!
Thank you for the videos on gear reviews!
What a gorgeous spot! It's love to go there!!
What a great job you do on your videos! So informative, epic scenery. One of my favorite backpacking adventures would have to be Grayson Highlands here in Virginia. In fact, I love it so much, I've gone twice, and am planning to go again in the spring. Wild ponies galore!
That was a favorite of mine when I lived back East. It was my first backpacking adventure and then we went back multiple times.
I live 2 hours north of here! Got into backpacking last fall in the desert and I’m really excited for some high-country expeditions :)
Epic in and out in Colorado!! Those vistas are breathtaking to say the least ! A question , now that your backpacking with the misses can ypu do a breakdown of how couples could pack gear or what you did for this epic trek?
Glad you asked! We filmed exactly that, the video should be out soon. ✌️
Gorgeous!!!!
I love Colorado I actually live there and it is amazing 🤩!
Glad to stumble across your channel. Beautiful cinematography! What are you shooting with?
Loved the high five at the end!
Hahaha thank you!
That Chicken pasta by Peak is really good!!! I have the Q core Delux pad and i absolutely love it!!! Only 20 inch so I’ll be passing it over to my wife so I can go to 25 inch. As always…. Great video! Perfect spot to sketch for Kristy too.
Awesome! 👍💪🤟
Reminds me of the High Sierra Trail in Sequoia National Park in California. Take it to Hamilton Lakes, easy two day or one long day hike. You’ll see spectacular views like what you have and more. It looks like the European Alps. You’ll be glad you did. Some people take it all the way to Whitney, but that’s a different story.
Yeah I really need to get into the Sierras more! I might take your advice!
I've grown so tired of American mountain ranges being compared to the European Alps or Swiss Alps. I don't think mountain ranges and tectonics were thinking "Swiss Alps" when they were forming around the planet. It's such an overused cliche as cultures around the world have been bonding with their local mountains since the dawn of humanity. The Swiss did nothing comparable to the Incas and Machu Picchu, and check out the rice cultivation by the Vietnamese and Chinese in those gorgeous, green limestone mountains of Southern China and Northern Vietnam: they've been doing that for centuries, perhaps a millennia
The US and rest of North America really only has one peer when it comes to overall mountains per continent: Asia, and that continent gets the nod, but not by much and pretty crazy considering the astounding number of taller peaks compared to N. America. But N. America has the vast greatness of the arctic and polar regions where mountains, glaciers, ice fields, tundra and wilderness remain much more intact than all but Antarctica. See the incredibly underrated mountainous landscapes of Baffin Island, Greenland, NW Territories, the Yukon and Brooks Range of Alaska. And Alaska is Alaska - the last frontier: unforgiving, intimidating, massively beautiful landscapes in constant transition. Thank you Russia.
The Alps are the Alps, the Sierras are the Sierras and the San Juans are the San Juans, albeit a subrange of the Rockies. The first two are actually whole mountain ranges. The Rockies is nearly 5x the area of the Alps. The Alps is 2x the area of the Sierra Nevada. The Rockies remains far less trampled by humans and the number of protected Wilderness Areas continues to grow - THANK GOD.
All three of these mountain ranges have genuine differences and their own spirit and array of spectacular uniqueness. In this case, the San Juans are a volcanic section of one of the largest calderas on the planet, a palette of colors you simply don't get in the Sierras or particular sections of the Alps. The San Juans also have a surreal blend into the most incredible collection of monoliths on the planet per square mile: the Colorado plateau into Utah and Arizona - checkout Courthouse Mountain, Cimarron Ridge and the flow into the Sneffels Range and Coxcomb Peak up above - that's a panorama only found in the San Juans compared to Sierras and Alps. Colorado is called the "colorful state" for a reason.
The Alps, in so many places, offer sublime vertical relief and steepness, especially compared to much of the American Rockies. Alps are also rich in contrasting colors like San Juans, photogenic, elegant lines, but the color variation has to be cut and pasted from different sections to = the San Juans. Europe's great range for peaks similar to much of the American Southern Rockies lies in the Sierras of Spain and the mountains of Greece. My big disappointment with the Alps, various trips - too many people, too much civilization, but so many of the various cultures they have integrated are incredibly kind and graceful. The Alps mountain cultures are simply the gold standard on planet Earth in terms of recreation and modern lifestyle.
The California Sierras, amazing, almost instantly recognizable type of granite, steep vertical relief and one of the greatest trees on the planets dots its slopes (Giant Sequoias), Tahoe is supreme, oh the waterfalls, Yosemite Valley breathtaking - the Alpen glow of the Sierras is something else. And you are right, the High Sierra routes (actually a few of them) are some of the great high routes of the world, albeit the Rockies' Wind River Range High Route will blow anyone away and it has such a particular vibe to it and sense of Wilderness that just doesn't quite happen in Sierras.
Btw, look carefully at this video as the lush green valleys, basins of the San Juans actually have more in common with say the Swiss Alps, not the Sierras. You are more accurate when comparing the Sierras vertical relief with typical Alp's ranges. If you want to see some of the best views of the San Juans, check out Karl Decker Presents - a great climber and he nails the colorful, psychedelic landscapes of the San Juans.
PS I am not from Colorado.
See below link, there you go, just one of many, many incredible clips that highlight how unique the San Juans are, oh the colors. Also look for clips of the Red Mountains (3 separate peaks). Karl has several other summit videos from San Juans released in the past month.
Such an array of colors can only come from the massive volcanic activity and La Garita Caldera that shaped Western Colorado, Utah and Western New Mexico. The San Juans also contain some incredibly jagged sections in the backcountry: The Needles and Grenadier Range.
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Realy nice
Love the freestyle 🤟🏾
Awesome spot, me and 4 buddies are looking to go to this area this July. What was the trail name youre on here?
What was the dry bag used for water transport? Any new recommendations for that?
Somewhere near the Chicago basin I'm assuming. Peaks in the distance look similar to Sunlight/Windom. If so, I'd guess East of the Chicago Basin, and that they started around the Vallecito Reservoir.
Correct. Overlook Point, southwest of Chicago Basin
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Your editing is really good. What camera equipment were you using?
Hi Eric! Thanks for your awesome videos. Question? Where is this trailhead located? Can you give me more information on this beautiful hike ?
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Do you know if there is any tipe of restriction while hiking and making fire while cooking in Colorado? Thankyou
Come to NZL summit to sea adventure in a day. In the mountains in the morning and diving in the big blue in the afternoon. Good times.
I wish we could but as far as I know, New Zealand still isn’t allowing Americans to come in. Am I wrong?
@@TheNypenfan touché not to worry once we get to the 90% vaccination point guaranteed we’re gonna be open many bussinesses rely on that tourism dollar. Look forward to getting visitors here by Xmas, fingers crossed.
@@TheNypenfan I thought Americans needed to be vaccinated to travel internationally as in off the continent travel
@@tooxtalivai0690 yes. But several countries just 100% ban Americans from coming right now. New Zealand is one of them.
I've been to New Zealand twice now but there's so much more I gotta do!
This destination is truly beautiful! Wind River Range has been in my super short list. Is there something in particular about this destination in the San Juan’s better? Coming from the Northeast I have to plan my trips carefully.
Wind River and San Juans are both spectacular! I loved this spot because of all the layers of mountains. But you can't go wrong in the San Juans!
Wow. Looks like a great trip. Did you really cover 30 miles in one day with those packs or was that round trip? Seems more likely round trip for 3 days trip.
Given the time they set off and the daylight, it definitely wasn’t 30 miles out. Fantastic location.
I’m sorry if this question has been answered but where in the San Juan’s is this???
This is stunning! What kind of camera gear do you use?
Thanks! Mix of DJI pocket and Sony A7RIII
where’s the location to this trail
What time of year would you recommend for the San Juans?
Spring through winter is pretty great! :) But for backpacking I'd say late summer.
30 miles one way? Or round trip?
Have you ever experienced altitude sickness. 12k is really high for backpacking.
I have in minor doses. I've been up pretty high before, nearly 20,000 get in South America. But luckily we didn't have any really affects other than not sleeping very well up there.
Unbelievable views!
Where did you stash your food? Bear canisters?
We didn't need to do anything in particular. Bear activity was extremely low in this area.
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What trail or location in Colorado is it at?
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No moonlighting as a rapper for you buddy 😂 Just kidding of course. Great video!!
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I've already had a few offers for record deals. But I think I'm gonna hold out for the big time deals!
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Do you have a link for this trail on AllTrails?
I'm thinking he purposely didn't share that
He mentioned the Weminuche Wilderness. I was there this summer. Such an amazing area.
@@brianmcmurdie Any idea of the trail or do you have one that you could recommend? Those views…
It's true, I purposely did not include specifics on this location. Sorry, but I don't want to blast it out. The San Juans have a ton to offer tho and you can't go wrong!
What tent is that?
It's the tungsten ultralight 3 person tent from Marmot!
WOW....WOW WOW. Starting off your hiking video with white guy off the cuff RAP...That is a bold statement. But I'm still watching
Glad I didn't scare you off!
San Juan’s are on the list…
Yeah buddy!
What mountain is this
Overlook Point, southwest of Chicago Basin
Gotta question?! What’s is the best method to deal with ticks when tick season is at its highest??
Hmm. That's a good question. Permethryn from Sawyer seems to be quite effective. You can apply it to clothing and it's safe. Or find a tick-check buddy!
I've lived in Colorado my whole life and have never been bite by a tick!
@@jamesbrooks3664 trying to find the highest times when ticks are at they rampant. I’ve checked charts. But just trying to figure out the parts of the year. When an little extra protection is needed. This is for my daughter. She’s trying to discover a grizzly chipmunk 🐿 lmmbo. She’s not right in da brayn. She wants to try different areas to go hike of the country. Thanks for everything
Yes, send them to Colorado instead of Wyoming.
Eric ... Like you said awesome scenery ... Thanks for making the video and sharing it with us ... Curious what the name of the lake is and/or the name of the two prominent peaks in the background are? ... I'd like to check the area out for myself ... Thanks in advance ...
Hey Craig! Unfortunately I was sworn to secrecy about the specifics of the place. Sorry about that. But they're in the San Juans!
@@BackpackingTV ... No worries ... I figured it out on my own ... It has been added to my bucket list of hikes to do ...
@@Colorado_Kkid would you like to privately share this info with me?
@@marcusaurelius200516 would love if you could share with me privately!
@@Colorado_Kkid any luck figuring this out? been looking for a couple hours...
Does Kristi have a site where she sells art?
She does! www.kristiscanvas.com and fineartnomad on IG
Something kind of icky about making a video showing off a place but also wanted to keep it secret . .pick one
Overlook Point, southwest of Chicago Basin
30 miles in one day?????
where is this? I live in CO and would like to take my wife
And for the record the best view in Colorado is in the rear view mirror on the way to the Sierras....just sayin.
heyo! Zing!
OOOF High Level Cringe.!!!!!!