Backpacking Sequoia National Park Amazing Views Hiking Mt Silliman Twin Ranger Crescent Lake 4k60fps
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- This is a video from 4 day on and off trail adventure backpacking trip in Sequoia National Park, June 12th, 2020. I start hiking from Lodgepole and head up to Silliman Lake where I make the first 2020 ascent of Mt Silliman according to the register, I then continue on an on and off trail route to Twin Lakes, Crescent Lake and Ranger Lake, going into Kings Canyon National Park. I hope to go up and over the Tableland if my planned route works. I meet a cool Marmot and have an exciting Bear Encounter. The Views are spectacular and the scenery stunning. Filmed in 4k 60fps on my iPhone 11 Pro Max.
Be aware that I say Mt Whitney is to the west a couple of times, it is of course to the east of Mt Silliman.
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00:00 Intro
00:32 Trip introduction
04:07 Climbing the friction slabs
08:27 Silliman Lake
11:44 Day 2
18:16 Mt Silliman Summit
25:57 Bear!
28:20 Twin Lakes
31:31 Silliman Pass
32:51 Twin Peaks
36:15 Off Trail
39:48 Crescent Lake
43:16 Ranger Lake
45:43 Day 4
How refreshing to see a hiking video without distracting music, and at an enjoyable pace so we can actually see and hear the surroundings. Beautiful job!
Appreciate that, I try to bring you out there to experience most of what it is like:-)
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I watch a lot of hiking videos and this is one of the best productions I have ever seen. Informative and inspirational. well done!!
Wow, thanks! Really appreciate it!
Lived in Sequoia for 3 years. Spent a lot of time on/over the pass. You did a masterful job of capturing the beauty Sequoia has beyond the big tress.
Thank you so much, appreciate it!
Watching this one again. That Silliman camp spot is wonderful. And the beautiful lakes along the attempt to reach the table land were worth the trip. Thanks. God bless.
Glad you enjoyed it, it was a great trip!
A gorgeous area, Jarl. Incredible views everywhere. I think I liked the friction slab the best, the waterfalls near the top were very impressive. Of course the views from Mount Silliman were awesome. I liked your marmot friend who seemed to go about his business with no concern for visitors. You were very shrewd to find another route when the hike proved too sketchy. Thanks for sharing and safe journeys.
Glad you enjoyed it Rick!
Beautiful video Norwegian Explorer! That's my old home territory - I was the Ranger Lake backcountry ranger for a couple of seasons 30+years ago. The NPS stopped having a ranger stationed there after the 2000 season). Climbed Silliman more times than I can remember and never tired of the view all the way to Mt. Whitney and Mt. Russell on the Sierra Crest and to the Palisades and Mt. Goddard in northern Kings Canyon NP. For future reference, the saddle you were intending to cross from Crescent Lake (James Sheep Pass) to the Tablelands is actually fairly easy and the travel once you are on top is easy in several directions. The small lake you stopped at on the way to Crescent Lake is one of two stair stepped lakes we called Morningstar Lakes and the little lake just NW of Lost Lake is Upper Sheep Camp Lake. Very little snow in the Tablelands for this time of year, though not as dry as some of the years in the late 80's.
Thank you Bob, this is fantastic information to have, I was wondering if the saddle had a name, could not find any beta, but on my maps it did look doable, I was also considering going straight (south) on the saddle I was already on past Crescent Lake and up the shorter route that had a few snow covered chutes going up on the ridge, but I felt I was running out of time for doing things I wasnt sure about. This is great to know for next time, the area east of Mt Silliman is amazing! There were actually nobody at Ranger Lake when I got there, so I had the whole area east of Silliman Pass to myself. Yes, very little snow, I carried my crampons and Ice axe without using them, I actually carried my 38lb backpack all the way to the gap below Mt Silliman in case I would be able to go down the steep chute to Little Lakes. Thanks for the valuable info:-)
Bob, I may have met you at Ranger Lake 30+ years ago on my very first extended journey in the Sierra (Deadman Canyon loop). I then got the backpack bug bad, and been just about everywhere in the Sierra. I have been through that area three or four times, and it never gets old. I still plan on getting to Lost Lake, probably from Rowell Meadow. Seville Lakes is nice.
Bob! This is Tim and Erika Williams in Three Rivers, lol!
In 1977 I went on my first backpacking trip to Twin, Ranger, and Lost lakes. I was 16. My mother had hiked to Ranger Lake in the 1950s when she worked at Giant Forest, and recommended it. Went back to the area at least three times. Failed a cross country route to Moose Lake one year due to too much snow in the Tablelands. Summited Silliman twice. Remember leaving a new journal in the summit registry (then an ammo box) because the old one was full, about 1980. Becoming a Backcountry Ranger was my dream job back then. Thanks for the memories Norwegian Xplorer!
Thats awesome! My pleasure, thanks for the journal:-)
Another stunning video of incredible scenery! Very enjoyable viewing 😁
Many thanks!
Beautiful shots and an epic adventure. Thanks for sharing it with us!
My pleasure! Thanks for watching!!
Hey! Cool to see you posting on someone else's video. Love your stuff!
Great photography and looks beautiful back there....an no people! Wow! What a gem. Tx for sharing.
Thank you!
Wowww. I am amazed .....what a wonderful experience!!!!😁😁😁
It was, thank you!
Our backing days ended many years ago so you have enabled so many wonderful memories for us and we thank you for that
your video is stunning we played it on a video projector and felt we were right there
Oh cool, a real big screen then, Thank you!
What I liked about your video compared to Kraig Adam is that you TAKE time to SMELL the ROSES and just take it all IN. You immersed yourself on the beauty in front of you. Everytime I see your video, I felt like I'm there too and Immersing myself on such beauty of nature. I appreciate you and you are the first I have subscribed in Nature Trips!!! God keep you safe 💙
Wow, thank you! Really appreciate it, I have watched a few Kraig Adams videos, and I do like his style so I really appreciate what you are saying:-)
The photography is amazing, Thank you for letting us go along.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it:-)
Thanks for the beautiful video. Gave me great nostalgia for long ago trek through same area when my wife and I were newly married circa 1977. It was our first solo hike as a couple and led to many more years of trekking the length and breadth of SEKI country. Will continue looking for your video stories.
Thanks Ralph, glad you enjoyed it!
I’ll be up there at Lodgepole Sunday backpacking to twin lakes and ranger lake. Thx for sharing 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Awesome enjoy!
Thank you , . . . I need to be reminded of what Heaven will be like, while living in this " wrong is right, right is wrong" world. Lovely !!!
Thank you!
I have a photo from Twin Lakes taken 20 years ago when I was there with my (then) 15 year old daughter. It was mid-summer. Beautiful, almost ethereal, scene. It was like an image from a painting or fairy tale.
It is a beautiful place indeed!
You have a nice eye and style with your photography. What a beautiful place to backpack through.
Thank you William, appreciate that, it is beautiful for sure!
Great video. Thanks for having us along.
Thank for watching!
Compliments for the scenes!!!👏👏👏
Thanks!
Beautiful in 4k!
Great video, thanks!!
Thank you too! Appreciate it!
Love how you take your time and enjoy what’s around you, instead of being so focused on making miles.
Thanks, I am more about exploring, especially on this trip:-)
Sierras are beautiful. Best part you don't really have to worry too much about rain when you're backpacking there.
Yeah, thats true, I always carry rain gear though
Good stuff Sven. Crazy rock beaver was just waiting for you to look away.
Thanks lol
Beautiful scenery! Thank you for posting.
Thank you too!
thank you for all of your time and effort.thumbs up
Thank you Mike!
Beautiful, this is what we miss when we don't or can't hike in area like this. Thanks for the views.
Thank you, it was fantastic to be back out there!
I loved this video. Beautiful clear video, just amazing what one can see away from the road. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Thank you it is for sure!
Absolutely amazing!
Thank you so much!
This Video made me want to dig out my backpacking photos (35mm) from decades ago when I took pictures of some of the exact scenes at Silliman Ridge! Thanks for the memories...!
Awesome, thank you!
Wow, what a beautiful place! Lots of exfoliated Granite, the plutonic remnants of a vast volcanic arc.
Yes its absolutely gorgeous, a lot in common with Yosemite
I love everything about this video - the beautiful scenery and narration. I was often thinking the same thoughts, right before you said them. Wonderful, thanks!
Thats awesome, thanks:-)
Amazing video simply adorable cute and relaxing it's peaceful nature at it's beautiful sight a wonderful stress reliever from hard work.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it:-)
oh wow all your videos are great up in the Sierra. Lodgepole we camped there when we were kids. Loved it.
Your first visit...how'd you like it?
Awesome! Thank you!
Yeah, first time entering from the west, loved it! I normally go from the east side which is also great.
Stunning views well done!
Thank you!
Oh my goodness thank you so much for sharing the west side. I have clearly, incorrectly been an eastern sierra snob for to many years. I will have to expand my horizons after seeing this. Your last several videos have been absolutely stunning, editing and music (those wind chimes💖) have been spot on. But the game changer is including yourself in the videos it makes a huge difference. A perfect balance. Thank you again for sharing this, off trail in the sierras is the only way to go.
Thank you so much, that was awesome to hear, my first time in the west too, I like both, as long as I can get out of the woods a bit and see some views lol
Magnifique,très bien filmer des paysages somptueux et sauvages,vous m"avez fait rêver,merci 👍👌
Thank you!
Awesome video and great commentary! Thanks!
Thanks Edward!
Wow, the colours of all these lakes, not from this world! Beautiful
Yes, stunning!
Loved the pictures with the clouds and the fog rolling in, und das glockenspiel...thank you from an Oma in Southern California.
Lol, sehr gut! Thank you!
Beautiful beautiful beautiful program thanks
Thank you!
I was looking into this hike recently. Those views are amazing. Wow wow wow.
Beautiful place, you will enjoy it!
The meadows and lakes are so beautiful. The reflection you captured of the snow on the lake in the early morning was awesome. Spectacular views. The trees growing in the high country are so unique. Their twisted trunks and sparse branches. Great video!
Thank you very much:-)
I love the Sierras. Home of the Gods. Spectacular footage. Thanks so much for sharing. (Love the wind chimes too).
Thank you appreciate it:-)
WOW‼️ Awesome video‼️👍
Thank you! Cheers!
The water running over the rocks and stones was just perfect. With international travel complicated, this looks like an excellent alternative.
Thank you, glad you like it!
@Cabrones cabron Yes, sure!
Unbelievable! You might've come from Norway to my backyard to visit and enjoy a place that I have not explored like you have. Great job! The shots and quality of your video are excellent.
Thank you, appreciate that, its beautiful!
Awesome camera quality. Thanks for bringing us along.
Thank you for watching!
Stunning footage!
Thank you so much:-)
I thoroughly enjoyed this video from start to finish. 😍 @5:50 and @7:36- I love hiking on granite like that. So beautiful! Sweet campsite @10:00. Those were some epic views from the top of Mt Silliman. Wow!♥️♥️ Sequoia National Park really has it all - the views, the lakes, the waterfalls and the wildlife. I have yet to run across a bear except in Yosemite Valley a number of years ago (in the valley). Ranger Lake was definitely worth the change in plans. Mount Silliman is gorgeous from that lake! Great adventure!
Thank you Maryann, I seem to run into bears wherever I go these days, Utah, Sequoia, Yosemite, Washington etc, I am not sure why, but I love it, bears are awesome lol
Norwegian Xplorer - you are lucky!
I am also seldom in a group, so Im quiet, and after a few days on the trail I smell like food😂😂😂
Norwegian Xplorer - LOL! I do hike solo, but still haven't been lucky. Although I've seen a bob cat and felt like a much bigger kitty cat was watching me. But no bears. Maybe I need to work on the smell a little more! 😱😆😂
@@MaryannHazel Hahaha!! I would love to see a Mountain Lion for sure, thats would be awesome!
This is awesome, man. Love the high def at that framerate. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, yes its my first video where I have kept the framerate at 60fps all the way to CZcams and it makes a great difference in the smoothness.
Amazing trip, NX! Thanks for showing us that, sometimes, the trip doesn't turn out quite as planned, and turning around may be the better decision. The mountain will always be there... as they say.
Absolutely, I didnt have much beta except for my maps when I planned this, but looking back at my footage I discovered a different route up to the Tableland, straight up from Crescent lake.
Hello Norwegian Xplorer! Really appreciate the tranquil, unhurried pace of your video. Beautiful country.
Thank you, appreciate it, glad you enjoy it:-)
Beautiful amigo .
Thank you!
A very good hiking video! The place is so beautiful! You did a great job! Liked and Subscribed to your channel.
Thanks a lot!
Very nice, brings back memories of hiking thru Tablelands as a younger person. I also crossed thru on the High Sierra Route north of there 2 times in May and skied across the Sierra, exited north of Whitney. I love that part of the Sierra...it's been many years since I've been there.
Awesome, I would want to do the High Sierra Trail at some point, looks really amazing, and skiing would be really cool!
Awesome video! Great trek! Silliman looks like a great destination!
Thank you, yes it really is!
Great video of a very beautiful area Jarl!
Thank you Bryan!
A wonderful video and I agree...no loud, distracting music but soothing sounds. Thank you so much.
Glad you enjoyed it!
That was pretty cool I’ve been to the Sequoia, many times as a kid. Never made my way up there, I will now thanks for the video.
Thank you, enjoy as I did!!
You've done some amazing trips!
I have, thanks for watching!
I love your panning shots of the various landscapes, and your choice of soundtrack of the chimes compliments the visuals.
Glad you like them!
Beautiful video! 👍🏽💯🏕🏔
Thank you!
Lovely. Can't wait to go back again mate
Same here!
Excellent! I'll watch this when I get home from work!
Cool, enjoy!
Thank you so much for this video. I haven't been able to get up there yet, this season, and your video made me feel like I was there. Glad you had a great trip!!
Thank you, appreciate it, it was stunning out there, hope you are able to get out there soon!
One of the best videos I've seen in a long, long time. Very beautiful scenery and cinematography. Thank you for sharing!
Awesome, thanks so much!
loved your video - watched parts of it on my lunch break. Thank you for making it. It was not over done or under done - just perfect. Crowley Canyon is a wonderful canyon in it's upper reaches, not too many folks take the time and effort to explore back up there...beautiful to see this full screen in HD - very smoothly filmed !
Thank you Sam, Crowley Canyon is indeed wonderful, I have to go back there and explore it more thoroughly!
This was great. Felt like I was there. Terrific pacing and music selection. Thank you.
Thank you, appreciate it! Music by Melantopia
One word: beautiful
Thank you!
I see you were keeping the mosquitoes at bay with the head net Jarl! 😂😂😂. Wow! That was beautiful. Those reflection shots from Silliman Lake were amazing. Makes me miss California a little. 😉
🤟 keeping the mosquitos at bay🤟
Awesome friend
Thank you, appreciate it:-)
Incredible video
Thank you!
Thanks for a well-composed and beautiful video. The size of your pack reminds me of old times . . . but marmots encountered on a cross-country route were seldom so approachable back then!
Robert Phillips thanks for your kind coment Robert, I dont mind a big pack since I do a lot of desert expeditions where you have to carry gallons of water, its good for me to be prepared for that in terms of being able to handle the weight.
Thanks for sharing your adventure Norway. I used to live not that far from Sequoia National Park. Never hiked it, but I've been up there a couple of times. I didn't realize how beautiful it is going with you on your hike. Thanks again my friend and be careful and take care.
Thanks for watching! Its beautiful up there!
People go on about how pretty Canada is, but man, USA matches their beauty easily...judging by the hikes you film :).
I totally agree, and how about the weather? Would love to explore Canada though!
The most beautiful. place I used to travels like this years ago I don't climb since 2011 but Im always around mountains we live beautiful States in America I grow up since childhood three snow country unti l now this is paradies😲 thank you bless your heart good luck wish you the best mercy 🏵️🌼🌻🌺🥀
Thank you>
🐦🙋🌞🌞🌞👍 Beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
Dude! You are a total badass! Nice job!
Thank you!
This was great! I passed over this video a few times until tonight when I recognized your smile in the thumbnail....the guy that hiked a couple of outings with Joey C! You obviously learned well from him and have his same passion for being out in the wilderness. I immediately subscribed after watching the first few minutes. Keep up the good work and keep doing what you enjoy. It clearly shows in your video.
Thank you, yes me and Joey share the same enthusiasm for the wilderness for sure, thanks for joining:-)
great video. thanks for making the effort to create an index for your video it really helps. I watch your videos straight through and then rerun and take notes if I think I might want to give the trail a try. looking forward to your next video.
Thank you, and thanks for noticing the indexing, its a new feature youtube just rolled out with chapters.
Planning my first trip to king canyon and sequoia national park, hopefully in a few months. Thank you for sharing the video of this beautiful place
Thank you for watching, enjoy your trip, you will
love it!☺️
You need to add Yosemite if you are that close
Beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
I love the Sierras. Nothing compares.
Agreed, its awesome!
Very well done and much appreciated. Thank! Modeled after Joey's vids with just the right amount of soundtrack.
Thank you Robert, yes, I have learned a lot from Joey!
Absolutely stunning ... thank you so much for sharing your adventure. I’m happy to have found your CZcams channel, especially since Joey C doesn’t appear to be posting videos any more. Again, thank you!!
Thank you Kevin, Appreciate that, and welcome!
Awesome! Thank you so much!!
You are so welcome!
Everything is beautiful as long as the people don't touch it!
Thank you!
Wow. That is beautiful.!!!
I visit Sequoia trees. It was a amazing experience thank you for this video
I get inspiring. 😀👍
#globe2grove
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for all this beauty that you discover for all of as who can't go places like this. I can't stop watching your videos and admire in your knowledge in filming, music arrangement, in everything you do and say. Awesome work. Even though I enjoy that there is no people in your video I get worried when I see a bear close to you. How do you protect yourself from wild animals while you sleep?
Please be careful. 😊
So nice of you!
No problem. 😊How do you protect yourself from wild animals when you asleep? Is it possible to get bear attack at night?
Hiked to Silliman Lake via Wuksachi Village just a few days ago. Did Alta Peak two days later, both day hikes. SO fricking awesome!
I want to do Alta too!
man, I have to make it out there this year! thanks for the visuals :)
Thank you, you should!
I'm sorry you didn't make your planned route but you seen some gorgeous territory. Ranger Lake is awesome.
It is! Thank you!
I’ve summited Silliman twice, the last time solo staying on top overnight with a full moon rising. Pretty sweet...
Awesome, its a really cool mountain!
excellent video
Thank you very much!
thats what Im talking about. Awesome.
Lol, thank you!
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Excellent decision making, especially since you were alone.
Thank you, appreciate you noticing the finer points😉
Great video! We're heading there next week!
Thx! Hope you enjoy it!