Great video! Quick question when you go to those places to film for RU-vid do you need a film permit or am I fine to record? Was just wondering because you’ve inspired me to go on my own adventures
Fantastic hike! I camped at Barney Lake two weeks ago, so beautiful up there. Can't believe you get all your gear in that small pack! Regarding the talus field going up out of Deer Lakes, it looks like the trail has been tramped down so you can actually see it to follow it. Can you provide more details of what it's like and if you can actually see a trail to follow once you get up there?
Great Video! I was just thinking that there were no new adventures to watch and I didn't want a gear review. This really hit the spot. I'll have to watch your stuff a bit. It's a lot like what I was trying to do with my recent stuff.
Another epic video!! Love watching all your backpacking videos. We're leaving for a weeks backpack in Desolation Wilderness in 2 days. Your videos got me pumped to get out there! Thank you!
That would be North Lake. Thanks for your content. I love the Sierras too and enjoy each of your videos. I often travel the same trails as you. Someday I hope our paths cross. Thanks again!
Always good to get high as quickly as possible -- and the eastern Sierra excels for that purpose. Thanks for making the extra effort to bring us along! Oh, and the OG hikers call those shallow lakes "tarns", probably after the Scotsman whose name now applies to the wilderness area you're in!
Delightful. As usual, your presentarion makes me feel like I was there too and would always no what was coming up next if i got up off the couch and started walking. The preview at the beginning is effective. What was the date of your hike?
scottie fitz at it again! I hike up to crystal lake all the time and always take a break to soak in that same view overlooking lake george and mary. you've convinced me to do this trip
Thanks! Btw, i have a suggestion/request for a future episode: list of the best dayhikes IYO in Eastern Sierras. My family and I are avid hikers, but prefer dayhiking over backcountry camping. I'm not from Cali, so not familiar with all the little roads off of 395 that seem to provide access to some great gems. Would be really helpful. Thanks in advance!
Scott, your content is amazing, informative & soul soothing. You’ve got the legs, lungs & heart of a bionic man. Thank you for sharing your adventures, specially your Yosemite hikes.
Aw, so beautiful--and quite a long walk! Thanks for showing how you pack your stuff, I'm a beginner so need the hints and a lot of practice. Tried the mattress I got and it is so darn noisy--haha, will keep everyone awake I guess. I like the string light idea. Hope to get permits somewhere in those gorgeous mountains next summer. Thanks for the beautiful hiking scenery!!
I just returned from eastern Sierra realizing how fortunate I am to live on the coast but have Sierras so close. Ur campsite looked identical to mine including the lake but it's not just shows the beauty of it all. Buen Camino
Thanks for the wonderfully filmed and edited video! Kearsarge is such a great Eastside pass...gets you to such good stuff! That devastated part of the trail from 2022 was not from avalanche, but from mud/rockslide during August monsoon season. That slide happened the same day that Death Valley got major damage from flash floods. We (my wife and I) escaped that day from Center Basin where we got blocked (from heading south on the JMT) by a flash flood at 11,000ft! Crazy. We escaped (it was our 7th straight day of rain) via Kearsarge and had to negotiate that part of the trail just hours after the slide.
I did not know that about the devastated area of trail - incredible to think about really! Glad you and your wife made it out - pretty crazy to have a flash flood that high in the mountains!
Little Lakes Vally (through which Rock Crk flows) is the most beautful Eastern Sierra bang for the hiking buck. Mosquito Flat pkg lot where you left your car is one of the highest paved roads in the Sierra (10,000ft) . A close rival is Horseshoe Meadow way back south out of Lone Pine. The relatively flat Little Lakes Valley trail is one thing, but getting out of the car at 10K and huffing down the trail can be challenging to the unacclimated, which is most people. Your Timelapse of your camp during the night was GORGEOUS.
50 years ago I hiked the same area. The scenery in your video took my breath away and brought back memories of my hike, such as catching and releasing golden trout, my faithful Irish setter with his little backpack, and a late night snow storm. OMG, I forgot how spectacular the scenery is. Thanks for sharing.
YOU needed a little rum or whooskey in that coffee, bwah . And mixed a little powdered lemonade into some water as a mixer for gin. At least you had an IPA from a local microbrewery..
Nice idea for an easygoing one-nighter. Paiute is probably the most mild gateway into the backcountry. Shepherd, Mill Creek and Pine Creek are the grunts. You should get one of those fuzzy covers for your microphone so the wind doesn’t drown out your voice. Hope your wife was OK. She seemed subdued.
