Man…it looks like the weather was positively PERFECT for this day. I’m curious about something though, as it was very difficult to tell from the video. Is this as challenging as the knife edge traverse of Capitol Peak? I’ve done that one, and it was pretty gnarly, but I’ve never done the Little Bear traverse -> Blanca. I don’t live in Colorado but always have my list of hikes n’ climbs ready for the next time I visit or am driving by. Also curious…do you find it easier to hike on scree and talus in non-hiking boots? I’ve only ever used hiking boots, but it would be nice to use lighter shoes, but haven’t found a pair I like enough to replace the trust Mammuts.
After yours and a few other videos, I totally see why many people do Snowmass last. Sure there's more technical 14ers, but this one just makes you claw and fight the whole way up. Type 2 fun for sure. Great video!
Nice work Bothers! I found , especially being less athletic and older, one ends up having to choose between Huge Objectives or really epic footage. That said, Impressive!
Thank you! I'd bring the ski crampons-- you never know what kind of snow you'll find up there. We didn't need boot crampons, but again, your mileage may vary. Its a great ski descent, enjoy it.
We were up there on the ridge that day with you guys at 4:00!! Shoutout to Austin for blowing by us on the travers and catching us on the way down, absolute beast.
Make that two 14ers you can Off-road up and summit. Ive done both. Mt. Bross you can drive to 13,900 feet or the T they call it on the Alma side and then top out. By the way its a higher 4x4 trail than Antero.
Looked like a type 1 fun kind of peak! Great filming as always, your drone skills have come so far in such a short time. What's that salomon vest you have on?
He's lucky he had you and you were able to keep a cool head and formulate an extraction plan. I've always wondering what the limitations of the Garmin are for communication and meeting up with someone if you don't have a cell phone signal.
Bruv. Appreciate all these videos and you are a badass. Stop flying drones in wilderness areas. It's a crime, and we'd like to not hear the buzz buzz on summits.
@@alexbaum389 Oh. You're right. I missed that. Though that is the summit of Handies which is in the Handies Peak Wilderness Study Area which is not a protected wilderness area. I looked and couldn't find any specific forest service orders (www.fs.usda.gov/detail/arp/passes-permits/forestproducts/?cid=fseprd533597#forest) related to Handies Peak WSA so to me the status of flying drones is unclear. We'd probably have to call the forest service / the BLM field office. I have tried that before and they usually don't even know the regulations though. That said, I suppose the spirit of a WSA probably implies the spirit of a Wilderness area so maybe drones shouldn't be allowed. But this got me thinking -- presumably planes and helicopters are allowed to pass over wilderness areas. Would that technically constitute operating a motorized piece of equipment inside of a wilderness area? I do not know. I guess though typically the spirit of the law is usually that if something annoys a majority of the public then it becomes disallowed unless it's protected by special interests (e.g. enough $$$ to influence politics or something that is grandfathered in). So, maybe drones shouldn't be allowed. But usually if you get enough people together in public someone is going to be annoyed by something someone is doing. And that is especially true now of the trails in Colorado which are getting loved to death (and especially so the 14ers).
