Backpacking Titcomb Basin: Wind River Range 

Thanks Mel TC! Titcomb Basin is just is an amazingly beautiful creation.

Thank you Carl! Titcomb Basin is incredibly beautiful.

Thanks Chris! Yes Island Lake and Titcomb Basin are off the scale. If possible you need to do a trip in the Winds.

Chris Dixon we need to go! I went for the first time in 2017! A must do man!

Thanks Don! Glad this video was helpful and enjoy your trip to the Winds.

Thank you 307 Wyoming 4E! This is my 6th year to spend the entire month of August backpacking in the Winds, my favorite place to backpack in the west.

Thank you Allen!

Thank you Middle Earth Tenkara!

Thanks David! Glad you enjoyed the video. So glad we ran into you. It made an fantastic trip even better.

Thank you Catherine! It was a fantastic trip. We'll have to do another trip in the Winds next year.

@@BryanDeLay Yes! Definitely keep me posted on your plans. I'd like to do more than one next season. :)

Absolutely Catherine!

Thank you John! Didn't get home until 9/13, so I'm a little behind.

@@BryanDeLay No more then me...still working on a few videos of my Colorado trip this summer. PowerDirector's got a steep learning curve.

Thanks boulder89984! Glad you enjoyed the video.

Thanks Doug! Glad you enjoyed the video. It was nice to meet Coach and enjoyed backpacking with him.

Thanks Tim! Glad you enjoyed the video. You need to get Chis to the Winds.

Thank you Jason! Titcomb is very beautiful. East TN is my home also. Linville Gorge is beautiful, but tough hiking. Glad you enjoyed the video.

@@BryanDeLay what city do you live in?

Thanks Tim! I hope the weather is good and skies are clear of smoke. Catherine and I had to cancel our last Winds trip and leave the area the end of August because of the smoke. She went to Washington state and I went to the Big Horns.

Bryan DeLay I’ve never been to the Big Horns. Look forward to a video! I saw where Cats was in WA. I’m meeting a friend from Raleigh in SLC and we are driving over to Pinedale. I’m leaving the quilt and taking my WM Antelope bag for this one 😀! Hate the weight but won’t get cold.

Hope you guys have a great trip. Cloud Peak Wilderness in the Big Horns is very nice.

Thanks waterfallmadman! I was in Wyoming and then Canada, traveling for a total of 7 weeks, so I'm a little behind on editing videos. Yes Titcomb Basin is absolutely beautiful.

Glad you enjoyed the video BeCCa. Thanks for watching!

Thank you Daphne! Glad you enjoyed the video. Hope you get to backpack the Winds some day, it's my favorite place to backpack in the west. Living in Knoxville I backpack the Smoky's and Mr. Rogers often. In fact day in and day out I prefer the southern Appalachians, just because I find the energy more peaceful.

Thank you Sweeps! Glad you enjoyed the video.

Thanks Will! It is one of the prettiest places and has been discovered. Saw lots of backpackers on this trip.

@@BryanDeLay yeah we are seeing more people up here in the Big Horns now. Years ago when I packed in some of these places you would never see anyone or just a couple people. I still love going to lakes that have no trails to them. But I'm not as young as I use to be. So it's getting harder.

I've backpacked in Cloud Peak Wilderness several times, the first being in 2004 and it is much more crowded now.

Hey Martin, one more Wind River video, a 6 day solo trip. After that is an 11 day trip in Jasper NP with Joey and another RU-vidr.

You're welcome DR Hayden! Yes the Winds are my favorite place to backpack in the west.

Thanks Jennifer for watching and subscribing. The Winds are beautiful. Hopefully you'll get back there soon.

Thanks Tom! Have fun in the Smoky's.

Thanks Jed! That's interesting because we just talked with a two rangers and they did not say anything about no fires at Island Lake. And we used an existing fire ring. Also when I was there in 2015, camping on a ridge on the other side of the lake, I could see 15 to 20 campfires around the lake that night.

Yes, have seen the same thing. My info comes from the Pinedale District office. I have permits for a group camp in the area. They were very specific about no campfires at Island. But, they said people have them anyway. It's not clear that it's above treeline and there are no signs posted (rather a good thing). Sometimes they have a backcountry ranger stationed there but budgets are tight.

Thanks Jake! Hope you can get to the Winds in 2021.

Thanks TG McFly! Glad you enjoyed the video.

Thanks R Lovell! This is a very used route and the trails are very well marked, so I don't think you'll have any issues.

Thank you Joanne! I assume that you are referring to the video at 10:32. This video technique is rather popular and many smart phones have a function to create this effect and it's called Hyperlaspe. Also GoPro's function for this effect is called Time Warp. I've only used this technique a few times. I appreciate you expressing your opinion.

Thanks Jason! I've been using the bug net for several years now and it works great. I only use it if I know the mosquitoes will be bad, like this trip.:)

Yes these can be connected. There is a great trail system in the Winds.

Thank you Chris! Working on another Wind River video now then the Canada video, so it will be a couple of weeks. I purchased the cuben fiber tarp (now Dyneema Composite Fabric) last May and I really like it. Of course it's lighter and more expensive, it is also stronger than silnylon and doesn"t absorb water so DCF dries faster. DCF doesn't stretch like silnylon so it stays taut, but the down side to that is the tarp has to be erected more flat to get the edges taut, although I've erected somewhat steeply and the loose edges hasn't really made a difference.

@@BryanDeLay : The reason I asked about the tarp is although I prefer hammocking, I would like to do a trip out west and noticed most of the areas don't look like typical hammocking territory as found in the Eastern US. I guess I could figure out a way to use my Dyneema hammock tarp without buying a MLD like yours, but I like the versatility and set ups you've demonstrated with your tarp. Thanks for your reply, I'll be watching for your videos.

Chris, if you are only going to use a tarp for one trip I'd suggest using your hammock tarp if it's big enough. The MLD tarps are rather expensive, especially the DCF version, for one or just a few trips. Or you could get an 8' X 10' silnylon tarp for under $150.

Thanks for this advice Barbara; however, my tarp and my Zpacks Arc Haul backpack do not have any zippers.

Last fall I got a GoPro Hero 7 Black. The stabilization is awesome, almost gimbal like.

And no camping with 100 feet of streams.