This is the best outdoor channel on RU-vid. Period. End of story! And, I've been watching for well over a decade. Someday you'll have to get to the San Juan's in SW Colo., look forward to that one.
this is like an old timey travelogue. When I was a kid back in the 60's, people would come and show home movies and narrate the trip for those who wanted to see what the world was like outside of their bubble. THis is taking me where I can't go. LOVE THIS CHANNEL!
"Today we're going on a little local adventure"... Proceeds to show amazingly epic terrain and incredible 1-day adventure! I hope you guys appreciate how amazing your backyard is!
I live in the valley they were skiing over (could see my house a couple times), and this view NEVER gets old. I'm nowhere near as outdoorsy as they are, or technical, but I've done a few of the summits around the valley and it's hard to beat. 10 minute drive to incredible hiking, skiing, climbing, etc.
That was one hell of a day! I'm always amazed at the footage you manage to get while self-filming in these circumstances. When I start getting real tired, taking time to set up nice shots is the first thing I give up! Like the new music tracks as well.
You can't cheat the mountain. The mountain has its ways. I tried to wear down the Rocky Mountains but after 50 years, I discovered that I didn't wear them down a bit. Be careful up there, Thanks for the awesome vids.
Best video we have watched all day. Up to this point. The Doc would't go to work until he made sure you didn't get killed by a cornice like those two scouts at Table Rock. I did remind him that you HAD made this video, so....
I'm greatly enjoying your ski decent videos...some of which I've skied also. I'm not able to do these adventures anymore but can relive them through your videos. One question I have for you is why don't you split your skis up when you put them on your pack? Bindings in the side strap of your pack area to keep the tails high enough so your calves don't bump them. Tips fastened together so the skis form a triangle. My ski buddies and I used this method for decades and found it to work well for us. (I'm not assuming you don't have your reasons) Thanks again gents for sharing your adventures on video!
Great job! I did Cascade back in 80 and got trapped up there in a Fall snow storm. Dug a hole and covered myself in leaves to keep from freezing and hiked out the next day. Worse experience ever!
Your videos make me want ski touring gear so bad. And a buddy of course to make a team. Great quality shots as always. A pleasure to watch. Thanks for taking us along.
What did you anchor to on the first rappel? (before the plastic tubing part). Were you lucky there were some rap hangars in the backcountry cause I didn't see it in the video.
Small sling around a few branches of a tree cluster. Probably not suitable as a bombproof anchor for a real vertical cliff rappel, but we felt it was trustworthy enough for the section of waterfall we had to navigate.
What do you use for the mapping function. I find the way your videos are laid out tells an excellent story and the Topo map visual really brings the distance and elevation to a visual level. I would appreciate any input so I can incorporate this into my editing process. You guys rock!
For anyone else wondering where this was, it's just south of Salt Lake City, Utah. www.google.com/maps/place/Cascade+Mountain/@40.307176,-111.6063159,4760m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x874d9194a6584de5:0x4140d219eb3dad!8m2!3d40.3071779!4d-111.5888063
You guys have inspired me to take on St. Helens later this spring. Nothing crazy, but I'm looking forward to it. Just gotta convince a few buddies to come along
Lucky for us there's a plethora of activities very accessible nearby. In the winter we probably get out for a half day ski-tour 3-4 times a week and try and do one bigger day per week in there somewhere. Trail-running anywhere from 5-15 mi. gets thrown in when not skiing as much. I like to do one ride on my Gravel/road bike every week kind of as a recovery day. Danny gets out and crushes it pretty much 6 days a week, which is why I'm usually suffering during our outings, and he's usually rethinking bringing me along.
Christof, why do you always seem to have a harness (straps around your thighs) on? Is there a technical component we don’t see? I have zero experience so maybe this is an obvious standard thing.
So I've been considering moving to Utah ( I'm not from California so it's ok) Should I? I like snow, and mountains, but heat and me are not exactly friends.... so Alaska, Northern WA or Idaho or Montana sounds interesting too...
What was up with that tubing? Super weird. Also that little cliff jump, could you see that from when you started that traverse or did it just work out? Rad day.
Tips for anyone going into wilderness skiing. Get to know people who had done many years of it and survived. Find out how they survive. I went to take an avalanche course...... The instructor died, in an avalanche, the day before the course. Remember, the mountain never looses.
I can't speak for Danny, but this is the best OCD gear-junkie list I can come up of what I actually took that day. I used everything at least once except my boot crampons, avy gear, first-aid/repair kit, and I forgot about the delicious Slim Jim in my pack. Enjoy: BD Helio 88 Skis - 168cm SkiTrab Titan Gara Vario Binding Fischer Travers Carbon Boot Pomoca Climb Pro S-glide skins BD Ski Crampons Petzl Leopard Leverlock FIL Crampon BD Whippet and regular pole Salomon MTN Helmet Salomon Goggles Salomon X-Alp 30 Backpack Headband/Buff La Sportiva Trail Trucker Hat Ultralight First Aid Kit Minimal Repair Kit (Voile strap, duct tape, mini tool, skin wax, scraper, etc.) Mammut Allugator Light Shovel Mammut Carbon Probe BCA Tracker 3 Beacon BCA BC Link 2.0 Radio 6mm Mammut Rappel Line - 40M Petzl Altitude Harness 2 Lightweight Locking Carabiners Mammut Nano 8 Rappel Device 2 small/medium lightweight slings GoPro and handle iPhone X Ex-officio Sport Mesh Brief Darn Tough Function 5 OTC Padded Cushion Socks Dynafit Mercury Pant Light grid-fleece hooded base layer Dynafit Radical Primaloft Vest Dynafit Transalper Light Durastretch Jacket Light Spring Gloves Hestra Job CZone Waterproof gloves Sunglasses 600ml Water bottle (full with two scoops tailwind) 500ml Soft flask (full with two scoops tailwind) 8oz Red Bull Lorissa’s Kitchen Original Beef Stick (glorified Slim-Jim) Handful of Praline Pecans 2 Cliff Shot Energy Goo
