Dirt Bike Ride From Cerro Gordo to Saline Valley Salt Tram

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This week, I took one of my favorite rides in all of Inyo County. The ride from Cerro Gordo to the Saline Valley Salt Tram. Along the way I passed beautiful vistas, all of the Sierra Nevada, Death Valley National Park, some old mines, and more.
Check out the original Salt Tram episode, here: • Hiking The Steepest Tr...
If you're interested in longer videos about Cerro Gordo, you can check those out on my main channel here: / ghosttownliving
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29 июл 2023

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@korzym 10 месяцев назад

Brent rebuild the ski lift to Cerro Gordo! Ski-lift! Ski-lift! Ski-lift!

@TanyardTerrace 10 месяцев назад

Yes!

@MsQ275 10 месяцев назад

omg yes!! 🎉❤

@ShooterOnTheLedge 10 месяцев назад

That would be an awesome way to get up there and a great view!

@ktucky50 10 месяцев назад

$$$$$

@masonshipley8425 10 месяцев назад

Sadly ski lifts are crazy expensive and bottom to top in that location would likely be a $20mil+ just for equipment💀

@ShaunUnderwoodx 10 месяцев назад

Brent, I never once see you do anything in slow mo..... really i get tired from your speed bro... good to hear from you , I'm normally watching your first channel... So gald i found this.. I remember when you just started out some years ago..I think when I subscribed you had 75.000 subs. so proud of your as a Underwood myself. I love history.. Each time I see you running around mines or hiking... Always praying you safe brother, Your helping me relax back in the UK after Ukraine.. God bless you.. Maye he or she keep your always safe my Good man. Wishing you good health

@ericprater4017 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for revisiting that tram!

@raidersdad8728 10 месяцев назад

Been about 25 years since I have been to the salt tram. Glad to see so much standing still.

@random22026 10 месяцев назад

5:51 Osprey in the upper right corner! 🦅 Anyone who HASN'T seen Brent's EPIC salt tram hike from several years back--you're missing out! GO! Vicariously explore...for now...! 😉😉

@carolineindacityphx 10 месяцев назад

I remember the video where you hiked down the Salt Tram all the way down to Keeler or was it Lone Pine? Anyway, I will never forget you going down the wash and how steep some of the terrain was, and how in the end, it became dark and you still hadn't arrived, but eventually you made it! By the way, I saw you on CBS Sunday Morning this morning! It was so awesome to see Cerro Gordo on the TV, being covered by CBS! ❤ You are doing amazing work up there! Thank you for sharing this trip. The views always take my breathe away. 🥰

@rogerlacaille3148 10 месяцев назад

I live when you do your touring pieces...so so beautiful...thanks Brent 😌

@jasongates- 10 месяцев назад

As a child, I felt free riding my bike, and that was in a city. So I can imagine how free it feels to ride the dirt bike, especially being at Cerro Gordo.

@semoneg2826 9 дней назад

Well I fall off bikes alot

@jefski6839 10 месяцев назад

Great video Brent! I'm glad to see you wearing a helmet these days

@samuelvera9449 10 месяцев назад

I love watching this cannel, wish there where more videos.

@raeward8092 10 месяцев назад

You constantly remind me to breathe, to notice beauty in the world around me, to challenge myself. Thank you.

@1andonlyjoeyb534 10 месяцев назад

I would love to live in Cerro Gordo!

@UpLateGeek 10 месяцев назад

I'm glad you took this opportunity to answer the call of the wild, and thanks for sharing your response. Or perhaps its response. I'm not in a place where I could do anything like this myself, so it's amazing to see your adventure. Maybe someday I will be, and I'll be more than satisfied if it's half as beautiful as some of the sights you've shown in your videos.

@denniscasey986 10 месяцев назад

If there is a Emmy for RU-vid channels it should be yours.😃

@X3r0. 10 месяцев назад

Hey Brent, love the footage of the drone following you along the Salt Trail ! Thanks for sharing with us the beauty in history

@lindabriggs5118 10 месяцев назад

I remember watching your hike from the tram. That building for the top tram, when you think about it, was a amazing build! Think, now in this day and age, would be a horrific endeavor to build, so imagine what it took to build back in 1919. Everything needed to be brought in by mules and then lugged up one by one. Imagine trying to get those huge metal wheels, that probably weighed a ton or more, up to the build sights. And the manpower needed to put it all together and have it actually work is mind blowing. The logistics alone would have needed a team of people. Thank you, Brent, for bring us along on your ride. 😊

@traceytrotter9934 10 месяцев назад

Wouldn't it be fantastic to see it rebuilt though!

@claraguzman6842 10 месяцев назад

Always enjoy your videos. So stunningly beautiful!

@stevedue4485 10 месяцев назад

That is the reason I joined both your channels. For the exploration!!!!! Love it.

@nessy__dianesiarusmaldi 10 месяцев назад

Wowww Super stunning video👏👏👏😍... The Historical Original Salt Tram and View's sooooo Beautiful love it ❤❤❤ thank you so much to share it from subscriber and Big Fan from Indonesia🇮🇩☺🥰🙏

@lennartb 10 месяцев назад

I love how your second channel is just as high quality as the main, just a little shorter

@GlippyLotion 10 месяцев назад

Love what youre doin brother!

@YosemiteFour 18 дней назад

Great video! I walked from Cerro Gordo to Forgotten Pass in 1987, then down to French Spring. Thanks for investing in our county.

@ScottFerreira 10 месяцев назад

Incredible engineering. Thanks for sharing!!

@stephenborter777 10 месяцев назад

Love your videos I can’t get enough of them it’s mind blowing on how they did this way back when I m an iron worker and this stuff blows me away on how they got all the materials up there not just lumber but the cables,hoists,buckets I just can’t process this in my mind we are so gifted with technology in this day and age keep the videos coming I watch them all thanks oh and I’m planning a trip out to see this I’m in awe 💥👍💪💥👍💥💪👍💥

@jameseastwood4984 10 месяцев назад

I've been away from the channel for a few months, but returning I'm blown away by the scenery and the narration. I love the history, and seeing these structures and thinking about the incredible economics behind the salt tram project.

@ManBoo55 10 месяцев назад

I remember your hiking down to the valley. I thought you were off your rocker then. But I’ve watched you drop over 900 feet into a shaft sooo that’s confirmed!! I’ve been watching for a long time now. Hard living but great rewards for the soul. Well done sir

@tvd1188 10 месяцев назад

Speaking of getting back to 'basics'.. this video is alot like your older stuff. Enjoyed it!

@tonydowd8566 10 месяцев назад

Great video Brent. Thanks for sharing. I do wish you would schedule these trips with a buddy. "Safety" 😅😅

@kc195556 10 месяцев назад

I so appreciate your introspection as you consider things from the past and the inspiration we can take from them to apply to our lives today. I could not agree with you more about taking time to explore and adventure.

@dphillips1258 10 месяцев назад

So amazed at the size of those structures and what is possible. Thanks for continue to share with all that is going on in the area

@singahsung712 10 месяцев назад

Love your videos Brent i could watch Cerro Gordo all day

@iemandja4208 10 месяцев назад

I really appreciate you taking the time to make these videos about cerro gordo, really inspires me to do something more with my life ❤️

@tpkirkp 10 месяцев назад

I went to the salt tram over 6 times btwn 1974 and the mid-80's. No video in those days, just still shots. One hell of a feat of engineering. I always wanted to salvage some of the timbers. Used to go up to Cerro and hang out with Jack and Barbara Smith who owned Cerro Gordo back in the 70's. I also helped a Ham Radio club with installing some antennas for their 2 meter repeater at Cerro Gorgo Peak. Hell of a view up there, lol. Those were the days...

@johnellis6959 10 месяцев назад

Wow, that was really beautiful. Not only the views but the wood in that structure, absolutely gorgeous. I hope to make it out there sometime. Take care.

@mikeanderson6522 10 месяцев назад

Nice. Love the short video. And longer ones too. But I can watch this in one viewing.

@roseturner3726 10 месяцев назад

Hey Brent, 🖐 What a cool place to go see!!! 👁 Thanks for taking us along!!! 😊

@npvj5687 10 месяцев назад

Awesome bike hike 🫶

@JOMAR3 10 месяцев назад

So Beautiful out there . I love the history and the views

@charlenerichardson2623 10 месяцев назад

Wow! What a feat! And for something as insignificant as salt

@amandagriz 10 месяцев назад

Crazy to think about how much work it was to place those tram stations on the side of the mountain!

@DeadReckon 10 месяцев назад

And all they had was mules, wagons, and whoever was crazy enough to scale cliffs to get this done.

@loucatozzi7656 10 месяцев назад

After building those tram stations and towers they had to drag that heavy-ass cable all the way from the dry lake, over the mountain, and down the other side!

@daveskinner1719 10 месяцев назад

Back before we got regulated out of being a can do nation

@bigthd2044 10 месяцев назад

Brent your narrative explaining the area feels like I'm riding just behind you.

@KimberleyW 10 месяцев назад

Super glad you went back for a video Brent!! And also glad you didn't decide to do it by foot this time 😂. Such a beautiful ride!!

@MikeOrkid 10 месяцев назад

Just out exploring today. Old abandoned anthracite mines and the ruins that surround them.

@tegerusgardens1 10 месяцев назад

It’s unreal how green it is there is with all the rain!

@bruceyoung1343 10 месяцев назад

Such backbreaking work to get those Timbers up those hills. Much respect to them

@stephenmiller5023 10 месяцев назад

Good to see you getting a motorcycle ride out & away from current day to day things up in town . Nothing beats being alone with just you & your thoughts as your troubles slowly vanish behind you . Great therapy session . And “ YES” , those guys who originally designed & built that entire tram line were “ Men above men” & truly created an engineering marvel. It’s too bad it didn’t work out in theory as once up and running it was found that the weight of the “ wet “ salt was more than they had accounted for when “ dry” and that made each bucket of payload have to be less than originally planned . I guess in the end it became less than profitable to operate and had to be abandoned. It’s way cool to see it mostly still all intact 110 years later , a true testament to the construction methods used . C-ya , and as always , “ Stay safe “ 😎👍

@Missben702 10 месяцев назад

I want to live in your ghost town. I love nature and the vintage way engulfs me…I am sold!

@suzio9317 10 месяцев назад

Breathtaking!!

@clc251 10 месяцев назад

You never disappoint with your videos 😀 Great view and I watched the hike you did previously.

@andrewwhite1305 10 месяцев назад

Watching you ride your bike around the mountains and surrounding area gives me an idea. For the resort side of things, map out at least 3 different bike trips within 30 miles of you, put up small signs, or an info/log book at each cool scenery stop. Have a cooler at each stop as well, buried in the ground so it stays cooler, with water, some trail mix or something and electrolyte drinks. No need for ice, use the ground, at least in non freeze seasons. That would be awesome, one could stay at the American Hotel overnight, be woken up by the smells of coffee, bacon, and eggs ready for them as soon as they sit at their table for breakfast, they get their map/bike route for the day, to peruse while they eat. Once they are finished, full and happy, they get ready to go, and ride out to a series of very cool pre arranged stops, with nourishment should they require it. That would be awesome.

@richardweaver9682 10 месяцев назад

I remember the video on your hike down the tram...really amazomg some of the towers they built.

@kylejones2075 10 месяцев назад

😀🌞🙂🌞😀fun,fun. Thanks for sharing!!!

@sfbfriend 10 месяцев назад

What a fun ride, would love to do it sometime. thanks Brent, you're awesome

@OGRocker1 10 месяцев назад

Howdy Brent, already hit the like button, .... just know it will be a good video!⛏⚒⛏

@deannacalef3513 10 месяцев назад

Outstanding ride. Amazing history. Thank you!!!

@thaboomer53 10 месяцев назад

Great video. best wishes from your old stomping grounds in Florida. Plant City says hello.

@marshabrubaker185 10 месяцев назад

Incredible! Thanks for taking us along.

@bhushangaikwad5957 9 месяцев назад

Very inspiring, amazing ride, Beautiful view and amazing history thanks for sharing!!

@paulsylvester6 10 месяцев назад

I love doing the 35 mile loop up Cerro Gordo, over to the Salt Tram, down to Swansea and back to Keeler on my bicycle. It's a daunting ride and that 25% climb you mention is a no joke hike a bike for 2 miles rising 2000 ft. The total climb vertical is over 8,000 ft. and the descent down to Swansea is some really rough riding that challenges Jeeps. I never cease to be apprehensive much of the time on this ride because along with the incredible beauty it is a unrelenting challenge, especially alone.

@charlesreynolds2798 10 месяцев назад

Awesome thank you. You are an inspiration for that never give up spirit.

@dwightwindrum7886 10 месяцев назад

Beautiful views from the top of the tramway

@josephvantreeck2989 10 месяцев назад

Thanks Brent. Great video!

@demonlver13 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely epic.

@margaretmoffitt6987 10 месяцев назад

Lovely ! Thank you again Brent ..

@timothytardiesr576 10 месяцев назад

Seems like a nice place to overnight camp. Keep being awesome.

@rogercrone3628 10 месяцев назад

Bless you and your family a crew up there good job God bless you all

@Guitarnivore 10 месяцев назад

4:25 that's insane!

@mundaneinsignia1929 10 месяцев назад

Narration 10/10. Inspiration 10/10

@gregorylongmuir4036 10 месяцев назад

So love this place you call home

@StepvanDan 10 месяцев назад

Great video wow thats so cool !!! LOVE IT thank you and big hugs from MN

@1949ala 10 месяцев назад

We are a people who love to hear it can't be done, that's our cue to do it. This country is full of special people.

@Ktgsvtrdg66 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely love the sun dried timbers of the tramway! That is the kind of material I want for my tiny house. Incredibly brutal feat of engineering by a handful of real men!👍

@captaintahoe1 10 месяцев назад

Nicely done. One of those videos you hope no one else finds so this place stays how it is, also done well enough that you want to explore this place

@MichalOlender 10 месяцев назад

That's pretty incredible and I don't think we can fully comprehend what went into this operation!

@saltyreesescup3104 10 месяцев назад

Thanks For Sharing Brent !

@danielleduval6681 10 месяцев назад

omg the majestic nature

@scottpierce3969 10 месяцев назад

Self-reflection can be such a positive endeavor.

@stevenharper9066 7 месяцев назад

Very cool 👍🏻👊🏻🇺🇸😎

@jayarnett4157 10 месяцев назад

You are soooooo right. TYVM

@epicthief 10 месяцев назад

I wish I lived closer to ride these ridges

@cherylsibson2529 10 месяцев назад

Whatever expansion you do, you will do it well!

@jasonlt1982 10 месяцев назад

I just said the same think this week. Take an adventure every day

@doobie1984 10 месяцев назад

This was a nice little video, good one

@1celtickiwi 10 месяцев назад

Bret, your looking good these days. cool.

@mwyatt222 10 месяцев назад

you should consider getting a big or 'fat' tire rear end set up for your bike. So much more comfortable on rough terrain and rocks and so much more capable in snow and mud. Love the channel.

@nathanz7205 10 месяцев назад

++on the fat tires, they are so nice

@bryangelb507 10 месяцев назад

Thank you🤩

@russellzauner 10 месяцев назад

Man, you need to rebuild that "highway in the sky". Hilltop B&B at each stop!

@Kelly-fk3oi 10 месяцев назад

Brent always has 'mine' blowing videos!👀

@RE5ON 10 месяцев назад

Imagine Zip lining there 😮

@ginnyk50 8 месяцев назад

Spectacular 👍👵❤️

@ieldepiel 10 месяцев назад

A nice golfcourse should be great there, great views❤

@missingutah 10 месяцев назад

No, no golf course. Why do people always want to "improve" nature? The idea is to go up there for the wildness of it. How it was a hundred years ago. You would need boatloads of water, that isn't there. Proper soil for grass , that isn't there. Probably fertilizer, that would run down the slopes and ruin the habitat. So no, no golf course.

@williamevans6522 10 месяцев назад

I like salt

@helenabiesma5560 10 месяцев назад

that would be brilliant to redo that again for your visitors

@markroper9269 10 месяцев назад

Love the video! I am in a suburb of DC in VA. I try to take different routes to where I am going whenever I have time. There are still loads of roads I haven't been on after living here since the 90's. Don't know about you....but I build a map in my head as I go......when I first started driving, I used to try and get lost!! Then find the path back. Love the stuff you do with Jason and Dan! Those guys are pretty cool. Have a great week!! That scenery is amazing!!!