Hiking 90 MILES in MOST Remote Place in AMERICA | 8 Day Backpacking Trip in THOROFARE | YELLOWSTONE 

This might have been the most enjoyable RU-vid video I have watched. I almost didn't click on it because it was so long. Now I wish it was even longer. What a great place to backpack. If I were 30 years younger I would be doing that adventure. Thanks for sharing.

Mike, this is outstanding that you and Maggie escaped Manhattan to hike Yellowstone. I am a lifelong Wyoming citizen and have never done such a trip. Congratulations. I am so impressed that as a New Yorker you so appreciate wilderness. Always cherish it and stand up for the preservation of wilderness..please! Come back again Wyoming holds many such places!

Great video. Thank you. I was a Wilderness Patrolman for Teton Wilderness in 1966. I was at Fox Park Patrol Cabin just a few miles south of Mariposa Lake. Caught an 18 inch cutthroat there. Spent time at Hawks Rest as well. Had two horses and probably rode about a thousand miles that summer. Best summer job ever. Went back in 2003 because a friend was writing a book for NatGeo. It is Hawks Rest by Gary Ferguson. I live near northeast entrance of Yellowstone so I go by Nine Mile trailhead. I always stop there to search for a couple of grizzly bears that are often seen in the area. Thank you again for sharing.

Great video. I did the Thorofare solo in 2002. It was epic and a life changer. Congrats.

Wow, you had an excellent adventure. Well made documentary of you hike. I watched the whole thing. Good job.

I just finished the Thorofare to South Boundary a few weeks ago. This trail brought it all! I appreciated you uploading this, it was great!

Thorofare is beautiful country. I had my wife drop me off near Cody, walked up Ishawooa Creek, over Ishawooa Pass, down Pass Creek into the Thorofare. All the area where Thorofare Creek meets the Yellowstone is willow marsh country, trails are tough to follow. Passed Hawk's Rest and then headed up Atlantic Creek over the divide into Pacific Creek, and the Enos Lake country on out to the Pacific Creek trailhead into Jackson Hole where I live. That route allows you to skirt Yellowstone and avoid dealing with the NPS. Big problem with these grizzly country treks is you can't start before dawn- don't want to bump into a bear in the dark.

Thoroughly enjoyed your adventure. You did an amazing job! Loved every bit of it! Thanks!!

Man, I love Beaver too. When I was a young buck I loved Beaver so much. The smell, the taste, and their just so beautiful and soft. I wore them like a hat sometimes also! Now that I'm older I still love Beaver a ton. Maybe even more than when I was younger but I just don't get to be around them as much. Now I just mainly look at pictures of them. Great video!

Thanks for the great video! I've taken 7 canoe trips down the Southeast Arm since 1987. 6A3 is my favorite lakeside campsite!

WOWOWOW....HOW INCREDIBLE!!!!!!

I just watched this for the second time. Epic. Hope Maggie's feet and your backs and shoulders have recovered by now!

What an incredible adventure! Thank you for the experience ❤

Fantastic video. Excellent footage. Great commentary. I am so jealous--I want to go there. You are inspiring me to get into backpacking shape to do adventures like this. Keep up the good work!

Thanks for sharing your wilderness trip through the Thorofare with us.

Like your style and can't beat the choice of trips. Can't wait to get back there from PA. Maggie looks like she's hauling a significant amount of weight. At 20:06, pretty sure Joey had that camp spot on one of his trips with lots of bear interaction. New Sub!

Thank you Mike and Maggie for sharing your adventure with me! I really enjoyed it. I loved that you didn't play a soundtrack but instead left the nature sounds in! I also loved that very few of your shots were from a moving camera (the shakey cam shots make me sick in the tummy). One tiny suggestion. It would be nice if you have a take showing the map each day showing where you were planning to go or had gone that day. It would be easier to put everything into context. Thanks so much. Based on this video I subscribing and will watch more of your videos!

Beautiful scenery! That open meadow was glorious. Amazing area to explore. New follower here. Crow✌️

Love this Mike!! Amazing editing 🔥🔥🔥

Magnificent scenery. Spectacular video. Appreciate your courage to follow the spirit of adventure and the appreciation of wilderness. Thank you for filming it so we can enjoy it too.

Wonderful adventure, beautiful scenery, wild experiences, brave couple Thank you M & M for sharing this terrific trip. Blessings

Thanks for taking me along on your trip into the Thorofare of Yellowstone. I worked 5 summers in the park, have revisited the park many times since, and have hiked all over Yellowstone. However, I never hiked into the remote Thorofare.I hope Maggie's feet recover. She sure was a trooper and a good sport. Take care of yourselves!

UK here excellent adventure no load music just the majestic sound of the wild, thanks for sharing it.

Many thanks for such a wonderful and enjoyable journey! Your both have such an adventurous spirit to be in the wilderness. I’m from southern NJ and I couldn’t think of being in the wildness for five minutes yet alone for eight days, I never had that experience or someone who would be willing to do something like that. However, keep on being safe and doing your thing. I surely will be watching and cheering for you and Maggie’s great adventures!

Dang, wish I'd found your channel before your hike. I worked three summers in Yellowstone, and I could have given you some good advice on Buffalo. Namely take a very loud whistle with you. Couple blasts on it, and they will move. I've always wanted to do that trail, but not alone. When going through a willow thicket, make lots of noise, so you do not spook a bear. When I did hike alone, I always had Bear Bells on my pack, and I usually whistled or sang.

Well done you guys. Maggie's pack looks bigger than Maggie. Could not have been ez 4 her, but she did it. All that fire damage was a disappointment. Many trips on my CA wish list have been marred by recent fires. Two questions: do you bring a firearm into grizzly country; do you bring a personal locator beacon?

I'm in the process of planning a Thorofare hike for this summer and I was using the Park's Backcountry map to plan out which campsites to stay at and it just turned out to be almost the same sites as you have picked. Same amount of days as well. So, this video was extremely helpful in helping me plan as well as what to expect on the trail. Thanks!

Beautiful video! Great work!

One of the best hikes I’ve seen on RU-vid 🙏🏻👍👏👏 Well done!

Wow, such breathtaking scenery! I wish they’d build a Marriott there, I’m not too keen on tents.

Amazing video, the storytelling was so good and it made this so fun to watch! Thanks for putting this out for the world to see. Stuff like this is incredibly inspiring to go see it for myself:)

Great video. Reminds me a lot of Joey C. Videos. Keep it up the good work.

Outstanding video! This trip has always been on my list but after seeing this I'm moving it up the list. Looks like all your campsites were awesome but did you both have a favorite?

Love it. Have wanted to bag the Thorofare for years, but becoming less likely as I rapidly age. Thx for letting me tag along in spirit

Thanx for sharing this amazing adventure. Great video, it was a pleasure to watch. Warm regards from germany 😀

Fantastic video. Great trip!

You just popped up today! I was hesitant to watch due to its length but the hour flew by! Thank you for showing us Yellowstone’s wilderness. I felt as though I was there with you.

Oh man, seeing all those grizzly tracks would be freaking me out 😅 some awesome scenery though Mike! Got yourself a new subscriber here! Looking forward to seeing more!

Awesome. I just started researching this area. It’s on my bucket list. New follower.

Wow trip that is on my bucket list for sure

Fantastic!

Fantastic video. Thank you for a wonderfull hour of entertainment and visuals. I walked with you in spirit. I was lucky to Visit Yellowstone(twice) but to see it this way is so wonderful.

Epic!

What a great trip,it was great to share your experience.I admire your courage.We have none of your large creatures in New Zealand.All the best for your future.

Awesome video man! Took me right back out to the Thorofare. Can't beat that country for beauty and in-the-wild feeling.

Spectacular! I am a Western New Yorker…..East Amherst, NY. I just found your channel and I am a new Subscriber! Congratulations on your Nuptials! Fantastic couple! I’m looking foreword to viewing all of your videos. Thank you for sharing your amazing adventure!

What an amazing experience thanks for sharing 🇦🇺🌞

Top notch adventure!

For being the most remote place in American, the trail is deeply set and clear, except the willow area, and the campsite looks well used. There must be more visitors than just a few.

great video. I am planning a similar route in a couple of years and looks like 6Y6 is a must campsite :)

really like your documenting style. feels more like a well edited home movie instead of a super gimmicky and trendy tik tok. I do hope you are thoroughly drowning those morning campfires until they are cold to the touch before leaving camp.

First campsite beautiful!

Great Video cheers!

Wonderful

Very nicely done video.

Did a 100 mile trip in my 20s across 3 different wilderness areas in West Colo. now 56 was good memory. My finish was above Aspen at Conundrum hotsprings before the last down hill stretch to Aspen. Nice way to finish a trip. So many people in that area now you have to get a permit to even go to conundrum hot springs now.

Great video.

YESSS! I was hoping you'd put out a video since you mentioned your trip over on my channel. Awesome! Wow, what an intro. Beautiful! Funny story about 13:57, walking through those willow tunnels. Three years ago I was coming from heart lake, turned north to get a guy out early. I was walking through this exact spot and heard something around the bend. I looked up and a llama was staring at me, followed shortly by a blond haired 10 year old boy. Haha! I just started laughing. I was partially startled and releived at the same time. Wow. That bison... I had a similar issue just after 5E7 this year, had to follow one for about a 1/2 mile. It's popular with those thicc boys. Two years ago when I stayed at 6Y6 there were Grizzly tracks ALL, and I mean ALL through camp. I chose not to record that for the posparity of my wife, LOL! That's the sight I had elk fighting 50' behind the tent, and wolves damn near all night long. Amazing site. I swear, no matter where you look from there it's just amazing. Another funny story, the log jamb you crossed headed up to Mariposa, I did that two years ago and dropped my water bottle in the creek, it was raining, so the logs were as slipperly as alge, and I face planted twice trying to get off the jamb and chase down my bottle. The things you don't catch on camera but you wish you had... haha. That climb to Mariposa always gets me. It's not hard, but the trail just never seems to get there, until you're there. 6A3 is unexplainable. Just a magical place. Anyone willing to do the work to get here should spend a night. Holy cow. It's incredible. 5E3, I have a love/hate relationship with. 6 years ago I stayed there with my three best friends whena fire broke out in the Snake River Valley. Our plan was to go down the Thorofare, over Mariposa and up the Snake River Valley to Heart Lake. Nope. A Ranger rolled up on a horse and told us to turn around and hike out. So, we did. The next year we made it to this camp and a friend became really sick and didn't leave his teant for 24 hours, and we turned around. Then this year I forgot my tent in this camp site and cut my trip short. Love/Hate relationship. It's beautiful, but every time I stay there something goes wrong. ;-) Man, you did an amazing job on this trip. Just amazing! On that note, I'm headed on a 95 mile trip starting at the Shoshone lake trailhead in '23 on Oct. 1st, heading down the Bechler, then across to Heart Lake, and back up the the trailhead. Likely a 9 day trip. Let me know if you, or both of you, would be interested. I've already extended an invitation to Joey. One long day of 13.5 miles... but no biggie. Congratulations. This was an A+ production my friend! It made me want to go back and do the Heart Lake to Thorofare trail again... beautiful piece of art.

Very enjoyable! Just beautiful. What cameras and video gear did you use?

Awesome video.

Thank you.

really enjoyed this video. one day i hope i can do this as well. i was quite immersed in this video that i realized i was already 35mins into the video when i had to write down this comment. thanks for sharing this video

All that beautiful water and no fly rod.

Nature Guy - so much fun to watch folks on their first real adventure in the Park. That was an awesome hiking trip! Go Maggie! I worked in the Park in ‘74 and ‘78 and have been back every single summer. Its my ecosystem! My former dorm mate from ‘74 and I meet in Lamar and glass for grizzlies the first week in June. Maybe r trails will cross one day!! Watch for 2 old bear nerds!

Brave Souls...😊😊😊😊

Awesome video. Heading to the thorofare in late august this year. Question, what sort of camera did you pack in to take these awesome videos?

Always wanted to get back up there.

Really enjoyed the hike. Thx for taking me along! Subscribed. Those barks you heard may have actually been elk. I was recently on a trip in Wyoming and elk will bark as a warning. If you get a wild hair check out my most recent video of the big horns, the barking is maybe 15-20 minutes in. It really caught me by surprise! Thx

you should not go so far in advance but stay closer to the one who is the slowest in this case Maggi when walking. Are you used to walking the shed you KNOW this?? Especially in Bear country ! Tanks for a good video with amazing sceneries !!

Great video. Beautiful scenery. Audio is low at times.

Also maybe I'm late to the party but where did you go in Alaska? Headed on a 12 day pack raft trip in the Arctic next August.

I'm curious -- what were your dates? Guessing mid-Augsut? We had a permit for 9-mile to south entrance starting 8/4/23. Bailed at the start because it was pouring rain and forecast to continue doing that (after weeks of perfect weather). After waiting out the weather wound up doing a MUCH less demanding though very nice 5-day thing in the SW quadrant of the park.

Looks so peaceful and secluded, if think you're in alaska lol

Would like to know how you Packed -- Gear - Food - Clothes - Etc

Goes to the most remote part of America. Gets caught in traffic.

Awesome video, guys! Thorofare is definitely on the short list for backpacking trips now. Like and subscribe.

It's in Wyoming. Chuck

Gorgeous. But most remote in NA? Hardly. Come to Alaska or northern Canada for some place truly remote.

They are called bison. Buffalo are native to Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

Would love to do this trip, but would be nervous that a grizzly would pop out of nowhere at any given moment.

Loved this video. Would love to replicate this trip. Can you share ur iternery or .gpx file ? If we have to shorten it to 6/7 days what can we skip ?

We always called this area the yellowstone meadows. The thorofare is a drainage east of the Hawk's rest/bridger lake area. Am I wrong about this?

It is hard to imagine that you are hiking and camping in a spuer caldera !! Earth's largest volcano !

As a lifelong city boy it's my dream to visit a place like this, but I know without experience it's basically suicide.

what dates for the trip?

Poor Maggie, unfortunately all the willow shes in appears to be about face high to her!!!! lol

You talk about the nature sounds around 23:30. You kids should get out to Maui in February and snorkel off of Kihei or anywhere southside where the whale breed. When you go down a couple feet it will sound like a jungle in the water. Whale screeching, moaning and calling each other and it's loud and constant.

I was there when those trees burned. Worry about the moose. Bears are fine if you behave.

You forgot Alaska! You haven’t even seen anything close to remote! Try hiking 90 miles up there off our few roads! Old Alaskan saying “ fly an hour, or walk a week”!

Are you trying to be a Timothy treadwell?..I wouldn't be able to sleep a wink at night out in the wilderness with grizzly bears roaming about,in a tent with what some bear spray?

Visiting the Most remote aka the most visited national park…

➡️ sure hope you brought firearms

I started watching your video got about. I don't know quarter of the way in and realize why are you not feeling your chick with you? Are you conceited? I think I'm done watching your video. It's supposed to be about your trip. Your chick is with you on your trip so it's supposed to show both of you enjoying your trip, not just you. Maybe for your videos in the future be a little bit more open-minded cuz it's really stupid to watch a guy trying to be somebody while his chick is in the tent waiting for her turn for something.

➡️ Why do ppl go out of their way to put themselves in life threatening situations? For a nice view?

😂😂😂 this isnt as remote as 95% of Alaska. Nice try. The frank church is also more isolated

Alaska has the most remote places in the USA..