Scary 3-Day Backpacking Trip | Northover Ridge, Kananaskis, Alberta |

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On this 3-day & 2-night backpacking trip (July 27-29, 2019) in the Canadian Rockies, we experience everything from extreme wind, ridge top lightning, hail, and bears. The trip definitely tested our limits but left a great sense of accomplishment. Not to mention the great views!
Northover RIdge is located in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada with the trailhead starting at Upper Kananaskis Lake. It's a 40+ km loop with almost 2000 m of elevation gain.
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@JustinOutdoors 5 лет назад

Saw in the news that the storm hit most of the Alberta Rockies. One woman got struck, knocked out, suffered short term memory loss, and had to be helicoptered off a mountain. Two other people were struck and had their shoes blown off and their pants catch on fire then melt! We got pretty lucky!

@PugCamper 4 года назад

Omg that's insane!!!

@tlipovski 10 месяцев назад

Great trip, great look too (button-up and Tilly).

@mikebonnell3160 4 года назад

Most cool! Thanks for sharing.

@JustinOutdoors 4 года назад

That was such a fun trip. I actually just rewatched the video to relive it and put a bunch of smiles on my face! Thanks for watching!

@leclercj764 4 года назад

Great video man!

@JustinOutdoors 4 года назад

Thanks J-dawg!

@eliash4167 5 лет назад

Great video😀

@JustinOutdoors 5 лет назад

thanks!

@mitchellbarnow1709 Год назад

What a beautiful hike, except for almost getting hit by lightning ⛈️!

@BackpackingWithJason 5 лет назад

What a wild hike on that ridge. Wind, lightning, and heights!! The scenery out there is incredible. Really cool video Justin!!

@JustinOutdoors 5 лет назад

The scenery is amazing. I wish I could have taken some time on the ridge to capture more of it!

@AmyRoutt 5 лет назад

Alright, just another one I'll have to keep in mind when I visit Canada haha

@JustinOutdoors 5 лет назад

We haven't even started scratching the surface!

@Gizzard4400 Год назад

hell of a video

@markmatheson603 4 года назад

Wow! Amazing!

@SewGood 5 лет назад

Stay cool! And safe! Wow, you guys were CHARGED ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡🌲😎

@JustinOutdoors 5 лет назад

Oh you betcha. Yonder be some temperamental hills.

@heatherwenthiking 5 лет назад

TheBestBackpacker this video reminds me of your most recent video about knowing when to quit your hike 😳

@SewGood 5 лет назад

@@heatherwenthiking i know... i watched Justin's vid and had my "turn back" video in the hotbed... 😆😁 ...i felt like I was copying!! 😜

@LIVEONALBERTA 5 лет назад

What an adventure, Great video Justin.

@JustinOutdoors 5 лет назад

It was amazing, thanks!

@cyncole 5 лет назад

awesome trip, thanks for sharing! i love seeing hikes in this area because i’m from calgary but unfortunately was never a hiker pre-moving away so just over here living vicariously through your vids 😂

@JustinOutdoors 5 лет назад

You should make a trip back to hit some of the amazing hikes around Calgary!

@ItsGoodintheWoods 5 лет назад

Stunning landscape !!! Great trip guys !! Some sketchy stuff right there !!

@JustinOutdoors 5 лет назад

It was an awesome trip!

@MattyOutdoors 5 лет назад

Fun area to explore! Last time I was in there, we followed a grizzky for a few km down trail, and got stuck in a blizzard climbing up to three isle. Had to bail and camp at forks instead. Group trips to awesome areas are always the best! Kudos to you 4 getting through in that weather. Most people turn back with any wind on that ridge, let alone hail. Bad ass stuff!

@JustinOutdoors 5 лет назад

Your trip sounds super intense too! Crazy weather is a tough one out there.

@BackcountryForward 5 лет назад

Seriously legit trip! Can’t wait to do it one day! Plenty of type 2 fun! Memories for a lifetime. Thanks for sharing! Ps. You got a new trekology pillow, and now we have the same one! Where’s the Frankenstein?

@JustinOutdoors 5 лет назад

I got the trekology 2.0. Review pending. haha. Frankenpillow might get a pad strap attachment added! I love the pad strap.

@BackcountryForward 5 лет назад

Justin Outdoors I’m testing mine out tonight and tomorrow... heading up Corona Ridge. ... at least that’s the plan.

@oscarmolinaoutdooradventur1648 Год назад

😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️

@justinc5919 Год назад

Hey just returned home from this trek today, wow the ridge is something else, luckily we had min wind and sunny sky’s. Couldn’t imagine doing it in the conditions you had. Thanks for sharing this trip!

@es0x 11 месяцев назад

Any technical scrambles? I want to take a friend out there, they’re definitely fit enough but I don’t want to freak them out

@AdventureHappy 5 лет назад

Loved the video Justin. We just got home from our Northover Ridge adventure a few hours ago. Yours definitely looked way more extreme, we had pretty much the most ideal weather imaginable. Glad you guys made it through okay. PS. That same critter got our food bag too, he's definitely well fed.

@JustinOutdoors 5 лет назад

Nice! Are you going to be posting a video? I'd love to see the ridge under good weather. We were in survival mode so didn't have much time to look around. The only way I could see for the critter to get in is the little holes where there should be a locking mechanism. I think sticking a rock in that hole might prevent the critters from getting the food. This just reminded me that I wanted to write an email to parks!

@AdventureHappy 5 лет назад

@@JustinOutdoors For sure a video will be coming eventually. I'm about a year behind on editing trip videos though 😬. Sucks you didn't get to enjoy it but at least it gives you a reason to go back and do it again.

@PerfDayToday 10 месяцев назад

9:42 jacket looks like dyneema? Ahh Frog Toggs

@greggzel5662 4 года назад

Justin- what model Tilley is that you’re wearing? Beautiful scenery!

@JustinOutdoors 4 года назад

I believe it's the LTM5 Airflo medium brim!

@Hayyothhakodesh 3 года назад

more!

@heatherwenthiking 5 лет назад

Gorgeous countryside you guys have over there! But no way in the world I’d be up on that ridge, I don’t have a good head for heights and petrified of storms! Glad you all made it out safely ☺️

@JustinOutdoors 5 лет назад

I'm super scared of splatting after a fall. I think I would have had a much harder time if it wasn't for the fear of lightning!

@ColemanOutdoors 5 лет назад

That was fantastic! Sounds like you guys made it out of there by the skin of your teeth. Great video. Oh and Grippy Shoes, that's the technical term I take it?😋

@JustinOutdoors 5 лет назад

It was touch and go for a bit there! Really glad I had grippy shoes up on the ridge :P!

@MyLifeOutdoors 5 лет назад

Are Frogg Toggs your go to rain gear? Seems like they failed you on this hike.

@JustinOutdoors 5 лет назад

The Frogg Toggs UL2 suit is usually my go to, but I've been testing out their emergency jacket to see how it stands up. It is not very durable, as you can see! Other than the wind ripping it apart, it also got quite a bit of abrasion on a canoe trip I did. The Frogg Toggs UL2 has been a champ though.

@HM-gk3rq 4 года назад

Beautiful! And scary! Do those campsites need to get booked in advance?

@JustinOutdoors 4 года назад

That was an intense trip! The Aster and Three Isle campgronds do need to be booked in advance through the Alberta Parks website. You can camp at Northover Lakes (in the alpine on the south side of the ridge and in BC) without booking but I'd be wary of weather. The lakes are in the alpine and very exposed. If it gets windy, you'll have troubles keeping your tent up. There is pretty much no shelter from the elements at the lakes.

@mjhoward32 5 лет назад

Great video. I am heading out next week. I was a little worried about snow on the ridge but it looks like that was one of the things you didn't have to deal with. Were you able to walk around Hidden Lake or did you have to bushwack?

@JustinOutdoors 5 лет назад

We didn't have snow issues at all. Didn't even need microspikes. We had to follow the inland trail for Hidden Lake. No bushwacking though! There is one spot with some fallen trees that you have to go over. At that spot there is a dull path that goes left, but go over the fallen trees and you'll get back on the more established trail next to the lake.

@voodooyoulikeme 5 лет назад

I dressed up as a bear and followed you for a few km but my bear suit got waterlogged while crossing a stream and I lost you :( P.s. More shirtless shots please. Great video JustiBoi, I like seeing how happy you are outdoors :)

@JustinOutdoors 5 лет назад

Subscribe and hit the bell button so you don't miss the upcoming Red Deer River canoe trip video. No shirts, no rulez.

@CascadeBackcountry 4 года назад

Sweet views! I got worried about corona virus when you hugged your buddy but then realized this was like a year ago haha

@JustinOutdoors 4 года назад

I can TOTALLY relate to that! ahaha

@crypt0caveman14 3 года назад

those views were insane on the ridge ..how scary was it walking that one slip and bye bye

@JustinOutdoors 3 года назад

I actually wasn't too scared of the ridge as I was in survival mode with the lightning storm!

@lovebrar_21 Месяц назад

Do you need a permit to set up camp?

@pell222 Месяц назад

yes alberta no bc and the trail is on the border

@PugCamper 4 года назад

How do you deal with the water along the way? Is it safe to just drink the filtered water from the lake/river?

@JustinOutdoors 4 года назад

I used a Sawyer filter to filter water for the trip. No issues drinking the filtered water! I probably could have drank straight from many of the streams and been fine!

@skidaddledude1997 11 месяцев назад

I came home and developed Giardia a week later from Aster lake campground? I was too cold to treat the water properly with pristine so did a half baked job. On that trip I used SpotWX for the weather it predicted 2” of snow and minus 10 and that’s what we got. There is a stand of trees just below the campsite where we put up a tarp for food prep.