This Is the Other Grand Canyon of the West (and It's Amazing) (SUV Camping/Vanlife Adventures) 

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Hi Tristan! I live just outside of the park and wanted to let you and your subscribers know that there is another way to access the river. Every year during the Stone Fly hatch we get in many fisher enthusiast. If you enter through the Gunnison Gorge Wilderness Access Area there is a trail called Chucker Trail, it's definitely a four wheel drive road, but at the end there is a camping/picnic area. From the parking area there's a trail that trail that takes you down to the river. The trail is narrow and has many switch back, but very easy to walk and has beautiful scenery. At the bottom it opens up to a nice grassy area (large than most areas at the bottom) , a great place to relax, picnic, fish, and more. I've even seen people with pack mules carting kayaks down the trail. President Carter used to come out here every year to fish the river at this location. The next time you visit the Black Canyon, you might want to check this out.

Hi Tristan, Greg here. Another good episode. High shiver factor. The Black Canyon is one of the most intimidating places I have ever visited. Had some friends that did a couple of climbing routes there and was always in awe. Steep, cold, dark and immense. Your description of the chaos at the bottom being like a machine with all the moving parts was a good one. Be careful out there Hans Solo. Thanks for the vicarious adventures. Looks like the last episode's via ferrata is now on our to do list.

Stopped by Black Canyon about 12 years ago. Didn't know you could walk down but at my age it would have required an air rescue. Thanks for sharing.

We were there a few years ago, it is amazing. We drove around the whole thing and stopped at every overlook even though we didn’t plan to. We had hotel reservations in Durango that night so drove down the “million dollar highway” at night. It was dark all the way from Ouray to Durango. There were mule deer EVERYWHERE. I think it was the most stressful drive we’ve ever had. But then we also stopped and saw more stars than I think I’ve ever seen in my life. It was a memorable trip for sure.

Tristan, I was unaware of this canyon, which I just added to my list. I hope you know how much I and others value your efforts. Thanks 🌲🌲🌲

Your editing is the best. I love the drone shots. I'm enjoying seeing places in our country that I will never see in person. Thank you.

You had over 700 views in first 45 min of posting. I remember when you had about 600 subscribers! Tristan, you have two of the best channels on You Tube in my opinion. How you present locations and history, data of hikes ect... I was in western Colorado about 5 weeks ago, in Az now, the first snow was neat to fish and camp. But the smoke...I broke out of Colorado ( meet up in Tahoe in a couple weeks then) Point being. I had a schedule this fall. But spring I plan on putting your Adventure Know How maps and all to use. I just fell behind schedule checking everything out. Keep up with your Outstanding work! I Know it takes a LOT of work to post a single video and I certainly appreciate it!

I was there on the south rim the end of October. It is a beautiful canyon to see. My mobility issues didn't allow me to do some of the view points due to the distance and terrain so I really appreciate seeing it thru your eyes. Keep up the travels and letting use go with you. Thank you.

When I first started watching RU-vid videos on camping, etc., yours were the first. And still, yours are the best and by which I measure all others. So happy I discovered your channel ❤

I road a donkey down the grand canyons with my mom. My grandma took the helicopter. It was fun. I been their a few times and seen hover dam too. Plus been to Arizona many times and Los Angeles. I've been all over USA and Candia too. I used to love traveling to see different places. And I really don't do much anymore. But I do go to my old home stead town once in a while and I really enjoy it. Have a safe trip.

Absolutely incredible. This cannon is more appealing to me than even the grand cannon. Maybe because your so much closer to it.

I visited this canyon back in the 80's, before it was a NP and was just a Naational Monument. I recall the saying then was: "There are canyons that are deeper and canyons that are steeper, but no canyon is AS deep or AS steep as the Black Canyon." Was so happy when its status changed to a NP, well deserved. Great video!

I really enjoy seeing the sense of awe and amazement in your expression. Your channels are true reality TV at its finest. Thank you for doing what you do, and I really appreciate the way you document it for all of us to enjoy. Cheers.

Going to be moving to Utah in a little over a year can’t wait to visit some of these places. I figured out one reason why I like your videos so much, you’re not playing any music with them, except towards the end, it’s not always needed. Love the sound of that river!

Fantastic! Views of and in the Black Canyon are jaw dropping! Thanks for another great vid, Tristan. You’re providing so much pleasure and joy to this ol lady who can no longer visit these incredible places. Thanks so very much!! ❤️

When watching your videos and see you climb up or down away from the camera, I think about how much a pain in the butt it has to be to retrace your steps to go get the camera. 👀

I love how you can hear the river from the rim. I have only been on the rim but I need to get in the bottom. So beautiful!

In the 70's when I was at Western State I lead some members of our Climbing Club down the slot to check out the Painted Wall from the bottom. There was so much falling rock that we had to biv right as we got to the river. Headed back up the next morning. Awesome place to be...

Hi Tristan, I used to live in Montrose, and would fish the Gunnison regularly. Caught the biggest fish in my life there, about a 30 inch trout! Really enjoyed this video and all of the Colorado videos! Thanks so much. Stay warm and drive safe.

Love the Black Canyon. Gunnison was my home for the 5 years before I moved to Yellowstone and I spent a lot of time there camping and hiking and of course fishing. I usually hiked into the Canyon from the western end as there is a nice BLM campground at the trailhead to make a basecamp from. Some of the largest Salmonfly hatches I've ever seen occurred in this stretch of the river.

Thank you for a great visit! I've mentioned it to you before but the Black Canyon is one of my favorite places. I've been there many times and never get tired of it! There is nothing like standing at the bottom by the river and staring up at those cliff walls and the sky! It's just awe inspiring!

The geology here looks really cool. Having lived only where sedimentary and igneous rocks dominate, the extent of metamorphic rock in that canyon is really intriguing. Thanks for sharing the hike into the canyon. I was bummed that you didn't share those vertical downclimbs but understood the difficulty in doing that.

This was one of my favorite videos. Hiking to the bottom is a bucket list of mine so it was nice to see video of it. I have been to the South Rim twice so it was nice to see the North Rim. Well done!

Some great geography in this video. Love seeing the rock in the canyon.

Another wonderful video! I always love watching your hikes and the interesting places you go. You’re doing a fine job, thank you so much, keep it up!

There is a 3rd Grand Canyon in the U.S. The Waimea in Kauai Hawaii! It is equally amazing, includes a bit of greenery and has both bus and helicopter access.

I really like the sound of the water.Great job !!!!!

Thanks Tristan for taking us along. Great video.

A little late to the party but my wife and I have been catching up on your vids and of course enjoying them eminsly. Watching this one caused my wife to openly cry. Not because of the sheer edges and heights. We visited the canyon in 1986, two years before we were married. We were both so taken with it's beauty that when our son was born in '94, we named him after the canyon. Took him there when he was four so he could see his namesake.

Being old and a bit feeble I thank you for taking me places to see things I will never get to see in real life! I have enjoyed your site for a long time and enjoy it greatly. I only wish I could go and do things, and see things like you do. Thank you!

You have serious wanderlust! Thank you and God Bless from Texas!

I think this is your best video ever! Your filming skills are absolutely professional & narration just right. Even if I was not afflicted with "advanced maturity", I would not have had the guts to do this hike. Sharing your adventure is the next best thing to being there. Thanks.

Great video, Thank you for taking us along your adventures, Appreciate it.

Cool vid! Thank you! Great that you had a peaceful experience!

When you held the camera over the fence it reminded me of when I was about 5 years old my parents took us to the Grand Canyon. We stopped at an overlook area and we were at the edge by the fence and my dad picked me up and held me over the fence and dangled me in the air and all I remember was thinking that he was going to drop me and I’d end up at the bottom of the Grand Canyon dead. My mother told him to put me down and don’t do that again. Thank you for your high quality videos and the locations that you travel to and share with us! ❤

Thank you for sharing this adventure. It truly is the most canyony canyon there is.

My husband and I were there a number of years ago. We took a trip down the river, wonderful!

Thank you for sharing your hike through this majestic Colorado Grand Canyon Park. Enjoyed it all.

I'm really glad to have found your entertaining videos. Many new places have been added to my bucket list that I never knew existed. You do a great job. Keep up the good work!

Been there a couple times. Tent camped one time. Beautiful, breathtaking! Thanks for the reminder.

My family traveled widely when I was young, so I saw a lot of National Parks, but I've never seen Black Canyon of the Gunnison - it was amazing and I'm so glad you shared the hike there. Gorgeous

I knew exactly where you were when I saw the thumbnail for your video. It's one of my favorite places.

My visit was in March of 1971. Time has a way of challenging ones memory to the intensity of an experience like the Black Canyon. Thanks for refreshing my memory of the canyon.

I grew up listening to Dad talk about the Gunnison. I was so thrilled to go there in 03. It is so much worth the trip.

You go to the most amazing places. It was beautiful at the bottom of the canyon! Thanks for being the coolest tour guide and taking us along on your journeys.

Another great video, i just discovered your channel, i am binge watching all the back videos and i must say i am impressed with your history on the places you visit . Good job !!

Tristan, it’s been a while since I’ve been to your channel. Glad to see the big increase in subscribers and your much larger suv…you deserve them both!! 😁❤️

I have never heard of Black Canyon but now it is on my "Must See" list. TY

All of it was great, but just the volume of water passing by as you stood there was amazing to see up close. My daughter and I made this one of our stops when we went to Colorado. Thanks for taking us down to the bottom. FYI Black Canyon gets its name because some parts of the gorge receive only 33 minutes of sunlight per day.

Been there done that. Makes me homesick for Colorado. Great video. THANKS.

Have been to the Black Canyon a couple of times, but never down to the river. Thank you for going down and making this video.

It’s been 40 years since I visited This National Park. The sheer drop off is still seared in my memory. Thank you for the spectacular video Tour!

I just found this channel and it is amazing, one of my favs! Thanks!

My favorite part of the Black Canyon Colorado trip all of it all of us thank you keep it to keep this work up

Wish I would of climbed down yrs ago but I enjoy watching you now that I am 73 with a bad heart. Thanks.

Thank you for letting us hike with you.

Thank you for taking me where I cannot go myself. I stoppedonly briefly at a south side overlook several years ago, as I was running late for my destination. You have completed my experience.

Very nice, thank you. I lived worked and camped within sight of the Black Canyon in another millennia when I was about the age you are now, but it would have never occurred to me to hike down into it. I sure enjoyed your video.

My first trip to Black Canyon of the Gunnison was in 1970 when it was just a National Monument as I recall. Have been there a handful of times since but never to the North rim. It remains as beautiful and untouched as when I first was there. Thanks for renewing some great memories.

Thanks for the tour! I visited with my family in the mid 1990s. I left breaths of awe at observation platforms and I’m sure I raised my hands in praise. My parents had been there some years before and I still have a lovely green turquoise ring my father bought for my mother even as they watched the artist put finishing touches on it. I can still hear their descriptions of wonder and how indescribable it is. Someday maybe I can get there again

I lived in Gunnison and Crested Butte back in the 90’s while attending Western State College. Absolutely loved my time exploring that region of CO. 👍🏼❤️🥾

You make it seem so easy! Thank you Tristan! I would Never have these Beautiful Views w/out your taking us along w/you on these incredible trips you take! And thanks to your lovely Wife as well!

Excellent presentation skills; Nicely done. This is now a new addition to my bucket list.

I found this to be a really interesting and well done video. The content was intriguing and the quality of the production was excellent in my opinion. This is the first video of your's that I have viewed and I am well pleased that it appeared in my feed as I am now a subscriber. Thank you!

Very nicely and tastefully done mini-documentary. Also appreciate the sensitive, subtle music selection. Motivated me to visit one of these years.

Thanks, Tristan, nice shots of an amazing canyon. I haven't been there either but it's been on my list too. Keep up the good work!

Thank you. I've never been, or seen that countryside, so I really enjoyed it! Have friends from the area, so now I've an adventure to share ~

Hi- I just found your channel and I am really enjoying your videos. I love to go to off the beaten path places where the crowds are not ! I live in AZ and like to go exploring for here too. We live in a beautiful & blessed country. Thank you for showing it off !

Great video! I was there in April, and literally had the North Rim to myself. It was INCREDIBLE!! Safe travels!

I enjoyed your video! What a spectacular canyon!

Yes! I was hoping this is where you were going when you left us with the tease last week. I’ve loved all these Colorado videos. So many of these places are places we’re planning on visiting this summer.

Great place, great video. I really enjoyed it. Thanks!

Always spectacular videos. I’m never disappointed with your content.

Fantastic tour. I'd love to experience being there.Thanks🙋

Very well done video. Not too long. not to short. Well placed commentary. Great curated scenery. Pleasant commentary, not too long, not too short. Precisely informative. Really, really good!

I went there 5 months ago and it is amazing for sure. I could hear the river rushing through, was on the north rim. Almost nobody else there and what a place to be.

Excellent job on this video. Very informative. I will definitely have to check this canyon out on my next trip to Arizona from Canada.

I would also enjoy seeing you tour Palo Duro Canyon in Texas. Thank you for great content.

13,000 years old! That's boggling! I had no idea the US had human habitation that long ago. The rock art you show us is always amazing and always among my favorite segments of your journeys. It's interesting that the super early work seen in this video has none of the ubiquitous concentric circles, surreal human figures, or complex narratives found in so many other petro- or pictographs. The Gunnison was incredible. You gave us a perfect taste of it.

Great video. Thank you for going through the efforts to give us armchair travellers a bit of adventure and beautiful scenery.

Thanks for the video. The place looks incredible! We have added it to our bucket list.

Another great video! I really like the music you use during your drone footage, etc.

Thank you for sharing this video. It looks like a great place to explore.

You're living the dream and taking us with you. Great video's.

Thank you for sharing your adventure with us! I’m surprised that you didn’t stay longer or camp near the river to make the arduous journey more rewarding! Your return scramble to the rim in an hour would have impressed even the ancient inhabitants…

Thanks for this video. You definitely find unusual places. Great camera work.

One of my absolute favorite places in the US. I’m always talking about the canyon.

Wow, I've never seen this before. It's so different from the usual Grand Canyon shots popularly shown in nature books and movies scenes. The drops were scary looking. lol Thanks so much for sharing this.

We visited a few years back, but only took the E. Portal Road down on the South side, got to the end on the East side. Really impressive, wished I knew about it say 40 years earlier (about to turn 70) and may have attempted one of the 'Routes' you mentioned. Going uphill sounds more fun even though it's a tougher trek....

Hi Tristan, recently stumbled across your channel and am loving it. I drive by the Black Canyon of the Gunnison frequently and always take time to stop at Chasm View. What a great find at Eagle Rock Shelter. Will be checking it out on my next ride through the area.

Cool trip ! I went there in the 90 s and wanted to go to the bottom but dad was with me so I could not go down. Thanks for taking me down with you. Now I know what I missed. Happy Trials 👍😎

I was just there in September. I spent the afternoon in the South Rim & the next morning in the North Rim. Think I hit every view point. They all have a unique view. I was a bit worried for you when you said you were going to go down into the canyon. Read info that recommended against it even warning of deaths that had occurred. So we did not attempt. Your perspective from the bottom was very cool to see. You can hear the river rushing pretty well from the top. Can only imagine how loud it was at the bottom.

Thank you young man for this video. I live in Mississippi it nice to other parts of the country.

Beautiful, thank you for sharing.

Some truly spectacular shots in this one. Well done.

I camped in the black canyon by myself in the blm land right outside of it and it was amazing my experience there I’d go during sun set and sun rise! It’s so beautiful both times you have to see both

Hey, great video. The Black Canyon of the Gunnison is etched in my psyche. I was born, and raised in Montrose Colorado, just a enjoyable car ride away. As a child My family picnicked, X- country skied, camped, biked the rim road, fished the east portal of the Gunnison tunnel, yeah, it’s a part of me. So thank you for this lovely video.

Yes....Your adventures and videos are best, thank you for showing me new places....take good care and keep going

Had not heard of this canyon so thanks for the introduction! One thing that impressed me was the roar of the river from the rim. Love that sound.