That’s very kind of you to say, thank you! Glad you are enjoying the videos

Very true!

Thanks for the kind words 🙌

Haha luckily i make the videos (more than anything) for myself, to be able to remember the good times. Any of you that watch it and enjoy are just a bonus! Thanks for your support!! We actually embarked on a big trip last September and ended up stuck in the biggest storm in that region for decades. So we are going to try again this year. We’ve got a couple of Utah trips planned for this year. Also, by request, I’ll be doing a walkthrough video of my Excursion build at some point this year

I didn’t realize they relied so much on donations, I’ll be sure to mention that going forward. Definitely appreciate their efforts on getting the routes setup!

- Of all the sections, I'd say #3 was the most difficult. That's where we ran into our only 'impassable' section and had to backtrack 5 or so miles to a bypass. There was also a couple depressions/ravines the road went through that may have caused us trouble if we were in a smaller vehicle. - We didn't do the 'Expert Only' sections, I think there are 3 of them spread throughout the BDR. We skipped those. Honestly, the trail system isn't hard, we were in 2WD 95% of the time. - There's definitely some stream crossings but none that worried us any. You'll see plenty of water crossings in my videos, but vast majority are less than 6" deep. Even the deepest we faced was maybe a foot deep, no big deal. - We started early and quit around dark and it worked out to about a section per day. We traveled 110-180 trail miles / day. But we were also filming which slows things down considerably. - Onion Creek on Section 2 is amazing, criss crossing through the water is beautiful. Moki Dugway of Section 1 was breathtaking. Mirror Lake (Section 4 I think?) was super pretty. Monte Cristo range in Section 6 as well as Bear Lake itself, all very pretty. - Some sections were super easy to find campsites, others not as easy. Using some type of mobile app for your phone or ipad is really helpful to know what is public land and therefore usable (BLM, Forest Service, etc.) and what is private. I use Gaia and love it. A lot of people us OnX and love it as well. - This isn't super helpful, but as far as timing the only thing I can say is have the goal to do a section a day but hopefully have the ability to be flexible. I don't think it's out of the question to do it in 7 days, you may have to rush through some things but i do think it is doable. Hope that is helpful! -Kaden

Another thought or two: I don't think October is a bad month to do it in, but I'd be prepared for cold weather. We did section 2 in May and we froze our butts off in the mountains east of Moab. Also on Section 5/6 we got snowed on when we did it in late October of 2022 (20th and 21st) and apparently later groups found it nearly impassable.

​@@mountainlanders Thank you SO very much for all the info! it's going to help us out a lot. And yeah, we'll be prepared for colder weather. Our last trip out was last weekend doing Section 2 of the WA BDR (plus some exploring) and I think we averaged 9mph due to the rough terrain. From your Utah BDR videos (I've watched them all!) it looks like the roads allow for speeds higher than 10mph. :) So being able to do 100 miles in a day is encouraging. I'm saving all the notes you provided and my Wife and I will discuss the details. We also us GaiaGPS for our main map, might add something like OnX or one of the others apps that have more details road/trail info for this trip. Anyway, thanks again for the info!

@@weatherornotsubaru Best of luck! Let us know how it goes, hopefully you'll put out some videos we can enjoy

😊❤️😊

Means a lot, thank you. I didn’t touch these edits for months because I felt I was short on storytelling. Decided to just finish the edits and release the videos anyway and have been blown away by everyone’s kind words and reactions 😊

The Ephraim area! Sanpete County. And yes, housing and land out here has gone nuts over the last couple years!

Not this time though 😜

Some lessons are more painful than others haha. Definitely learned a lot on this trip!!

Thanks!! Luckily the Excursion has a 44 gallon fuel tank so we never had any fuel issues. The BDR is also designed to provide fuel at strategic intervals, going through towns at the right times

@@mountainlanders thanks for your reply! I’m subscribed and loving these! Utah is so beautiful.

@@gold-digger6579 Utah is an amazing place. Thanks for subscribing and enjoy the BDR series!!

Thanks so much!

Very much so! Good friends and good strangers all willing to help out

Thanks for the support, glad you liked it!!

I’m blushing 😊 thanks so much for the kind words. The feedback has been so positive and uplifting. Glad you enjoyed watching!!

Thanks so much for watching!!

Thanks for your support!!

@@mountainlanders MY SUPPORT?? I'm 65 years old and suffered a stroke 4 years ago. I spent most of my life four wheeling, mountain and rock climbing, camping, mountain biking, and just enjoying the outdoors. Now I spend my days on my ass stuck in my house. You need to understand that I should be thanking you for your support, not the other way around! You guys share with me all the things I can only dream of doing now. It's easy to sit in my chair and click the subscribe button, you are the one that has to do the work to bring it to all of us. So, thank you for YOUR support and for hauling my old cripple ass along with you!

Thanks for your support, means a lot!!

I’m excited to watch your video, especially around that sketchy spot!

Thanks so much 😊😊😊 I’m close to being done editing the final episode, it’ll release within the next week for sure!

​@@mountainlanders Believe me, I know editing is very time consuming. The quality of your videos show the effort you put into them.

@@TheGrumpyGobbler 40-50 hours per video for me! Thanks again for all the kind words, glad somebody out in the world is enjoying the videos

Best thing to do is probably go buy an 85” OLED tv and then watch our BDR series on that… haha sorry, best of luck with your TV

@@mountainlanders Well when its starts happening to others that watch your channel maybe you will still think its funny

@@edgarplummer6750 is there anything I can do to help you?

@@mountainlanders No you made your position quiet clear n- when Roku starts blocking channels like yours on all their devices don't say I did not warn ya.

@@mountainlanders Just remember 68% of people who watch YT watch on a Roku device so if they start blocking channels on all those don't say I didn't warn ya?

Thanks so much for the kind words, glad you enjoyed!! If you haven’t yet be sure to check out the whole series. I’ll be releasing the final video here in the next week or so!

Sorry, the budget for the film didn’t include enough for explosions or launching flaming cars into a canyon. Maybe next time though!

Much appreciated, thank you!!

We did 3 separate weekend trips. This trip was in August of last year, the final trip (from Kamas to the ID border) was in mid October. In August we had a bunch of storms last year so it was super wet but still not too bad as far as the drive. In October the last 2 sections were also very wet and we got snowed on at different times. The trail was still not too bad, easily managed

Great question. With a full size rig there are pros and cons for sure. I find the height to be more of a problem than the width, but my rig is also 20+ years old so I don’t worry much about pinstriping. I would worry a lot more if I had a new truck and was running it on the trails as I do take a fair amount of branches, etc on the sides

Thanks so much!!

Thank ya kindly sir!

It’s not, it’s ugly and smells funny and you definitely shouldn’t move here.. 🤣🤫

Thanks for coming along for the journey!

That’s kind of you to say! Thank you thank you. Definitely planning on more videos 😎

If we had a second vehicle with us we definitely would have attempted the crossing, but being alone and 50 miles from anything and no cell service was just too much of a risk for fairly little reward. Glad you see it the same!

😂😂😂 thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoyed the video! Episode #3 will finish editing today, might even get posted tonight. I’ll be sure to throw in some mindless commentary for ya 😅

@@mountainlanders 😂 Thanks, cannot wait, but I have a teenager, so my dance card for mindless comments is pretty full 😂! We just returned to Tennessee from visiting Rocky Mountain National Park and Dinosaur National Monument. I was blown away with Utah's beauty. Stunning! Oh... and invest in a Yankum Rope. Just watched "that" episode.

@@warrenjansen7096 Rocky Mtn NP is amazing! Went there a few years ago. And yep, invested in a lot more recovery equipment after “that” experience!

After watching your channel last week, I told my wife she had to watch it. Half way through watching the first installment on the BDR she made me stop the video and told me that she wanted to subscribe to your channel also! Her only complaint..... the music and the beauty of what you filmed made her cry! Which meant I had to take her out for ice cream that night! Thanks, I think 🤔.

@@warrenjansen7096 bout time you took her out!! 😂 thanks for the kind words and glad to hear you both are enjoying the series!

Glad to hear you’re getting some ideas!!

South-Eastern Utah!

So we split the BDR into 3 different weekend trips. The first trip we did basically sections 2 and half of 3 (Monticello to Green River) and that was May 20-21 of last year. The second trip was Green River to Kamas, Aug 19-20. Third trip was Kamas to the ID border, Oct 21-22. The middle trip was probably the best weather in general, didn't really run into issues. Sections 1 and 2 you really should do in mid July or later, especially on a year like this year. We had to skip the LaSal's and also the area south of Monticello at the end of Section 1 was cordoned off and unable to be driven. We ran into similar problems (though not as bad) in October on the last couple sections, it snowed on us quite a bit. We didn't miss anything because of it but it definitely added some sketchiness haha. If I could do it again (which I probably will) I would try to do the whole system in mid to late September or early October.

Pretty open I’d say! My rig stands about 8’6” and I don’t remember being very worried about clearance. There are some timber spots where you’ll want to be extra aware of it but in general pretty open!

We split the trip into 3 weekends: the first was Monticello to Green River (we had already done section 1 a while back so we skipped it), second was Green River to Kamas, third was Kamas to the ID border. We live in central Utah

@@mountainlanders thank you! Can’t wait to do this

We were surprised for sure, crazy how big of a difference there was from one spot to another! They were right around the corner from each other too

This first leg of the trip was late May and it was still too early to do some of the high elevation stuff around the LaSal's. So we did have to do some of the winter workarounds. We also elected not to attempt the Expert section at Lockhart Basin alone. But in general the trail is pretty straightforward. When Episode 3 is released you'll see a major obstacle that we had to backtrack and go around!

@@mountainlanders thank you! I really want to do this but I only have one vehicle to take along…don’t know a lot of people that are into it. Just don’t wanna get in a pickle

@@jacobjeffs3504You asked a great question! I commented above with some additional questions too. We plan on doing this route (south to north) using the official BDR route, but avoiding the expert/alt routes, doing it this October (2023). We'll be doing it solo unless we can find someone else crazy enough to join us. :)

Wow, thanks for such kind words! We’ll keep at it!

Thanks for the kind words! We definitely have intentions of doing more of the BDR trails! Do you have one one mind?