The whole river drainage is amazing! Glad you could see where it all starts!

It is a special place to be sure! I'm already thinking about my next trip in there!

Thank you! This is a new track

I don't know what that is

@mountainwanderer Blantons is Buffalo Trace Bourbon's top shelf. $$$$ but delicious.

No, it wasn’t that. Simple Irish o

The dream is alive!

Thank you! Thank you for taking the time to watch!

Thanks for checking it out!

You didn't see anything...

Thank you! No, I don't use Tensa poles. I've thought about trying them out, but I rarely go to places where I cannot find a couple decent trees.

That is part of the reason that I post these videos! No fish on this trip unfortunately.

I love the area! I cannot wait to get back!

It was kind of the same thing for me. I have driven past them many times, but this was the first time I went in there.

It's my favorite time of the year to be out there!

Sadly, current we do not sell them.

It is pretty magical!

They are wroth a trip! One of my favorite ranges to be sure!

This was a very different trip than I thought it was going to be!

I didn't get to go over those passes and that is one of the biggest bummers for me. I'm not sure how I would've done on those passes.

They are magnificent!

I wasn't 100% sure that time that that was what it was because I had some things giving me false-positive results. But I definitely knew that I couldn't finish. Had I tried, I think it would be a chopper ride out.

@ absolutely 👍. I live in Utah and hike the high Uintas. I’m very impressed by how far you and your companions made it! I’m in my thirties and it kicks my behind every time. Even though I live at a higher elevation, the dry and thin air will take my breath away and make my muscles so much more sore than hiking in the desert. Seriously, congratulations and thanks for providing such stunning videos.

Thank you for watching as always!

Glad we could show it to you again! Thanks for watching!

The peaks surround you on all sides at hidden lake! It is a gem for sure!

That is great news! Cheers to a speedy recovery!

It gave me the same itch! Ready to get the season started! Hope all is well at the ranch, my friend!

my dog is much better equipped to handle it

You need to hike the Eagle Caps at some point!

You should take a trip over there sometime! Worth it!

I would love running through there as my younger self!

I highly recommend them! I'm hoping to get back soon myself. All of the music in the videos comes from me. Either music made for the videos or from bands I have been in.

@mountainwanderer Thx, your music is great

Thank you for watching!

Right on! Moving in time to taste the winter there!

This was a really fun trip! Radio Beer always has pin-up theme, there's usually some kind of girl on it. 😂🍻

They are a special place! There are a few drainages that I have been in that are a gentle grade up and not difficult. It would be a great way to ease yourself into the mountains!

This was definitely a more relaxed trip! It was great enjoying a slower pace.

Fall is my favorite season by far! I try to go as much as I can.

Winter is starting to kick into gear up here! Doing our snow dances!❄️

Lucky for me that throw wasn't closer because that dog would've went through me without a second thought! 😂

Thanks, Boss. This one almost got me.

Thank you! The Winds is a magical place! I didn't get over there in '24, but hoping to get a trip in the Winds in '25. About the music, you cannot get that anywhere. All of my music is music I have recorded, either in some of the bands I've been in or now days, I write music specifically for the videos. But it all comes out of my studio.

@@mountainwanderer Wow! Your own music makes it even cooler than before! I took my first backpack trip ever in the Winds in the summer of 1969 with my uncle and cousin. Been hooked ever since. Took 11 trips last summer. Had to go on in to Raft lake to see for myself how in the world you guys took the wrong turn winding up Wilson Creek! JK 🙂 Didn't see hide nor hair of the Griz (there is more than one, at least 3 that I know of) that has been hanging out in the area. I will be spending most of the season in the Winds this year.

11 times in to the Winds sounds amazing!

Had to get the map out to check where this was. After seeing this country, I'm a little sad we didn't go that way. Our original route wasn't going over that pass to Pop Lake, but up to Cached Lake. That high basin that Pop Lake sits would be an amazing place to spend some time!

@@mountainwanderer We did it a while ago. There was an old trail that went up the south side of the ridge opposite Pop lake. The trick is finding a path off of the ridgeline but the hike down to the lake and down to Minam was easy once you are off the top. You will, once you are on that ridge, see the other trail to your east, but no trails go into that basin.

Thank you! I'm so happy that people get anything out of the videos! As long as I am out there trekking, I'll bring a camera along

@@mountainwanderer ❤️

Thank you!

I glad to hear that you got to share that with her. Cherished memories

I'm not even sure that these trails were as steep as the ones in the Whites!

Got to have something to blow in the wind!

@mountainwanderer exactly, when some of the Irish back in Ireland say "you look like a girl with long hair!" You can say, "I was bjorn(born) to be wild"(I like watching a Norwegian KZbinr named Bjorn Andreas Bull Hansen; he reminds me of a wee bit of my Dad's Dad(along with around 20 to 30% Irish ancestry, my Dad("Sigifredo Jr."; he always says "I'm European & East Asian"; his grandmother Lita(who had Native American ancestry yet looked very East Asian(Japanese & Korean + Northeast Asia+ intersection); I know not all Natives feel connected to them, with some moreso Polynesian and even some have maternal ancestry, haplogroup X like with the Lakota, connected back to West Asia, also connected & related to Northwestern Anatolia,Troy, & Thessaly Greece in Europe; I found out my Dad's main maternal lineages was Haplogroup D4h3, which essentially came from Japan & East Asia through Haplogroup D4h(D) over 20,000 years ago) looked similar to my PNW Wolf Clan(British Columbia+) Native American old friend Jess("Medieval Japanese lady(strong woman deep down)"; she had long raven dark hair) & An indigenous Ainu Jomon+ Elder in Hokkaido, Japan who was recently interviewed by a Japanese KZbinr named Kinko Ito) had around 7% Norwegian ancestry, as well as around 11% Finnish seemingly enough), who I saw in a photo 🕯🔥🌧🌈

I'll second that! Love this place! I'm already looking forward to exploring more of it!

They are good pups for sure!