Hike up Mount Doug with Darkness of Night Descent

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Immerse yourself in a late afternoon hike up Mount Doug in Saanich, B.C. The late afternoon turned to night and I had to rely on a headlamp and lantern to navigate my way down the mountainside.
At night, small rodents can be potential bears😁
It is a crisp day in mid-February when I tackled this hike.
I tried filming this using the 24 frames per second setting. It turns out that on my camera, it does not stabalise the video well on that setting so some of the front facing shots look jittery or shaky, which is unfortunate 🙁
Hopefully, you still enjoyed the experience and I’ll see you back for more!
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[@joesoutdoorplaces]

I love the views of the city lit up.

[@agesadventures]

Yeah, it looks pretty cool😁

[@wendingourway]

Oh my, I've had a hike like that...thankfully only one...thought Otis and I would never find our way out and had actually resigned myself to staying the night...until someone else was heard coming along in the distance and struck up a conversation and just kept him close! lol

[@agesadventures]

It's better to do these things with a companion, that is for sure! You've got someone to trip and run away from incase a bear jumps out, lol😁😁

[@bushcraftua1]

Hello my friend 🤝. Good trip ⛰️🥾, nice nature and panoramic 👍👍👍

[@agesadventures]

Thank you😁 It was quite the enjoyable hike! The night hiking down to my Jeep was a little more challenging, but certainly an interesting experience😃

[@The_Don_TV]

From daylight into darkness 😎 Awsome day outdoors, landscape and views. Lights of the city at evening are cool. 👌🏻 I liked that lamp at night hike! Thank You Age for taking us along 👍🏻😎

[@agesadventures]

It got dark pretty quickly! I got some good use of my lamp! The lamp works really well😁 It was a good hike to get in😃

[@EventyrsorenDenmark]

What a great hike. The views of the city ligths was awsome 😊😊😊

[@agesadventures]

Thank you😁 It was great to capture the views in the evening😃 It adds a little more when you have the lights shining.

[@outdoorlifeofindoorperson1263]

What a wonderful hike! It gets sooooo dark! Because I live in a city, the darkness itself is amazing and exciting. Thank you!

[@agesadventures]

It was a fun hike! It is nice to escape the city so that we can get some true darkness! It's a little scary not knowing what is out there with you though, lol😁 Seeing the city below at night is beautiful!

[@JenniferLupine]

It's great to see how similar your trails are to our coastal trails! Exposed rock in places, same shrubs and trees. Great views from Mount Doug, interesting name, hadn't heard of it before. I wouldn't want to hike back in the dark, but you had plenty of light. The lantern looked great- we have Luci lights that would work well too. 👌😃👍👍

[@agesadventures]

It's not really a mountain. It's a big hill named after the first governor of British Columbia. Even with the light, I was a little nervous about hiking down in the dark. I made it though😁 The lantern is similar to the Luci lights.

[@notmuchtime33OUTDOORS]

Thanks Age, a great hike to wake up and watch this morning ! very steep in places. I loved the dark exit !

[@agesadventures]

I thought you might like the night hiking😁

[@Truckerjonsoutdoors]

There was some tough terrain on that hike. Awsome view of the city and moutain range. I don't know that I would be able to climb them steep rock faces. But the views oh my the views. Then boom city lights on the bay. Geez Louise, it just keeps getting prettier. Awesome lantern. Even with the lantern, I would be nervous on that terrain. What a great hike

[@agesadventures]

It does have some tougher bits that you need to scramble up. I think you could make it though. The views are pretty awesome😁 I enjoy the city lights lighting up the evening down there. The lantern and my headlamp worked pretty well. I could have navigated with just the lantern. I was worried about bumping into something like a cougar up there. Even an upset deer would not be good. Even the rabbit made me nervous at first because I didn't know what it was, lol😂 I was climbing down slow and carefully because it was tougher without being able to see super far ahead.

[@nationalparksprincess3216]

Beautiful view of the city at dusk. That must have been some hike down. Great exploration on that one!

[@agesadventures]

It was certainly neat to see! The hike down was not my favourite part of the hike😂 I liked looking at it in video afterwards, but I was not totally excited about it at the time😁 I was worried about bumping into something🐻

[@karelianprepper]

Good adventure terrain. The most convenient way to get back home is to fly back with a hang glider. MacGyver made something like that once out of tent fabric and tent pipes. It has to work. In section 14.25 there was not a rabbit but a jackalope. I know because they are everywhere here too. 😄 It must have been pitch dark there, but the camera still gives a slightly brighter picture. Difficult to travel in the dark in such demanding terrain. Fortunately, nowadays there are good LED lights.

[@agesadventures]

I'll try the MacGyver hand glider next time. That's seems like a fun way down the mountain! A jackalope? Yikes😱 It was very dark! The camera on the Google Pixel 8 Pro cellphone is a pretty good one. I'm happy with the camera on it. It's a big improvement over my Google Pixel 5 phone I have. The LED lights we have nowadays are quite amazing! They do a great job of lighting the way!

[@CraigKoppel]

Nice quiet hiking. I really like the night view at the top looking down at all the city lights. I saw the rabbit too- barely. Glad you made it out of the dark and safely back to your car. 👍

[@agesadventures]

Yeah, I was pretty quiet that day😃 The night view is pretty cool up there! I thought about circling the rabbit in the video. I barely saw it in real life, lol😁 I saw the shine of its eyes first. I didn't know what it was and it startled me. I just knew there was an animal there looking at me. I'm not a fan of hiking in the dark, especially when we have big animals that can get mean. I did make it though😊😊

[@jroseAsmrMukbang]

Nice Hiking Stay Strong❤❤

[@agesadventures]

Thank you😁 It was a fun hike out there😃😃

[@hikingoutdoorfamily]

Beautiful views from the top at dusk. I bet hiking down in the dark was tricky even with the lights.

[@agesadventures]

It was certainly tricky and It wasn't my favourite. I was worried about bumping in to something that wouldn't be happy that I bumped into it😱 It did look pretty cool up there at night though😃

[@lifesahobby]

Nocturnal adventures ❤

[@agesadventures]

Yeah, it got dark up there😁

[@lifesahobby]

@@agesadventures 24fps is awful. - it seems of to watch on a phone but the bigger the screen the worse the jitter gets. the hiking down the path scenes at 16 minutes work well, just the crop could be slower , it looks like you were testing out some gear on this one.

[@agesadventures]

@@lifesahobby yeah, the 24fps is not good at all! I won't be trying that again for something handheld. Maybe it would work if I had a gimbal. The crop happens because the camera was placed crookedly on the ground and when I accommodated for that by rotating the video I needed to crop in too much. I also was not able to see where I would be coming from when I placed the camera because it was dark😁 I got to test out the lights for getting down the dark😃 I won't be doing that again if I don't have to. I was thinking about bears a lot🐻🐻

[@lifesahobby]

@@agesadventures 24 works better in post . Convert down . You need a shotgun, a laser sight and flir .

[@agesadventures]

@@lifesahobby I have a shotgun, but probably not what you were referring to😁 Flir would have been nice at night!

[@NatureAndOther]

Nice hike, and beautiful view ❤👍

[@agesadventures]

The views are really great! It looks pretty at night😁

[@JimHayesHiking]

Awesome view @12:40! That was a pretty neat hike my friend. Have a great weekend!

[@agesadventures]

Yeah, I like that view up there at that time! It was an interesting one. I was a little concerned with 🐻 seeing animals on the way down😁 Hope you're having a great weekend too😃

[@yasminshikingmission]

Great view up there age 😊 it looked lovely when all the lights started to turn on

[@agesadventures]

I quite enjoyed it up there seeing the lights come on! It's a nice view😁 Coming down in the dark was an adventure, but I made it😃

[@ervinslens]

Another lovely hike man, views from the top are spectacular.

[@agesadventures]

Thank you😁 It was really neat to see the city as darkness was descending on the mountain😃

[@MinuteontheMountain]

Nice hike. I've come down in the dark quite a few times over the years, and I'm usually off trail so I'm not a big fan. Have a great week.

[@agesadventures]

It was a good day out there. It was nice to catch the city lights up there😃 Yeah, it's not fun coming down at night! The light only carries so far and I was hoping that any big animal, if there were any, would decide to go the other way rather than come investigate😱 I hope you have a great week as well😁

[@jesusgjchuza6491]

Wooow, beautiful place 🤝😎

[@agesadventures]

Thank you😁 There are really great views up there😃

[@waterfallmadman]

Good hike with nice views at night.. I’m pretty sure I’ve done that hike, but I can’t really remember.

[@agesadventures]

Yeah, you probably did it if you were a hiker when you lived here😁 Certainly great views at night up there! Not as un going down in the dark as it was coming up in the daylight, lol😃

[@frh-freerangehuman]

Excellent hike 🙌🏼

[@agesadventures]

Thanks😁 It as an interesting one in the dark😃

[@MainlightDrone]

This took a lot of work. It's scary enough to hike in the woods at night, but you took the time to set up the camera to get good b roll. It sounded like you almost lost the trail at least once. Glad you survived to make another one, Age!

[@agesadventures]

Thank you, Christian😁 It did take a lot of work. There is a lot of back and forth to get shots. I figured since I was already out there hiking down in the dark, I may as well get my money's worth and get some hiking shots of me walking to the camera and then away. The walking to the camera wasn't too much of a worry, but the walking away had me a little on edge. Everything would get dark and then the camera phone would disappear since it is already black to begin with and it is not giving off any light. I'll have to get something reflective to leave with it if I ever do another night shoot. Hiking down in the dark is not preferable. You cannot see as well, so I was taking it more slowly. I was also nervous about bumping into a predator. Even though this is close to the city, there are still cougars that will roam around there and there has been the odd bear up there. I did lose the trail and backtracked and then another time I took a wrong turn that got me on to the road leading down earlier than I wanted to. I was going to have to cross the road at one point. So instead of heading back into the bushed to correct my mistake, I walked down the road a little bit and crossed to the trail at the appropriate time. I don't think I'll be doing a lot more night hikes. It seems safer when there is sunlight😃 I was disappointed with the video framerate issue and some jitter in this one, but that was a lesson learned. You're right, I survived😊 I'll be planning more videos and trying to make some more engaging content.

[@scootladychicago]

this is such a beautiful place to hike. yikes it really did get dark! gotta watch your step and the trail even more. the city lights looked pretty from above. have a great week and happy hiking, age! 🛴❤

[@agesadventures]

It is beautiful there! The darkness was great so that I could see the city lights in the view, but also a concern for getting back safely. It was an interesting hiking on the way down😁 I had to stop thinking about unknown creatures an just focus on getting down😃

[@scootladychicago]

@@agesadventures every snap of a twig...unknown creature! i've been there. lol!

[@thewanderingponderer]

Wow that is some trickey narrow trail in places I am thankful that you are doing the footwork on my behalf..so I can take in the stunning views. The way down in the dark looked pretty treacherous even with two lights..Iwas waiting for a bear to make an appearance😂😂.❤

[@agesadventures]

Yes, some of the places I had to focus a little more😃 I was not as excited for the way down in the dark. It did get a little more difficult to navigate especially not being able to see as far ahead. I too was waiting for a bear or a cougar to make an appearance. I would not have been happy about that😱 It was great to see the nighttime views though. It's very beautiful there😁

[@CraigDroneAdventures]

Nice video mate. Thanks for sharing

[@agesadventures]

Thank you😁 I'm glad you enjoyed it😎

[@lorenzooutandabout]

Nice hike good to have some good lighting that little lantern give out good lighting

[@agesadventures]

It certainly was a good test of the lantern😁 It was nice to have it so that I could make my way down much easier than trying to use the flashlight off a cellphone to navigate😃😃

[@Sticksoutdoors]

Amazing views 👍

[@agesadventures]

They really are! Looking at the city as the darkness descends is pretty cool😁

[@IceBearHalfwayPoint]

Is that a square Luci Light? Whatever it is, I like it! Great hike! 😁

[@agesadventures]

Pretty close to one of those. It's a LuminAID PackLite Max 2-in-1 Camping Lantern and Phone Charger. It's an awesome light and I really like it! I've used it a few times when I was out cooking in the dark and it allowed me to film really well. It helped me get down this hike too😁

[@shakyhandpictures2185]

Props to you for filming the decent, I woulda just been focused on getting my ass down! Cheers.

[@agesadventures]

I really wanted to get my butt down there as fast as I could too, but I figured it was an opportunity to try and capture it on video too. It was an interesting hike down in the dark😁

[@dislifeovrz]

that was intense , nice hike as always thanks for sharing Mike N Sheila OV the North

[@agesadventures]

It was a good hike! I was a little nervous where it got dark! I don't like the thought of running into a bear or cougar then😱 Thankfully, I only ran into a bunny rabbit🐰 The city looks beautiful at night all lit up. Thanks for coming along😊

[@deeweeuavp]

Doing an impression of @lifesahobby, you gotta run, run fast ... And jump into puddles ... Next time perhaps!

[@agesadventures]

No, not doing impressions. I'm also not going to run fast down that at night. Too dangerous😱 I'd rather not be out at night. We've got some big predators here and I don't want to run into one of them at night.

[@Oliver_Huniadvari]

👍🏽👍🏽

[@agesadventures]

Thank you😁😁

[@flynorthprod]

So 24fps, do you usually shoot at 30? A very rugged looking hike, Age. Beautiful views from the tops as well. Well done. 👍

[@agesadventures]

I usually shoot at 60 fps. I've watched a lot of videos on how to film and a lot of them talk about 24 fps being awesome and cinematic. It is also supposed to do better in low light. Well, my new phone does 24 fps and I thought I'd give it a go. I found the 24 fps to give bit of a jitter, especially when the camera was not looking at my face. It didn't know what to focus on for the stabilisation function. 60 fps works much better to smooth it out. I'll try something shorter one more time. There is another option on my phone to increase the amount of stabalisation. Hopefully, the video wasn't too bad that it turned people off! It's a good little hike and yeah, the views from the top with the house lights all on is pretty neat😁 I think for these more silent hikes, I need to plan some voiceover. That or I need to do more to immerse people in the video.

[@flynorthprod]

I like a little variety myself so I didn't mind the ASMR-type approach to this one.

[@agesadventures]

@@flynorthprod this is good feedback to know. Thank you, Daryl😊

[@FrigginKlar]

Was that UVIC in the distance with the football field?

[@agesadventures]

That was indeed😁😁

[@user-cf3ld8nl6x]

Ночной поход - ни с чем не сравнимое удовольствие для меня. Но у нас нет гор, только лес. Кстати, незнаю как в вашей местности, а у нас с середины марта у сов начинается брачный сезон, и они обозначают территорию криком. Если пойти ночью в лес и включить запись голоса совы, то если она есть рядом - она начнет кричать, а может даже прилететь на ближайшее дерево)))

[@agesadventures]

I'm sure the owls will start mating around the same time here. I'll check. I like the idea of trying to call them by using recordings during that time. I'll have to try that sometime😁

[@user-cf3ld8nl6x]

@@agesadventures Попробуйте обязательно))) Это реально классно слышать их ночью) Только надо включать записи начиная с мелких сов и потом уже больших - иначе мелкие замолкнут очень на долго и вы их не услышите. 2 года назад я из окна своего дома с совой "переговаривался")))

[@agesadventures]

@@user-cf3ld8nl6x That is pretty awesome🦉 I will definitely try it😁