Jagor Point - Rocky Mountain National Park

[@nicksangetta8874]

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[@shallnoTfear]

Makes me want to move to Colorado.

[@michaelbaker536]

Love this one! Great video. The beginning with the deer/elk whatever was awesome. It was like the opening of a movie!

[@ritzbitz1905]

Amazing hike! Thanks for sharing this! I am totally doing this some day! What spectacular views!

[@tomdewey9664]

Sure wish I had your time to do these hikes . I really like these videos ,thankyou for doing them I hope to do alot of them someday

[@drenglish8420]

Wow, What a hike. Excelled even yourself Mr Sangetta with that one. And Barb...... You're a MACHINE!!!

[@gknapp19]

Mt. Ida is a favorite hike, but I had never heard the name Jagor Point. We long ago named the rock outcropping where you saw Marmots as Marmot City. We once viewed 13 Big Horn Rams chilling on the tundra on the way to Ida and on the way back. The views from this area are spectacular and you captured it so well that Jagor Point is now a must. We once snagged two nights at the campsite at Little Rock Lake; a dream of ours. However, our company imposed on us to take their young kids along. Fortunately, their father planned to hike part way with us. With delays starting out, we found ourselves on the shoulder of Ida at 5PM. I told them that we would be setting camp in the dark. I proposed a consolation prize; drop our packs where we were, climb Ida, and I would spring for pizza downtown. We have still never been down into Forest Canyon. If you ever hike down there, I will be with you in spirit. Thanks for your beautiful videos.

[@Elefanterl]

What a beautiful hike. Wish I was with you

[@peakspike]

Nice video! I think I will do this one for this weekend's hike. I always wanted to hike up by Arrowhead lake seeing it from the road all the time.

[@barbsangetta8381]

Whew! That was a good one, Nick! Great hike and great production of the finished video! You work so hard on all of it……and you are so loved by many. Thank you for what you do for all of us!

[@ellenhawkins128]

Loved seeing all the wildlife, including your mom. She’s a beast!😂 Ten miles of hiking at elevation. Way to go!

[@jmlincolorado]

Serendipity.... I have been a fan of your videos for quite a while now. Today, the very day you released this video I scattered the ashes of my recently passed Father . his wife and his dog just above Milner Pass. To say that your videos are special to me is an understatement. That this one came on this day is a sign from above. Thank you for all of the effort time and money you put in to bringing these beautifully created videos to us all. Peace!

[@nicksangetta8874]

Im sorry to hear about your loss. You picked a beautiful spot for them though. Im glad I chose today to release this one. :)

[@evelynwiegel1838]

So wonderful! I have always wanted to live in the Estes area. We have visited often but those days are past. You and your mom have kept my heart in the Rockies. You have taken me back to places I have been and places l wanted to see. Bless you and stay safe.

[@TrekkingTheRockies]

Beautiful Views! Those lakes below are awe inspiring. Wish there was a way to get to those lakes. I haven't tried to hike any summits yet but this one may get me out there. I'm more of a lake destination hiker. We did Shelf and Solitude Lakes last week.

[@jasonthomas16]

Definitely adding this hike to my list. I’ve hiked Ida twice but never done this

[@nicksangetta8874]

Its great. More dynamic views of the lakes and no one out there. And that little ledge under the summit is super cool. You will like it.

[@russalbers1188]

Your videos are great, I've done some of the hikes and recognize some of the scenes along the way. Your really do a great job with the videos. (I Hiked up to Blue Lake a week before the fire.)

[@franwagner242]

Nick, this is perhaps the most beautiful hike video yet - and that takes some doing! Before we had to cancel our trips the last two years, we were planning to do Mt. Ida, thinking that would yield the best views of the Gorge Lakes plus a tundra hike. You've shown us something we didn't know existed, and we are grateful! Wow! This is a new one for the RMNP bucket list! Peace!

[@nicksangetta8874]

Ida is good, but you come up to the summit and basically get one view of the Lakes. The walk out to Jagor was like an overhead tour of them. Plus there were some additional lakes I didnt even know to look for! Namely Love Lake and Little Rock Lake. But if you are into lakes, this is probably the best area in the park. I hope you get to come out next year.

[@Theninjaonthemountains]

beautiful place, lots of wildlife!

[@rrene5431]

Awesome trail and video! Your mom is an inspiration for us woman. Thanks to both of you!

[@johnelmore5946]

Great hike Barb and Nick! It’s really beautiful up there and thanks for sharing it with great video! Thanks!

[@marysmith2952]

You and your mom have inspired me to get out and enjoy the trails. I stopped going to Rocky because of the crowds. Try to get up after Labor Day. Your Devils Backbone video got me out there. Made the Wild Loop. Will try for a longer hike. Love all the videos you do. They take me many places I am no longer able to go. God bless you.

[@heatherthunderhawk485]

You are such a beautiful soul and spirit Nick

[@nicksangetta8874]

Thank you Heather. I cant tell you how much your recent garden video blew me away! That magic rose and you manifested plums. Wow. Amazing. Much love!

[@heatherthunderhawk485]

@@nicksangetta8874 Thanks... I wish we were not what feels like worlds away...because you and your family feel so close. Thank You for being so real and showing people how wonderful the world really is.

[@johnnymcculloch6751]

good job

[@metal_skies]

Such a beautiful hike once again, and thank you for sharing! Those elk at the beginning, I love to see those animals. I'm going to RMNP at the end of the month and hoping to see the elk plus some fall leaf colors if I hit it just right (or close enough). Your Mom is such a trooper, too, that's so awesome that you two hike together so many times like this. Looking forward to your next video already!

[@laurenbouchie2394]

Just rewatching this video an I think a while back you told me that your mom an dad have hike for a very long time. Is there any hike that they haven't done? Or maybe is there one that is your mom's favorite? Miss seeing your video this week hope all is well. Look forward to next weeks video though!

[@nicksangetta8874]

There are always ones we havent done. Its just how far do we want to drive? I think my mom likes the lakes. High alpine ones like Chasm Lake. My latest posting was the Cameron Peak one. I can only do 1 a week. I try to post on Saturdays.

[@ruggedland]

11:50 looks like a possible path to go down to the lakes? Down there it’s probably a totally different world

[@laurenbouchie2394]

Awesome, Amazing, Fabulous, Mind blowing, Unbelievalbe! Just some words that I can add! That was also spectacular an stunning! Thanks for taking me along, I look forward to all your videos an gives me an escape to all that is happening in the world! Your mom is a rock star to!

[@laurenbouchie2394]

I am going to watch it again by the way!

[@johnconroy4002]

Only been to Jagor Pt one time, but this really brought back some memories. I allows intended to go down to Arrowhead, but never got around to it. I know you're not lake-oriented, but have you ever considered camping (i.e., at L Rock Lake and exploring the lakes below Ida)? I usually go up the little side trail past those rock outcrops just above treeline to the flat tundra and walking to that first cirque to avoid all the up and down hiking on the trail. I've been down to those little lakes at the bottom of that first cirque a few times. Really neat. The Ida trail can be worrisome in the summer afternoon because of the thunderstorms. I've always found a place to park in the lot or along the road across from it because a lot of people just stop for a few minutes to take a picture of the Continental Divide sign. According to my notes, I hiked 547 miles in RMNP this summer and Fall. Now, back in MO and catching up on a lot of the the videos I missed. I'd rather watch them on my TV. Bumping into you & Barb on Twin Sisters was the highlight of my summer. So cool. I just wish I had thought of asking for a photo with you or for one of your cards as a souvenir. Gave lots of people a note with your name and how to view your videos.

[@nicksangetta8874]

It was great running into you also! 547 miles is a lot. Holy moly. Thats a ton of hiking! I did a couple hundred miles this summer but not 547! I havent thought about camping too much. Its just not my thing. I like being out there in the daytime. But I do want to hit those Gorge Lakes at some point. I dont know if I can get all the way down to Rock Lake.. but I think a cool route would be to summit Ida then drop down to the Ida-Cheley saddle and access the Highest Lake from there. Then work it down through the lakes to Jagor Point. Find a way up and then connect it back with the trail to complete the loop. Maybe next year..

[@stevejones1224]

Love the name of the one lake "inkwell". Really is a great description of the color of the water. Great Hike Nick and Barb!

[@evaennis8303]

The first 40 seconds of the video look like the intro to an awesome movie! Spectacular summit, sooo cute critters. Your vids are the best produced of the hiking channels that I watch. Great work, thanks Nick! (And GOOOOO Mom! ;) )

[@nicksangetta8874]

Thank you! That opening footage was fun to get. There were elk all over that area! Probably a group of 50+ more just down the road. I had so much footage but just couldn't use it all.

[@Tristan_Brewer]

12:31 if anybody finds some car keys on that hill between Inkwell & Azure, please let me know. Thanks for pointing out this spot! Great views! I can’t recommend going down into that basin (preferably early July) enough if you haven’t. Went back to Longs again yesterday (summited via Keyhole), and was hit with snow on the descent. It’s officially my favorite part of the park again, but this is a close second.

[@nicksangetta8874]

Congrats on Longs! That is awesome! Its so hard I have to mentally prepare for like a month to do it. I think Jamey may be attempting it on Tuesday not sure. I mean its hard to beat Longs. Its the king of the north. But for a lake spot.. I think this may be the best in the park. I think if I go down, it might have to be from the saddle of Ida-Cheley. Maybe start from up there, take it down by Azure and Inkwell then climb up a different spot to complete a loop may be cool.

[@Tristan_Brewer]

@@nicksangetta8874 Definitely gotta study your line getting down there, I just winged it somewhere along that path to Jagor (didn’t know Jagor was there & assumed a cairn on the ridge meant the best spot to descend). There’s a legend of access via Forest Canyon that a ranger mentioned, but I have zero beta on that. > Longs Yeah dude, I’m calling it my favorite 14er. Why? 1.) it’s so vast -there are endless miles of alpine terrain to explore 2.) relatively little loose rock 3.) it’s beautiful-it is one of the most aesthetically pleasing 14ers in the state 4.) The variability of routes -there are what? 100s of routes to the top. But yeah, great day, ended up hitting a Phish concert immediately afterwards; talk about tired.

[@nicksangetta8874]

@@Tristan_Brewer Great points on Longs. Never really thought about the lack of loose rock but your right! There isnt too much. Its just so prominent too.. you look down onto EVERYTHING from the top. So amazing.. my book talks about descending into the Forest Canyon from the Forest Canyon Overlook. I guess you go past the stone turret and there is some kind of trail that goes down. And it goes DOWN. Like an immediate 3000 ft drop or something. Its insane. Hitting those Gorge Lakes sounds pretty enticing though.. maybe will save that for next summer.

[@davidpiersall1727]

I appreciate you taking the time to respond to our comments. It means a lot. I follow some other channels where I will occasionally add a comment and you never know if your comment was read since no one ever acknowledges it. PS. Always enjoy seeing a marmot or two on yourhikes.

[@nicksangetta8874]

I do my best to read them all..the only thing that stops me is when youtube turns my notifications off and I never see them. Which happens. But I try! Sometimes it gets too overwhelming and I cant respond to everyone.. but if someone asks a question I always try to answer. Its getting hard to keep up these days! So many great comments coming in all the time.

[@greenlenny3926]

Azure lake amazing

[@HexproofAnarchist]

Incredible! I'm going to do this one next year! I really like your channel, Nick! I'm an Estes Park native and there's so many hikes I have yet to do. Keep the inspiration coming. Also your video quality is top notch!

[@robertreifsneider5314]

Awesome video! I used to love looking into that hanging valley from trail ridge rd. It was awesome seeing the lakes on your Mt Julian video, but I think they looked even better from this side. I thought it was funny when you got excited about the quartz. I was thrilled to see the metamorphic banded rock when you were on the way out. I think that is part of those dark stripes you can see on the sides of longs peak on your Mt Meeker video recently.

[@nicksangetta8874]

Lol! I have no idea what Im talking about with the rocks. I see some really crazy stuff at the tops of some of those mountains. And yes I agree the Hanging Valley is beautiful! I like it because its so remote. No people down there. Seems more wild.

[@amysthe-wise-one8493]

Yet another excellent video. A) Where else can I get 4K footage, even into the sun of a peak that is so rare there's not even a register? B) Momma Barb hiking along with you is always a pleasure. She truly is a champ for keeping up. C) I got the urge to watch someone hang gliding down from that summit down to the lakes (or base jumping!) but that's never a smart idea given the location But the best bit? The music kicked this one up a few scales. And the words you might want are exquisite, sublime, stupendous. Sure there's more but those are a good start. *grin*

[@nicksangetta8874]

Thank you Amy! I like "stupendous". Will have to remember it! I agree with you, my mom is a good hiker. She keeps up with me no prob. Thank you so much for watching!

[@willjohnson0813]

Another great hike Nick! And your mom really impresses me! She definitely can out hike me! LOL! In all my trips to RMNP I've never hiked the west side of the park. Don't exactly know why! Beautiful country out there! Still probably stick to the east side when we're there in October. Well we'll see ya on the trail Nick!

[@matteserhut4579]

Awesome hike Nick! Yet another hike for my to-do list. What are your thoughts about accessing the Gorge Lakes from Jagor Point?

[@nicksangetta8874]

Thanks Matt. I wasnt paying too much attention to a descent route down in that spot. But there has to be a weakness in there somewhere. A cool loop would be to summit Ida, drop it down to the Cheley Saddle.. then you are at the top of the lakes. Work it down and around them then back up by Jagor somewhere and loop it back. I think I will go for that next year.

[@jennkmho]

Another amazing video! I watched your Mt Ida video too. The views from Jagor Point look better than Mt Ida’s. Which one did you like better?

[@nicksangetta8874]

Mt Ida is a little taller and you get nice views down into the southwest part of park.. but I kinda like Jagor because no one is out there and you get more dynamic views of the lakes. Jagor is a tiny bit longer but less gain. They are both really good.. but Id probably go with Jagor for the seclusion. Ida is getting pretty dang popular.

[@rachabob1879]

Jack straw mountain looks like it’d be a lot easier going from the ida trail down to it then back up than the standard route that you did. I haven’t done jack straw myself but judging from your video going from ida could be easier

[@nicksangetta8874]

I was looking at that connector from the Ida trail over to Jackstraw and it looks doable.. just a huge down and up but terrain is not bad. I dont know if it would be that much easier but it's definitely another possible route. I might think about doing it down the road.. but I believe next time I do that area Im gonna go down by the Gorge Lakes for a closer look.

[@jeffwhisenhunt2028]

Nick, any thoughts on hiking to Highest Lake????

[@nicksangetta8874]

I have thought about it. Im thinking the easiest way would be to get it from the Cheley-cracktop saddle and then work the it down by the lakes and back up by Jagor to complete the loop. Possibly next year..

[@jeffwhisenhunt2028]

@@nicksangetta8874 we will definitely be looking for that one! Looks like an amazing lake to get to and the views from up there....WOW! Enjoying all the videos, keep em coming

[@tomdewey9664]

Is this a job for you? Your so lucky you get to go so much

[@nicksangetta8874]

I wish it was my job! But I just live close by and do it for fun. I go hiking pretty much every day I have off.. unless the weather is crap.