Pacific Crest Trail Thru Hike Episode 58 - Just Missed It

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[@GivePeaceAChance12]

Love the morning rising sun turning so many of the trees golden!! Well Frozen, I consider you a PCT thru hiker, you missed only those miles that were unavailable to you! And im a perfectionist, with seven decades I've learned to not allow the lack of "perfection wharever that is" spoil the results, and to enjoy the journey!! 2201 miles !!!!! Whoo hoo🎉🎉🎉 Wow pic of the entire sheep lake and surrounding was so beautiful, looked like a water color painting! Mt Rainier is so majestic!!! Think you discovered a Sombrero Mushroom, omg!!! I think the fires are affected by years of drought, that is the case in Ca. You are spot on with the need for funding both for management and cost to fight the fires.

[@jonathanscoggins5868]

OMG i thought it was a bear coming out from behind the trees! Thank goodness it was only BIGFOOT!!!! :D

[@melissacoy6038]

Add Wonderland Trail around Mt Rainer when you and Bigfoot return in 2026 you will LOVE it!

[@LeahWriter]

I think we know where Bob Ross got all his happy little tree scenes from😊 so pretty

[@dianamazzullo9065]

Such a beautiful trail. So sad there’s so many fires.

[@j.stephens257]

Congratulations on beating your distance record, keep going! 👍 Safe travels.

[@slowlife2158]

I love your videos and your journey. I don't love that I keep seeing you camp in meadows. What looks like grass is actually a. super delicate community of little alpine meadow forbs that will die permanently after only a handful of crushings. A lot of alpine meadows near trails are suffering because people are camping on them, not realizing how delicate those plants are. The recommendations is to camp on "durable surfaces" like vegetation-free duff, rock, dust, dirt, mineral soil. I know you don't mean to harm the vegetation, I assume you just didn't know. I felt like I needed to say something because lots of people watch your videos and may indirectly learn from you that camping on meadows is okay, or even desirable, which it's not. Thanks for listening. Enjoy the rest of your hike, I hope everything goes smooth with your fire detours.

[@deanwinchester6654]

Prescribed burns and forest management defiantly helps with forest fires. There is money for it but politicians rather spend it on other stuff that does nothing to help the environment. Jasper Alberta recently got burnt down and this was talked about for years that a big fire will come cause of all the dead trees. But rather build fire breaks and prescribed burns they wanted to keep the forest naturally and this allowed a huge fire to happen. In many ecosystems fire is needed for new growth and humans recently stopped all fires. This allowed fuel to stack up, native Americans did tons of prescribed burns.

[@rickwebermusic]

Bingo. My dad spent his entire career in forestry, and has a PhD in forest genetics. He's said the same thing for decades.

[@joepeters5796]

So satisfying to see how much you loved the scenery in Washington. Satisfying to see it again bc of you in Morgantown, WV ... Guessing you are possibly home or close to it. Congrats on a monumental hike, and perhaps a few bucket list items ...

[@daveh.4193]

We've been fighting fires too vigorously for too long. All the accumulated fuel slows the fires down, acrually boiling the sap of large trees which would survive normally

[@curtelverd4008]

I’ve hiked up Mt. Rainier, and it is magnificent. You can sit at 8-10k ft and see Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Adams so clearly. Unfortunately, it takes 2 days to summit with the need of ice gear. It’s on my bucket list to go back!

[@Sunny84185]

So beautiful!

[@russellinthebush2897]

There's a trail around Mt. Rainier called the Wonderland Trail. It's about 95 miles long. You might look at doing that someday. There are lots of trips available for summitting Rainier. Several of my friends have done that but I never have. Thanks for another great video.

[@PSUhorty1]

Thank you!

[@BRADYHANKS]

I know you mean well, but fires are normal here in the west and near or on the trails. It’s always been like that. Just normal. Like tornados in Alabama. Or hurricanes in Florida. Just normal. I wouldn’t worry. Nature does what it does. Happy trails.

[@plainsimple442]

Hey Man, you only had to walk 2200 miles to enjoy the natural beauty of Washington state.

[@michellegurdebeke5552]

Awesome day Frozen & Bigfoot. Amazing views. What a gorgeous state. Loved this video!! Thank you for sharing. Stay safe .. happy trails 👣 💓

[@ched03]

The state of Texas actually has more forest land than the state of California. Texas does controlled burns on all of it's forest land and it shows with out lack of forest fires. When hiking on the trails in the Piney Woods of East Texas you need to check for trail closures from prescribed burns. Yes, we did have the horrible fire in Bastrop in 2011, but definitely not ever year.

[@AJKPenguin]

Shucks, I just had an Epiphany. The Pacific Crest Trail is a type for life itself. Inferno with the fires, Paradise with the scenery. Purgatory with the suffering of the body and purification of the soul.

[@angelusway]

My favorite state! Lived in Bremerton while stationed at Bangor Sub base. All outdoor activities at your whim. The prettiest spring and summers! Beautiful view you captured.

[@MissM007]

So proud of you on the 2201 miles. I could see it in your face when you paused. It's got to be bittersweet on the fire closures and when you reach the monument. I'd feel the exact same way. Does it work like the AT where you have to complete the PCT fully in the same calendar year or how/when do you anticipate finishing the fire closure sections?

[@FrozensAdventures]

Technically for a thru hike yes, but I am going to get the closures as I can. With a family and money restrictions my goal is to complete in 5 years.

[@ThadBrown-sc8nk]

Why cut your videos, your one of two hiking shows I watch and ive had two strokes so I can't get out and I love nature so if you want to video 4 hours I'll watch 4 hours of nature, I'm all In.

[@soapeshins7503]

I'm guessing a video of that length takes a very long time to upload, especially in these regions where he may not have the greatest service.

[@FrozensAdventures]

Most people won't sit through 30 minutes a day. I try to inspire others to hike so I also try to appeal to the majority. I'm with you though I love to watch full length trips. As Soapeshins suggests it would also take REALLY long too upload. Some of these town stops had really bad connections and took all night to upload 1 video.

[@ThadBrown-sc8nk]

My thought is do 18 or 30 minute shows when out but when he gets home put them together in a full length video. He doesn't have to try to do it on the spot. I know that's crazy. 2 or 3 hour of content while getting ready for next day are relax eat and sleep. I get that but once home it would be awesome for home bound people like me and truck drivers who are out driving long haul. That way people who can't watch long content they can watch the shorts and then guys like me with no life can watch the hours long version the whole trip doing the pct.

[@Bear-Cat_019]

@@ThadBrown-sc8nk@FrozensAdventures while I do enjoy the shorter 18-20+ min videos, I too would love to sit back and watch a full length feature movie of the highs and lows of the PCT or AT or CDT (when that is completed).

[@jonsanford2515]

@@Bear-Cat_019you don’t have to wait for Frozen’s AT movie. It’s on his channel already.

[@bryanlevesque1012]

13:05 “The Wonderland Trail is 93 miles (150 km) long and encircles Mount Rainier.” per NPS website. That’s a long hike for normal people, however I’m sure you could do that and then summit also.

[@maryhairy1]

Washington state is sure pretty!

[@bryanlevesque1012]

6:56 Watching your AT videos, every time you marveled at the scenery, all I could think was, “Wait until you get to Washington!”

[@FrozensAdventures]

It's such a shame we missed so many fire closures in Washington. It was really epic!

[@garyblack2858]

​@@FrozensAdventuresWashington is so diverse. We have the beautiful mountains like Rainier, Adams, St. Helens and Baker, Olympic Rainforest, Columbia River Gorge, Puget Sound with its many islands and the high desert in Eastern Washington which had some of the most unique geology anywhere. So much to see and do in all 4 seasons. Love the natural beauty in my home state.

[@skreenfeen74]

I think those were pied- billed grebes. I didn't have my glasses on

[@edschultz5718]

First, finally. I had no idea there were so many fires out there, it seems crazy

[@edschultz5718]

Did I miss an episode with Mt Hood, or were you on an alternate and didn't go around it?

[@FrozensAdventures]

I know I saw it a few times but I may have been referring to it as Mt Adams.

[@saddlepants]

So I've been following most of your hike but I haven't commented much. But I just found out today that the Columbia River is plagued with cyanobacteria. The entire River. I don't know if you're there yet, but it's a big deal, especially with people with dogs course. You don't want to drink it either so spread the word on the trail

[@Michael-o7x9h]

You are a thru hiker and you've done enough.

[@whatkjsaw4461]

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[@ChrisfromFL]

Hey Jason, I've watched all of your vlogs over the past 10 years or so. I'm started watching because I returned to backpacking at age 61 and knew i didn't want to go back to sleeping on the ground. Those early hammock video's were a big help especially dialing in my tarp set up. I guess one question I have for your return to PCT in 2026 will you be using a tent or reverting back to your hammock? And why? I also have a suggestion for one of your post hike videos. In this video (#58) you mentions something about your gaiters having extended the life of your shoes, could you explain that in more detail? I in the past I have worn both Altra's and Topo's but now i prefer Hoke's and the only disadvantage is that they don't easily accommodate gaiters. I'm sure someone has has a YT video showing an easy modification which I will research before my next adventure. Thanks for all you do to help hikers improve their hiking experiences!

[@garyblack2858]

Frozen you need to hike the Rainier Wonderland trail that circles Rainier. Like 95 miles. A family hike?

[@FrozensAdventures]

I'm very interested in hiking that after my fire closures. I enjoyed hiking around Rainier the most out of any other mountain.

[@maryannloomis5028]

The money for control burns is already there. It's "administrative" costs that take all the money to feed the fat cats. Log it, graze it, or watch it burn. When the ranchers and loggers managed the forests, there wasn't as much damage. They did clear cuts between mountains that stopped fires from being able to run. I remember those days. We had plenty of wildlife to both experience and hunt, because they had forests to live in. It's public land, we don't need to charge to walk it. We need to elect people who truly understand management.

[@FrozensAdventures]

I agree with you, but it's the West Coast so good luck with electing people that understand management there.

[@livelytonya1]

You don’t have to go back and walk through all the burn zones to complete your hike. They’re now burn zones they’re dead. I am certainly not gonna go back and Hiking Thru anymore. Burn zones because I have hiked through enough all.

[@FrozensAdventures]

I know, but I'd like to see the areas I missed. Some of the closed zones didn't catch on fire, but were too close to smoke to be safe.

[@MaxZomboni]

15:00 No, no controlled burns. More fire fighting, and maybe lightning rods on top of the mountains to attract the lighting. Back in the 1950s, 60s and 70s when we didn't do controlled burns and put out forest fires faster, the forests were fine. Over 40 years of controlled burns and lack of firefighting is what has got us this this mess.

[@philippehamel57]

I must say, your sleeping pad is DIRTY dude! hahaha 🤮

[@FrozensAdventures]

Yea all of ours are. I actually clean my with soap and washcloth every few town stops too!

[@terryweaver9770]

Frozen, would you agree that if your gonna hike the PCT, certainly NOBO, should U go into it knowing your gonna have to skip part of the trail due to fire, is it the inevitable? Do U think going SOBO would affect getting thru the “fire season” & not have’g to skip so much trail before the fires break out? What is your opinion about going SOBO in elation to the “fire season” ? Did Merica say anything about his journey going SOBO & getting thru the fires- if any fires @ all?

[@FrozensAdventures]

I plan on making a video about this when murica is finished. Hoping I can get him on a live as or a video to answer these SOBO questions because I am genuinely curious myself. I think going nobo in general you should expect to have to go around a fire closure or 2 or even more. I think the PCT gets harder to hike with a continuous footpath (on trail without alternates), every year I do think an average speed nobo like myself should shoot for the last 2 weeks on April to start if that gives you any insight.

[@danielchance2217]

Washington state o m g! You guys are so close now, man keep pushing. I got a question. The book A.W.O.L. On the Appalachian, trail refers to a Bigfoot. Is this the same Bigfoot? I Apologize if you've already answered this..

[@icarusfarmsWV]

The root of the problem isn’t lighting it’s humans stopping fires over the past 100 years or so and the more recent banning of logging which, combined, have resulted in too much fuel on the forest floor from things like the countless D fir trees that have not been stripped out from smaller fires for decades. Now fires are catastrophic and go through the bark of the bigger trees and kill then whereas in small fires they would be fine. How do you fix that? It will take a massive shift in forest management/use, a huge unfueling of the forest floor. And worst of all, I housing areas near forests unless people are ok with their houses just burning down in the event… Unfortunately so much forest is so out of whack at this point it will take a long time to get things stabilized again, generations of time.

[@BOF7431]

Since your desire to "complete" your PCT journey is to do ALL of the fire closed areas, is it planned to do those two areas by Shasta and before Shelter Cove as well ? On another point somewhat to this, IF you can't do it, due to life's complexities and all, do not get down on yourself. I am sure you will not but focus on your next goal(s) as no one that has not even a clue to what you two and many others faced. These days, there will be some sort of issue of why sections may not be finished. Enjoy your journey when you get to Harts Pass which probably has already happened by this day, 20 Aug.

[@FrozensAdventures]

Yea I'll get all of them. But it's going to probably be over the next 5 years.

[@adeserti]

Not sure why you kept trying to blur out Bigfoot at Sheep lake. He must've had something too sensitive for KZbin

[@jimbelmont5608]

Where is Big Foot from? I missed that if you already brought that up.

[@FrozensAdventures]

He's from Holland

[@FrozensAdventures]

He's from Holland

[@johnvalentine8878]

Did u grab the hat off camera.

[@redshot1015]

got Miles under my belt . but .. the thru hikes may not be for me after doing superior hiking trail Minnesota.. Just ended more boring than not .. so i dont think i will be doing another big one let alone pct or AT

[@barlowwe]

So you don’t recommend the Superior hiking trail in Minnesota? It’s boring?

[@FrozensAdventures]

I loved it

[@ChattanoogaDave]

The fires are from poor management by governments. I lived it in California. They do release cows in summer to manage some areas but honestly it sucks and even worse is the areas need to burn because the undergrowth is so thick. Here is a video of how bad it is. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXrNc2epm9CZbNUsi=TbvMyoMK9oMjj4T5