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This video documents my 2018 hair-raising descent on the old mining road called the Shafer Road (or the Shafer Trail) in Canyonlands National Park. I drove this road in an all-wheel Honda CRV which, although I made it out alive, is NOT recommended. Once you descend into the canyon, past the switchbacks, the drive is less frightening but more dangerous in the sense that there are several unavoid...

A quick look at the trail to Cub Lake in the fall, plus a look at The Loch, the Boulder Creek Trail and the Tuxedo Park picnic area in the spring.

To paraphrase our nation's 37th president, "People have a right to know if their president is a camper." Dick Nixon visited Badlands, Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Rocky Mountain national parks in 2017 and 2018 a remarkable 23 years after his timely death! before a gust of wind hurled him from an overlook at RMNP, breaking one arm and separating his phlebitis-ravaged legs from his body. He now b...

Camping at Leigh Lake Campsite 15 on the west side of the lake in GTNP, plus views at Schwabacher Landing, Mesa Falls (just west of Yellowstone near Ashton, Idaho) and the mountain view from Leigh Lake Campsite 12C, located on the eastern shore of the lake. For a much more detailed look at all of these sites, see our other videos on thsi channel in the Yellowstone Country playlist.

This video begins with a quick look at the eastern gateway to Yellowstone National Park before providing a scenic overview of the park's Bechler River Trail, beginning at the trailhead in the Cave Falls parking lot and extending 4.5 miles north, upriver, to Backcountry Campsite 9C1. (For a closer look at that campsite, and an alternate, less scenic, route there, departing from the Bechler Range...

This video was shot Sept. 1, 2024, along the 2.2 miles of the Cascade Creek Trail between the trailhead and the lake itself. As noted in the video, this is the most scenic, and flattest, route to the lake. The Grebe Lake Trail, Cascade Creek Trail, and Ice Lake Trail will get you there, as well, but with higher mileage, or burned-out areas, or swampier trail conditions. After Aug. 15, the Casca...

This video documents an easy, one-night/two-day backpacking trip into Yellowstone National Park's Bechler region, also called Cascade Corners, in early September 2024. (The Bechler region is in the park's extreme southwest corner.) If you like this video, be sure to check out or other camping/backpacking videos on Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.

Don't let a bad back or other physical limitations keep you out of the backcountry. If you want to experience the solitude of camping in the backcountry at Grand Teton National Park or Yellowstone National Park, but can't tolerate backpacking for miles, there's good news: The two parks offer campsites that are within a quarter-mile to a half-mile of the trailhead where you park so you can liter...

This video includes a road tour of the Needles Highway in South Dakota's Custer State Park, including still shots of some of the most famous spires along the route. Also included is footage of the park's "begging burros" and a few shots of Sylvan Lake in the early morning with the rocky cliffs reflected in the water.

This video, shot primarily in June 2022 and June 2023 in South Dakota's Custer State Park, showcases the Wildlife Loop Road with dozens of bison, the famous Begging Burros, and even some pronghorn antelope. It also provides a look at a few of the smaller, one-room cabins that can be rented inside the park for as little as $55. (No plumbing, but there is electricity and a good window air conditi...

One of the easiest trails in Grand Teton National Park leads to one of the most peaceful and serene spots in the park, Blacktail Ponds and yet the official park maps and roadside signs give no indication a trail is even located there. The trailhead is at the Blacktail Ponds Overlook just south of Schwabacher Landing and directly across the main road from Antelope Flats Road where the Mormon bar...

This video takes you along the 6.5-mile loop trail that surrounds Two Ocean Lake in Grand Teton National Park. Because the trailhead is 2.5 miles off the park's main road, just off the Pacific Creek Road, it is one of the least-visited major trails in the park. This hike offers solitude on one of the few trails in the park that winds through open meadows, dense woods and sun-dappled aspen grove...

This short, easy trail offers a spectacular cliff-top view of the Gardner River cascades, but since 2015 or so it has not appeared on the official park map handed to visitors. The Sheepeater Cliff picnic area is still on the map (look in the northwest quadrant of the park, just north of the Indian Creek campground) and the unmarked trailhead is easy to spot from the picnic area's parking lot. A...

Backpacking Yellowstone's Bechler Meadows-Extended Cut

Yellowstone's Brink of the Lower Falls ... and more!

YELLOWSTONE COUNTRY: Eight must-see sites in Yellowstone & the Tetons

Bradley Lake Trail in Grant Teton National Park: Spring and fall.

Yellowstone's Cave Falls and Bechler River Trail

Yellowstone's Cascade Lake Trail: A scenic, easy day hike.

Schwabacher Landing in Grand Teton National Park

Grand Tetons' Best Campsite: Leigh Lake - Easy Access, Stunning Views