The Beaten Path Trail Documentary | Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness | Montana | June 2021
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- A short documentary of my seven day hike along the Beaten Path Trail in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. We started in Cooke City and hiked 28 miles to East Rosebud Lake in late June. This was early season for this trail which is normally heavily traveled. We didn't see anyone for 5 1/2 days on the trail. Like many have said, this was one of the most scenic trails I have ever been on.
In this video I had the pleasure of hiking with Daniel from Kamp Wild. Check out his TH-cam channel at / @kampwild
Many years ago 2 guys and myself were camped right across from the pics on F D. 2 moose were calling and ended up hooking up in the little bay on the west side. The wolves gathered on the cliffs and began howling. An amazing experience. This was a wonderful short, Thank You.
From making videos at gooseberry falls for school to filming in the mountains. Great video man, couldn’t stop watching!
Hey thanks man! I’m glad you enjoyed and I really appreciate hearing from you.
Wonderful scenery, great job filming and editing. You did great with this one and I really enjoyed it!
Thanks for sharing on one of the hiking Facebook groups!
I also want to side note: LOVE the John Muir quote! He’s always fitting to quote in the expanse of such wonderful creation. The complexity of the mountains and lakes would leave anyone in awe, and yet, he’s one of few who so adequately expresses the internal pull we have towards these wonders of nature.
Hey thanks for watching and I am glad you enjoyed it!
Its a shame that such a wonderfully made video has so little views.
Hey thanks! I hope to make more like this one in the future. I am currently working on a backcountry canoe trip in the same style.
Damn…that country is spectacular! Those mosquitoes though…OMG! Brought back a couple traumatic nights on the Tahoe Rim Trail. They were awful in a couple sections. This is definitely a trail I need to add to my list. You captured it beautifully!
Thanks for watching and I am glad you enjoyed it. I highly recommend the trail!
Need a mosquito net that attaches to a hat.
Thank you for this video. Great scenery, great filming. Clearly, I need to go there. Again, thank you for this video.
Thank you for the comment and I’m glad you enjoyed! I hope you do get there soon.
I have done the Beaten Path 10 times, doing my 11th this year. It never gets old. I just posted my own video from 2020. Having tried to capture this place many times, I was completely humbled and blown away by your videography and presentation skills. This is truly one of the best videos I have seen, you are nothing short of inspirational. It was fun to see the campsites you selected, much different from my pattern. There is always something new to explore along that trail. Thanks for putting the work into this, I can tell it was a serious undertaking. All I can say is well done, very well done.
Wow, thank you so much! I put a lot of hard work into my videos but I never feel like I come even close to capturing the magnificence of the region. It means a lot to know someone appreciates the work that goes into these videos. I have so much to learn about visual storytelling but it’s responses like these that make me want to keep trying. Thank you again. I will definitely check out your video of the trail.
@@ruggedendeavours756 FYI, if you ever do this trail again, look for the faint path into the woods right after leaving Rainbow lake. Its right across from the meadow you pass on the other side. If you go about 50 yards over the ridge you will be rewarded with one of the most fantastic views of the hike. On a ridge overlooking Rimrock lake. It's in my 2020 video about 18 minutes in.
Great adventure and spectacular country and footage. Thank you.
Top notch, old boy, top notch, I say!
Absolutely fantastic video Sir! Thank you!
Great video of what looked like an outstanding trip. I'm heading there in July!
Hey thanks! Outstanding scenery throughout the whole area. I hope you have an awesome time out there!
If you wait to go in mid-August, I'd be interested in doing a key-swap!
@@oniowa30 That would be awesome, but our dates are locked in!! I've always wanted to do a key swap -- would make things easier.
That thumbnail got me to click before I even realized it was your video!
Good job. Excellent hike. Good adventure at forest, mountains and nature. Congratulations. 👍🏻
I live 30 minutes from the Beartooths, spend a lot of time in them and many I mean many trails to go on.
A true artist you are, narration, photography and editing. My compliments to you!
Wow, thank you! I am humbled by your compliments and I really appreciate you taking the time to watch the video and leave a compliment. Thank you again!
@@ruggedendeavours756 You're welcome!
Incredible! This is the most top-notch trail documentary I've seen in a long time. Your skills deserve a much larger following!!! The Beartooths are my home range. I'd love to see another adventure if you get out to the AB Wilderness again!
Hey thank you so much. I really appreciate the compliment and I am humbled by your words. I will definitely be returning to the are soon. It was such an incredible place and I can’t wait to go back.
Great job with the video dudes.
Super video! I've been there 5-6 times from both the East and the West. Try the dirt road going South to Independence, deep in the heart of the Ab-B; just before the end hike eastward to the Lake Plateau region and lose yourself for a week; great fishing, hiking and scrambling the peaks that surround it; there's a wonderful loop that starts at Lake Columbine. Also, mid to late August and early September I've found is best with less skeeters.
This is fantastic! Awesome job filming and capturing the beauty of the Beartooths! 🐻🐾
Thank you very much!
Well done. I hiked the Beaten Path back in 2015 and enjoyed re-living it through your video. I still have pics of Rainbow Lake and the Beartooths hanging on my walls.
Wow, what a hike. Great job on the video!
Hey thanks!
You did a mighty fine job there. On of the best half hours I’ve ever spent on my iPad. And as a hammock camper myself, this video really nailed it for me. Awesome scenery beautifully captured and the choice of soundtracks and good narration make this a 10/10 as far as outdoor videos go. Thanks for sharing this experience!
Hey thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
Beartooths are GREAT !
Absolutely stunning video I hiked the beaten path for the first time last summer. you did a very good job documenting the trip.
Hey thank you for commenting. It’s great to hear when your content is appreciated. I put a lot of work into my videos, so I really do appreciate it and I am humbled by your compliment.
Great video! That is such an amazing trail!
Hey thanks! It really is!
Awesome! Got to see the absarokas and never left the house.
Sure felt like i was there. Ty
Dude, this vid was awesome. It also inspired me to incorporate the movie/documentary feel into some of my vids. Great great job.
Hey thanks for watching man. I’m glad you liked it and stoked you got some inspiration out of it. I definitely will be doing more videos like this in the future.
Well done! 👏
Awesome video, Conner! I normally don’t like music in backpacking videos, but all of the songs you selected really enhanced the viewing experience - nice job! Also, how does this video only have 6.5K views? Next to My Own Frontier, one of the most well done I’ve seen.
That John Muir quote is a favorite of mine. Back in 2019 I did the Rae Lakes loop out in Kings Canyon of the Sierra (highly recommend) and while on the trail I read John Muir’s book “My First Summer in the Sierra”. Was interesting to read his thoughts on the general area I was hiking through for the first time as well.
Wow Tyler, thank you! That means a lot. I am a big fan of My Own Frontier so this is a major compliment. I put a lot of thought and work into my videos so its always great to hear when they are appreciate. Thank you again. Kings Canyon is definitely on my list so I will be looking into the Rae Lakes Loop.
@@ruggedendeavours756 That's pretty funny that you are a big fan of My Own Frontier - definitely a favorite channel of mine as well. For Rae Lakes, I'm not sure if there is there a way to DM on TH-cam but I just sent you a message on FB messenger with some trip info should you want to look into it. Cheers!
Enjoyed this and the narration
Thanks for watching!
Well done! 👏
High quality content. Very nice!!
Much appreciated and thank you!!
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Beautiful
It is incredibly beautiful country out there.
The tooth is about as wild as you can get other than Alaska. Really is, and damn wet. lol.
That region is gorgeous and I will definitely be going back.
Thank you.
The Good: Great hike, I’ve done twice with my daughter and once with my son. The mosquitos are fierce in June and July, so the best bet is to go after the first frosts in mid-August. The raspberries, thimble berries and huckleberries are best in August as well.
The Bad: Since the big flood last year the bridge has been out at Rimrock Lake, sadly a young man slipped and fell in the creek there and was drowned last month. You might have to wait another year before the bridge is replaced. Elk Lake was almost completely filled with gravel by the flood, which was probably a 5,000 year event or greater.
The Ugly: A campfire is nice, but the increasing use over the last 20 years on this route is having a significant impact. More and more people with poor “Leave No Trace” skills are hiking the route and leaving litter and heavily impacted campsites behind. I make sure to have extra trash bags to carry out the junk other people’s junk, yes, even that used tampon and the partially burned trash in fire rings. As Wilford Bromley used to say, “It’s the right thing to do.”
If you go, take special care of the area. Don’t leave anything, don’t burn trash in a fire ring, properly dispose of human waste, camp on durable surfaces, stay on trails, don’t create parallel tracks in wet meadows. Properly store food so that bears are not tempted. Leave the area better than you found it.
Agreed! I always pack everything out. The areas we did camp already had fire rings built that looked like they had been there for years so we didn’t make any new ones. I’m a big advocate of LNT and I think it’s something everyone should practice.
@@ruggedendeavours756 My first “job” in the NPS, 51 years ago, was as a volunteer (VIP) / college intern in the South Fork of the Merced River in Yosemite NP at the Buck Camp backcountry ranger station. 9 weeks of hiking to lakes, doing visitor contact and education, mitigating decades old fire rings, and packing out un-burnable trash for the princely sum of $4.00/day, so backcountry campsite maintenance is kind of “thing” for me. PAID to go backpacking, who’d a thunk it? It paid off the following year when I landed a seasonal interpretation job ($3.83/hr!), and spent the next 36 years in interp and law enforcement. When I retired I jumped in with the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness Foundation and did three week-long trail work projects in the Stillwater and Red Lodge Creek drainages. Can’t haul rocks now like I used to, though.
Conner, nicely done Sir! I
Thank you kindly sir!
Some of these shots are just ... spectacular.
Random gear question. What brand pants are those? I see you have done a few gear review vids, but maybe a "my favorite gear" video could be cool. Cheers.
Hey thanks! The pants are M-Tac Conquistador flex pants. I like the idea for a favorite gear video. I’m hoping to get more time to put together more gear reviews in the future.
Incredible trip ... thanks for sharing. Not sure how you could trek 28 miles through God's country and NOT catch a trout!
Thanks! It is truly God's country!
cool
Very, very nice 👍🏽👍🏽.
Like the narration 😊.
I've never been to ur state so know nada about the skeeters there. Out here they have runways !!
So, u may or not have heard of Picaridin.
Excellent against skeeters and more.
The lotion is what you want for backpacking !!!
Permethrin for ALL your gear. Head net really helps from getting filled up on nasty flying pests B4 u have lunch 😂😃😋
Anyway, loved ur video !!!!!
I give 2 👍🏽👍🏽 up 🤠
Hey thanks for watching. I’m from Minnesota and the bugs get really bad in the northern portions of the state.
I’m so sad that it’s not accessible right now!!!
Great job! Very professional! ... that thumbnail kicks @$$!
Awesome! What brand are those green pants that have zippers on front of the thigh area?
M-Tac
Just saw the video. Excellent. Just subscribed. Like your camp. Where did you find it?
Not camp, hat.
It’s from the Six Hat Supply Co.
Solid... I like this style of video 🤙.
Thanks. It just finally finished processing the HD and 4K versions
@@ruggedendeavours756 jeeeze that's a long time
Did Daniel catch up to your flys
Daniel hiked in from the opposite direction out of East Rosebud.
Incredible trip and video! I've don't the beartooth drive the one time I've been up that way but it would be amazing to do the hike. Were the trout in this streams and lakes? And how was the hammock camping? Was it to cold for hammocks?
Hey sorry for the delayed response. There were trout in the streams and lakes. Hammock camping was perfect. Not sure what your experience is with hammock camping but you did need insulation underneath you either in the form of a sleeping pad or underquilt. I recommend the underquilt. I have camped in the minus conditions in a hammock. As long as you have the right gear you will stay plenty warm. Hope this helps.
If anybody plans on doing this trail between August 10-15 and wants to do a key-swap please hit me up!
Great video! What was your reason for choosing to end at East Rosebud, as opposed to starting there?
More scenic. If you were to start at East Rosebud then the last 5 miles or so towards Cooke City would be all wooded. You don’t really have any views of the mountains near Cooke City so ending at East Rosebud makes the views get better as you progress.
So you did like 7 miles a day?
On trail yes. Very laid back trip. We would often make camp early and go explore around all afternoon off trail so I have no idea what that added mileage would’ve been.
Cool. Is the Absaroka range grizzly country?
*Just noticed the bear spray, so am taking that as a yes!
Yes, it is Grizzly country. We did see Grizzly the first day but unfortunately did not capture it on camera.
Just found out the 40+ year old bridge at rim rock lake is now gone. Can’t cross from one side to the other.
That’s unfortunate news to hear. Did it wash out from the large snowstorm and melt they had back in June?
@@ruggedendeavours756Happened in the 22 500+ year flood. Lost the road to East Rosebud Lake as well. Our home between RL and the pass flooded as well. We are still dealing with problems.
You need a real lamp from Coleman.
Montana side. Try horseback from Wyoming. Reality.