How I Hiked Across Madeira Island - Complete Guide
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ม.ค. 2022
- In this video, I will be providing information and commentary over my previous video Hiking 150km Across Madeira, also known as the #MIUT or #Madeira Island Ultra Run, which I completed in early November 2021 and took us 6 days to complete.
👍 Please like and subscribe if you found this useful
If you haven't seen it yet, or you'd prefer to just enjoy the full visuals without the commentary, check it out here:
• Hiking 150km Across Ma...
Start of Commentary on the Trail: 3:20
Covid 19 Protocol When I Went November 2021: 39:17
For the list of all the gear I carried on this hike:
lighterpack.com/r/2bsr8i
150km Route, which will match up with my distance tracking from the video, includes hiking back to the camera, getting lost, etc:
www.alltrails.com/explore/rec...
115km GPX Route: www.miutmadeira.com/pt/prova/...
Requesting permission to use campsites:
Click on Agrictultura, Ambiente, Pescas, then the down arrow next to Ambiente E Florestas, then Campismo. We found that the English translations changed the name of all the campsites and the translations were funny, so you couldn't actually find the right campsites. We had to figure it out in Portuguese. You are required to set up an account before booking the campsites, which consists of some basic info/passport info. Getting caught camping without your Free Permission is a $2,000 euro fine:
simplifica.madeira.gov.pt/sim...
Madeira Safe - Governments Covid-19 vaccine registration so you can avoid quarantine upon arrival:
madeirasafe.com/
Where we stayed:
Start of Hike in Porto Moniz - Hotel Aqua Natura Madeira
1st Night - Stealth Camping but check out Nature Inn Madeira(closed on our visit)
2nd Night - Camping - Caramujo
3rd Night - Hotel Encumeada
4th Night - Refugio - Casa do Ruivo
5th Night - Hotel - Casa do Ribeiro Frio
If you have any other questions that I didn't cover or any suggestions to include in future videos, please let me know in the comments below.
--
Instagram: / ryan.j.schmitz
It was a great hike, if I missed any questions let me know and I'll do my best to answer them.
Hi! The 115km all trails link isn't working. It doesn't open the exact trail. Can you please update it? :)
This is gold for who is planning to go to Madeira. Thank you very much, man!
We went in there clueless. Glad I could help!
Great to see you great man! Always love your great hiking videos! Lot of love and respect from a solo mountain hiker from a solo mountain hiker from the Lower Chitral District of Pakistan!
I really needed this video today... Just met my surgeon who said that I can forget about skiing or long hikes next year but when I see what your injuries were like compared to mine I'm sure I'll overcome 💪🏼🙏🏼 Thanks for the great content by the way 🤩
There were definitely some dark days in the beginning of the injury/recovery. Before you know it, it’ll be in the past and you’ll be back out there killing it on your skis and hiking. You got this.
Ryan, thank you a lot for the great video and all the knowledge you shared so freely! Thats the kind of spirit I enjoy among people. I truly appreciate it.
I have been looking to get to Madeira for a while now but was too afraid to go on a longer hike like this by myself. Your advice gave me the safety I needed so I will be heading out in 6 weeks.
Great, keep me posted on your journey. Enjoy.
Amazing video! I’m actually heading there really soon and I’m glad I came across your video before the trip! Found all the information very useful. Thank you for sharing your adventures and experiences in such detail🙏🏼
Awesome, let me know how your trip goes! We didn’t see anyone on the trail except for the pico to pico section. I wonder if it’s getting much busier.
Insane quality! Thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it!
Outstanding video friend and place is just marvellous.
It was quite the adventure.
Great video. I ran the MIUT 115 november 20th mostly in darkness so it was cool see a lot of the route in daylight, thanks
It’s still blows me away that people are running this in a timely fashion. I am thoroughly impressed!
Dang, thx for all the details! Sick intro!
Having fun learning a bit of after effects.
@@RyanJSchmitz and it paid off!
Amazing
Really love you explain and the presentation
Looking forward to your take on the hike. Hopefully you’ll have more sun!
This is the best type of video for us - the hikers! I think the only thing you didn't include was where you bought the gas canister. So helpful to see all the spots and let's me know how much food to carry based on what I encounter on the trail.
Glad you enjoyed the video and you’re right, I totally spaced on the info on the gas canister, info I wish I had before I went too. There is an outdoor store in Funchal called O Bordão that I bought the gas canister from. I believe there is a decathalon at a mall in Funchal that should have canisters as well.
Hi Ryan - loved the video and didn't even know about this hike. Added to my bucket list. How did you create the 3D map at the beginning? Looks incredible.
I never even heard about Madeira until about a month before I went. Ha. The animation was all done in after effects.
My friend you said on the end of the video the Madeira wants your money 😂 we want people to see how beautiful Madeira is and to people to enjoy it 🧠🧠🧠🧠 respect it
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Hey Ryan, amazing video! So helpful! I've been wondering, have you seen anyone doing the hike with the camping hammock with a tarp instead of a tent?
Honestly, we didn’t see anyone doing it at all. I think you may have a bit of trouble finding places to use a hammock in the Pico Ruivo area.
Awesome video and detail thanks, am doing largely the same hike in a few weeks and have booked my campsites. One question - where did you get Gas for your stove? I saw there is a decathlon in funchal, but online it says it has no stock of gas cartridges (gas cartucho). Many thanks, Mel
O Bordão in Funchal. They only had 250g canisters when I was there and they were $$$. Have a great time on the hike., such a unique island.
Loved this video! Were you dealing with extreme elevation changes for the entire hike? Were there any 'relatively' flat and easy going sections? I may be traveling there soon and trying to learn all I can. Thanks!
The only “flat” section was in the Fanal area, otherwise we were constantly going up or back down. I think a lot of that is by design for the MIUT. We definitely could have had less elevation change if we stayed along the peaks more. Madeira is definitely dramatic landscape and flat areas are few and far between.
Thank you so much for this explanation! It really helps with my planning :)
How did you manage to bring the gas canister on the plane?
I knew I forgot something. On my way from the airport to Porto Moniz we stopped at an outdoor store in Funchal named O Bordão. They didn't have 125g canisters when I was there, so we purchased 250g canisters, but normally they do. It was the most expensive gas I've ever purchased, I want to say they were 15 euro each!
@@jungle574 I will do the MIUT in February, but we do it in reverse so we start in Machico. Do you know any place where I can buy gas canisters near the town?
Yep ❤ a advice be respectful with people and with the forest , and you will be reserve respect back 👍 ❤❤
People in Madeira respect their Home their island ❤❤
I MISS MY HOME ❤❤
Hi Ryan. I’m hiking the MIUT this week and I’ve found your video very helpful with a lot of different aspects of the trail so thank you for that!
My question is, once you leave Seixal is there any places to camp during the incline? I’m concerned it may be to much for the first day to reach the summit from Porto Moniz.
I'm sorry I missed your comment, how did your hike go?
@@RyanJSchmitz It went great thank you, it’s an incredible island isn’t it. Those inclines are another level though arn’t they 😅
Hi Ryan,
Do you have mobile connection during the connection? Or is the possibility to call or 4G connection just not present?
Yes, we had mobile connection pretty much the entire trail.
I am inspired and want to do this myself! May I ask where do you get your gas canister from? Will shorten it to five days be too tough for a normal Joe? Also, I am planning to go there in May, what degree bag do you think will be enough?
Hi Yuchun, that’s awesome that your doing the hike. There is an outdoor store in Funchal called O Bordão that I bought the gas canister from. I believe there is a decathalon at a mall in Funchal that should have canisters as well. I think you’d be fine trying to accomplish it in 5. I added quite a bit of time due to my injury and filming. Also in November the days were much shorter, so you should have much more daylight. I used a 30 degree bag but a 40F degree bag would probably be fine. You’re going to love the hike.
Thank you so much! It is going to be first multi day! I am really looking forward to it now
This is a great hike to be your first mutiday. You feel pretty remote, but you cross civilization plenty of times just in case. Let me know how it goes for you when you do it.
@@RyanJSchmitz i surely will
Hi Ryan, I was in Madeira a month before you but I rented a car, five wonderful days and the good fortune of having only sunny days, I have a lot of shots taken with the M2P drone and I have not yet had the time and desire to edit a video , but I'll use them for what I'm about to tell you. I watched your video, I follow you and I follow Kraig Adams, I have been wanting to do a long distance hike for a long time but unfortunately for work reasons I cannot have holidays in the summer.
You inspired me a lot, I have already bought the tickets to return to Madeira and I booked everything you indicated for March, including the nature inn! so I will only use the tent once, if everything goes as planned. I would like to ask you, I hope you can help me, do you think the canister stove is indispensable? How many freeze-dried lunch / dinner meals should I take with me? how many were you? Or do you think you could actually do without it? Since on the fifth day I crashed the M2P, will I have the M3 with me, can 2 batteries be enough? or better 3? Thanks in advance, this is my first time!
Awesome! I really wish we had more sunny days on our trip just so I could have got the drone up more on the first few days. I have a feeling the section from Fanal just before the decent into Sexial would have been beautiful, but we were socked in, so I don't know. As for your questions, you could do the trip without a stove, although a hot meal when you're soaking wet can be pretty nice! If I remember correctly, Nature Inn had a food prep area, you may want to check with them to see if their little kitchen has a stove where you can heat something up. As you saw in my video, we were able to buy meals at restaurants along the way, so you really don't need much. If you follow my schedule, the must have meals you can't get from hotels/restaurants are dinner on day 1(although maybe nature inn can provide food?) this is also assuming you are bringing the picnic breakfast from Hotel Aqua Nature Madeira, breakfast/lunch/dinner day 2, breakfast day 3, and maybe dinner on day 4(depending on what casa Ruivo has). Doing it again, a bag of granola, maybe a bit more chorizo, and some other dense/high calorie snacks would have cut it. I think 2 batteries, with the much longer flight time of the m3, would get you to Encumeada, recharge there, and 2 batteries to Ribiero Frio, recharge there, would be enough.
This is a great hike for it to be your first longer hike, lots of place to get additional support, food, water, and if the weather turns on you, you can bail out pretty easy for a day or two. Keep me posted on your experience!
@@RyanJSchmitz Thank you!
Hi Ryan how are you?
this morning I woke up at 4am, I had everything planned and I had a super optimized backpack, and while I was in the tram that took me to the airport ... Easyjet advised me that the flight has been canceled due to weather conditions, with great despondency I had to cancel everything.
I do not know if and when, I had been planning for months, too bad, thanks for your advice, it will be for another time, I hope.
@@ParideMusci oh no, that sucks. Sorry it didn’t work out for you, hopefully you can make it back there soon.
Curious why you only went to Caramujo on day 2? Looks like 8 miles or so from the nature inn area. Why not all the way to encumeda which is only around 10 miles?
Not quite sure where you are getting those distances from, guessing those are straight line distances instead of trail. 2nd day according to my gps was 10.5m and Caramujo to Encumeada was 10.9m. Neither day being exceptionally big but we were fighting daylight due to the time of year and we weren't in a rush due to the length of each day.
I am going to Madeira next month for a 10 days hike. I got a question : where did you leave your luggage during your hike ? Thx
We just asked the hotel we started at to store our luggage. You’re going to have a great time, let me know how it goes!
Hey, i am wondering where i can find a map with all trails and paths on madeira?! :0
Not sure, there are so many trails on that island I’m not sure if there is a single resource with them all.
Hi ryan, just wondering if you still active on creating video? :) Keep it up sir!
Not lately, ha. I’ve got some things in the works just need to wrap up a few things before I get going.
@@RyanJSchmitz always keepsafe! You're one of my influence in creating my contents! Hope to hike with you soon! I just really need to work out on my diet 🤣
I can't imagine how you even found this place...
Honestly never even heard about it until about a month before. I’d hiked a few ultra run trails in the past and just looked up a list of most beautiful ultras in the world. The rest is history.