Minister Creek in 4K | Backpacking the Best Trails of Pennsylvania
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- We explore Allegheny National Forest's secret hidden canyons, majestic overlooks, and peaceful campsites.
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00:00 Teaser
00:24 Theme Song
00:51 After Intro
01:07 DAY ONE
01:19 Map Sequence
04:33 Deeper into the Forest
06:11 Mini-trail & Streams
07:46 Campsite Searching
08:53 Familiar Plant Story
10:36 Turning Back & Heading to Camp
12:10 Firewood Collecting & Hammock Setup
13:23 Bowdrill Friction Fire
21:27 Night Fire and Dinner
23:01 Night & Tenting
23:59 DAY TWO
24:51 Breakfast
26:46 Headed out of Camp
26:58 Meeting Viewers
27:43 Muddy & Overgrown
29:07 Sampling Wild Edibles
30:52 Offshoot Path
31:43 Snake and Bone
32:01 Lunch by the Stream
33:57 Back on the Trail & Boulder Hiking
37:43 Inspecting a Campsite, Hiking On
39:01 Amazing Campsite
40:30 Settling into Camp & Swimming
41:55 Scouting Around
43:03 Matcha & Golden Evening
45:44 Setting up Camp & Trying Hammock
46:36 Giving Birth to Fire - Blast Match
48:01 Hungry for Food & Pickled Okra, Banana Pudding
50:50 Evening Reflections
52:44 Off to Bed
54:02 DAY THREE
55:02 Unique Morning Tea
56:38 Taking Down Camp
56:55 Hiking Out
57:16 Chaga Fungus
57:44 Muddy Trail and Ferns
58:94 Jewelweed for Mosquito Bites
59:27 Stream Crossing
1:01:42 Hiking On the Trail
1:03:33 Bramble Scramble
1:05:59 Mountain Laurel Hiking
1:06:50 Tulip Poplar Flower
1:07:12 Rocky Final Hike
1:09:37 Final Reflections
1:10:47 Post-Ending Hiking
1:12:11 Post-Hike Meal & Credits
1:15:15 T-Shirts Call to Action
1:15:39 Patreon Shoutouts
1:18:30 Secret Beetle
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Featuring drums by Nate Laguzza
Original content and music is copyright Adventure Archives (c) 2018
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Let me just say that I'm pretty sure there is no other channel, at ANY subscriber level, that is putting out this level of quality on outdoor/adventure videos. Nobody. You guys are absolutely slaying it.
Thank you so much for the kind comment! Shucks
10-5-19 EST. Yes I also agree 100%. I am " LOST FOR WORDS" You guys are just AWESOME !!! ( I enjoy ALL your videos) ( a subscriber in TN )
100% i agree with you.
I’m here a year later.… this statement is still true
I absolutely agree this channel is astronomical
As a Hoosier who grew up camping I can’t get enough of this channel. I don’t remember the last thing I came across that made me smile this much. I just graduated college and it can feel like there’s enormous pressure to “be successful” or climb the corporate ladder. This is exactly what I needed to remind me to slow down and go back to what actually makes me happy. I can’t thank you guys enough for sharing this amazing content.
Now I’m rounding up my friends and we’re hittin the trail. Adventure on.
I work as a naturalist and I love that you incorporate short nature education information. I enjoy this video very much!!!
What does your job as a naturalist entail? Sounds interesting.
But sometimes I just want to see them hike and not stop every 2 min to identify a plant. Ugh.
27:48 A tornado blew across Minister Valley west to east in June of 2015, knocking down many trees. This "brambly" portion of the trail is where young brush and vegetation is filling in, in response to the full sunlight conditions created by the tornado.
Also: "if this was the brambly section they had mentioned, it wasn't all that bad." That's because our organization, Friends of Allegheny Wilderness, did an extensive trail stewardship weekend all around the Minister loop trail this past April, and cut all that brush way back through there at that time! 😁👍🏻
Awesome! That's some great work you're all doing. I'm always thankful when I see that trails have been cleared. Thanks for watching!
@@AdventureArchives Love the Minister Valley area. I recognized pretty much every view, every tree, every stream crossing, etc. you showed in your video.
Did you know that Minister Valley is a prospective wilderness area, set to become permanently protected by law from all forms of development under the Wilderness Act of 1964 as part of America's National Wilderness Preservation System? :)
Because of Andrew, I bought a pocket tree book. Thanks!
If any of you guys or viewers would be interested: my girlfriend and I are planning too camp at minister creek in June , probably the 15th or 16th which is during the week. We would love too meet some amazing new friends and share moments. Thank you again for producing such a great vlog from our home camp.
That is ... now Hopefully ! I hope everyone is healthy. Please be safe. The forest may be the best place now hey.
You guys deserve way more subs. Idk how you guys are only at 80k. The content is always dope!!
Yea, they're the premier hiking/nature channel on TH-cam for sure!
Thank you so much for the kind comment!
Best part of each video they make? You guessed it! The Post hike meal! These guys could do food commercials. They make everything look delish!
I felt like a proud mom watching you guys eat the food I sent. Thanks AA for another great video!
Haha, thank you so much for sending it! We really appreciate it!
Been binge watching since I found this channel a few weeks ago. So peaceful and addictive. The four of you are so smart and nice.
Thanks so much! Glad you've been enjoying the videos and hope you're doing well. Thanks for watching!
43:33 there's a deer running right behind you guys on the far right
John Burney I noticed that as well, super cool!
That was my Black Lab. J/K, may have been a deer, maybe.
Good eye!
Good eye...but it was really BIG Foot! 🦶🏼
you'll see that alot going hiking
best hour and a half i ever spent not on trail. Thank you gentleman for the presentation. I can hike a trail, i can carry a camera, i can edit footage, of all mister creek trail and never come close to this. You guys are doing fantastic..
"You are the reason why we backpack...". Same here buddy, same here.
Keep hiking guys, your positivity towards life and nature is truly inspirational.
Literally had the same thought as Robby when he said "like manitou island"! We hope to be heading back to the manitous soon.
51:50 - People ask me, "When you go camping at these places, what do you do?" My answer, "I don't do anything because there isn't anything to do." Thanks for showcasing one of my favorite places. Minister Creek is only 45 miles from my home. It's a great place to spend a day or a weekend for me. We just had a group hammock camp there the end of July.
David Schmude yeah , you do everything you don’t do in your daily grind. There are so many great responses too that question. 🍄
It would be cool if you guys did like a podcast type of thing when you are sitting around the campfire, throwing ideas and thoughts around. I think it would be pretty enjoyable to listen to. Just an interesting idea.
My parents grew up in Sheffield. I visited the grandparents and other relatives in Sheffield every summer. No place has ever been as beautiful for me. Return in the fall, trace the same path, and make a second video, please.
I try to make it a goal of mine to only watch videos of trails I've either already done or will never do. I completed this loop in 2018, but you make me want to get right back out there and re-experience it! I freakin loved the tea drinking scene. This is cinema quality!
My camp is only a few miles from this trail and I can say you guys did it justice. Showing the natural beauty that that area has to provide, not only on that trail but many many others.
The family and I went for a little day hike exploring at a place called Jake's Rocks up around the Morrison trail area. It had huge boulders all over and the kids loved climbing all over them.
I’ve been enjoying your trip around minister rocks. I live here in the National Forest 🌳. Thank you for shining the light farther and wider from our little corner of paradise. Please come back. 🍄
We camped at the exact site you guys were at for night 2 maybe two weeks before you were there. We had ourselves a little spiritual experience around that fire. I sat on that throne up against the one tree for a good portion of the night.
I have NEVER SEEN THAT MANY PATREON SUPPORTERS FOR A CHANNEL... Y'all are number 1 and number 2 i've seen had about 5 times less supporters--and that channel has over a million subs. That just shows that all of the love, time, and care you all put into each episode is coming back to you. It is so amazing and refreshing and I am so grateful. Thank you for all that you do.
Thank you so much for the kind words!!
Y'all are too cute. I love your pure, innocent love of the wild and how it just constantly lights up your faces. Your smiles are always contagious. 😊❤
I must point out, one of my favorite parts of your videos is the music. Sets a great tone.
Naration, music, filmography all spot on and beyond compare. A pleasure and an honor to watch.
One of your best videos yet; watching from my couch, I feel like I'm actually on vacation experiencing what you guys are. What a tremendous addition to our American Experience that you offer the public. Keep it up; can't wait to watch these vids when I'm retired and too decrepid to even hike anymore.. hopefully never. You guys are a true asset to the American way of life.
I turn on your videos to relax,/de-stress. Between the scenery and the narration, It's what I need to let go of stress. I also watch them to unwind before I go to sleep. Thank you.
33:47 imagine walking alone in the woods and finding 3 dudes in their 30s filming themselves eating candy and going " look its a tongue blblblbah"..
Great episode as always guys!!
You guys are very special. Technically you produce some wonderful work: interesting content with visual appeal.
Philosophically you verbalize ideas and beliefs that have been part of my own system for many years. They are a pleasure to receive from you.
I am a Nomad. I live primarily in the Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona, but I am also an easterner from the mountains of North Carolina and the Smokies are my true home.
I wish you safe and pleasant travels wherever you go; and as the Dine’ say: “May you always walk in Beauty.”
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Thanks so much for your kind words! Glad you like the videos, and it's great to meet like-minded viewers and enjoyers of the outdoors.
My family and I love watching you guys. We would like to see more of Nicole. She seems to always have some interesting campfire gourmet dishes
Everytime I watch a video, I think it can't possibly get better....and then your next one comes out! You all knock it out the ballpark every.damn.time.
This is how I relax and unwind, Excellent job!
The thicker brush areas are from a big tornado that blew all of the trees down about 4 years ago. It was really crazy to see right after it happened.
DiabolicDoug That’s what I figured that it must have been some kind of storm instead of a harvest.
I want you guys to know I watched this again just for the hemlock tea sipping scene. Still laughed!
A year ago today, I did a day hike to the summit of Mt. Whitney. I was in a bit of a hurry and a significant portion of it was in the dark so I missed the little pathway down to Mirror Lake off the main trail. So yesterday, I decided to do a day hike to Mirror Lake and on the way there from the trailhead, I ran into a group of people getting in a little practice before doing their own trip to the summit today. One of the guys saw my Adventure Archives sunset t-shirt and said he loved the shirt and that Adventure Archives is one of his favorite TH-cam channels. Reppin' the 'Chives!!!
40:55 Two cavemen discover a cold stream and take a swim. If you close your eyes and imagine that then it's perfect! 😂 Another amazing video! Much love guys!
I've lived in PA all my life, and spent most days in the woods as a kid. Pennsylvania truly is a beautiful state, and I love the forests here. So much love in my heart for PA!!
It really is beautiful! We've been to that part of the state twice and both times it was so great. Cheers!
This is my favorite episode I must have watched this 20 times. Something about you guys gathering around a fire in the perfect atmosphere and scenery is relaxing and entertaining
This is the best channel on TH-cam. I've been a subscriber for two years and the quality, the dialogue, and the philosophy is what makes this a great channel for me.
Thank you so much for the kind words! And thanks for watching all these years :)
Just got back from Minister Creek. If you guys ever go back, get on the South Loop. The rocks are amazing and there is a quiet hemlock grove just off of the south loop after Minister Valley Overlook.
Great campsites. Be sure you have a ready supply of water, though. Not much at the highest elevations.
Found your videos in the middle of the 100+ degree summer in Central California. Gives me the outdoor time I'm lacking! My six year old loves watching them too. Thanks and keep enjoying life and sharing it with us.
That is so awesome that you ran into fans out on the trail that were inspired by your work. That's the pinnacle right there, my friends.
Minister creek is one of my favorite trails to do a quick overnight or stretch it to a weekend. While watching I was waiting to see your reaction to the Forks campground area as it’s one of the nicest places to camp. The area you passed at an hour and four minutes in the video was the result of a micro burst three years ago. It leveled the trees, and it’s regrown with brush. That was also the same storm that knocked a tree over onto a tent and killed someone.
Do you know where the restaurant is they stopped at?
56:19 I like that Andrew be drinking and tries to invite you to his herb tea from everywhere. 😆
I know this is the older video of you guys but I love that you guys always always try to compromise with each other and that's what friends are for love you guys man
Utmost respect to Andrew with the bow drill. You showed real character, determination, and honorable persistence. Thanks for sharing these videos with us. Wishing you many more adventures! 🏕
Every time I watch your guys amazing videos, I just wanna leave my life behind and let the road take me to a beautiful location you guys had been. I learn so much from yours about camping. Keep it up!!
I can see this channel getting over a million subs. Your editing skills are on another level. A person can see all the time and effort you guys put into these videos.
There’s nothing more amazing than seeing friends share food, snacks and all meals one spoon at a time, you guys camaraderie is the best example for all us humans 🤣😇❤️ we look forward for continued success and be safe always ❤️😎 btw can you guys also put on the description those eatery place at the end of your hikes 🙏🙏🙏
Im missing the wilderness right now, but men watching your videos while in home quarantine I feel like Im in the wilderness. Thank you for sharing your adventures to us. More videos and adventures to come. Salute.
Andrew, you dont give up until you ARE SUCCESSFUL in your quest. Man, that was some patience to create and ignite that dust. Thank goodness, you all in the future found a better and stress free tool to ignite fire :) I do enjoy watching the process.
I am impressed with your bow drilling skills! I ran across this guy in the Adirondacks who keep shouting "hey bear" every 10 seconds. haha
Ok, now that tea sipping scene cracked me up. It got better and better in a cheesy yet creepy kind of way.
You guys are awesome. I broke my leg in November and have binge watched your videos. Thank you so much for your authenticity and passion for the outdoors. Looking forward to your adventures to come as well as my own. Take care, guys.
Thanks Jay, get well soon!
I live in PA and there are many beautiful trails here. I live in Beaver Falls, PA and out here in Beaver County PA there are some neat trails and old cemeteries. Pretty neat place to live.
Finally a new AA Episode. There is no better way to Start your Sunday Morning here in Germany with a Cup of coffee and a new Episode. Even when the Weather is bad here you just made my Day Guys. Best Wishes!
Your videos are always successful in helping me battle the depression that seems to set in over the winter months
kckrye isn’t that so true. Just consuming. It’s so easy too fall into the time you feel like your there.
I just have to tell you ( all three of you plus Thomas) how much I’ve enjoyed each and every video! It’s so refreshing to find wholesome conversation that I wouldn’t be disturbed even if my 5 year old grandson watched. I love seeing, learning and listening to such interesting hiking adventures!!! Many many thanks. Keep these videos coming., !!!
Today I picked some Sorrel growing in a pot of another flower…because of you..Andrew…I knew about years ago..but had forgotten till I started watching these shows!! Thank you it was a tasty addition to my salad😊
Thank you for bringing nature to our living rooms😊stay healthy guys we need more of your videos
Sitting here watching and enjoying the video. At 43:34 while drinking your green tea I saw something to right of Robbie on the other side of the stream. Backed it up and saw a deer moving through. Love catching little “easter eggs” like that. Great video gents. Cheers.
Wow you guys really took the cinematography to the next level here
On a perfect day, your videos become luxury
very beautiful wild flowers and camping footage. thanks for sharing your impressive hiking video in Pennsylvania. I want to be there soon..
This was my first backpacking trip as a 10-year old. That was 32 years ago. Those two brushy sections you crossed were the result of a microburst that ran down and up the valley about 10 years ago. Sadly, some campers lost their lives. It completely changed the landscape. Now, there is a beaver dam at the base of that overgrow trail you tried to take to the west on day one. It will take a generation at least to get back to normal. Thanks for the video.
You guys are super talented and I’m hooked! Thanks for the awesome hikes, camp cooking and hilarious banter. Keep it up!
You guys are the best making a hiking video. Watching more than 1hr long video felts like a few minute. Love it so much.
congrats on your bow-drill fire.. there is a special feeling the first time you create fire from a couple sticks and a piece of rope... both a confidence in yourself and a connection to all those who used this method for survival..
The quality of AdventureArchives is superb.
Man I haven't started watching and I know it's gonna be a great video. You guys have the highest quality backpacking videos on the internet, you deserve so much more recognition.
I agree, this channel needs more people to watch it.
Big fan of that area which is how I stumbled onto your channel. Looking forward to catching up on what I missed - this is some seriously quality stuff and the joy and humility in nature is very refreshing. The first look at Triple Fork campground at 39:09 brings me back to the time I first saw it. Seeing and hearing the joy in your faces/voices, the cries of "Andrew! You got to see this!" , "Pick of the litter" etc. were very much like when I first heard the rushing water and skipped through the sapling tunnel into that clearing. FYI the NCT that continued due north as you passed to take the north loop of the Minister Creek trail only climbs uphill 100' before leveling out. The 3.9 miles to the next trailhead at FR 116 includes an old railroad grade that makes you think you're walking a private road. There's some neat rocks including one that looks like a giant macaroon!
I just found you guys about a month ago and I am loving the channel! Love the filming, the narration and the camaraderie- really everything is amazing. Your videos just feel good :D
PS- thank you for the BORG reference- like you read my mind
Thanks for taking me on your journey through the lush greenery of the Allegheny Forest. Brings me back to my childhood of picking mayapples and using the jewelweed to fight off the poison ivy that I happened to brush up against while playing in the woods. The ferns lining the forest are simple outstanding. I have never seen so many ferns in one area. It gives one the feeling of peacefulness. That jack-in-the-pulpit was the perfect specimen! One day I will venture back east to hike that area.
Are you all really eating mayapples? When I was just a youngster I read of a Native American who was captured by the enemy. As he was being marched along a mayapple lined path, deciding that death was better than captivity, he ingested some mayapple leaves and quickly departed this world. I assume it was a true story? Anyway, I just looked up mayapples and Mama Google says the whole plant is deadly poison. The apples are not as poison when ripe but should still be eaten sparingly and carefully.
Love these videos. Just happened upon them and am thoroughly enjoying them. Thanks so much!
one of the best episode.
and what a beautiful forest. I'd marry it if i could.
once again, excellent work by AA.
Excellent episode guys! Beautifully shot! Really got into the music. I loved Andrew's commitment to fire starting with the bow drill and was as amazed as Robby was by his skills! Andrew's drinking in Mother Nature's tea room. :) Enjoyed the plant and tree id. Episode rounded out appropriately with that delicious looking post hike meal and those shouts outs...Lol! I didn't know Andrew had a twin! Like Garakfan, I spotted that bounding deer too. :) Also one of the best lines in an AA episode from Robby, "Tastes like a hotel in China." LOL
I came for hiking. I stayed for shout-outs 😂 Lmao, you guys are hilarious. Got the production value dial turned up to 11
Couple things:
1. I'd be into watching an episode about your process. What it's like deciding when and where to go, composing the music, editing the film, etc
2. I always look forward to the narrators insights at the conclusion of each video. One element (out of countless many) that I love about your channel
Thanks guys. Y'all are aces
PS i like seeing the episode title on the marque thumbnail. Really brands the video as an AA title, which is synonymous with high quality and supremely entertaining
Your videos makes me feel like I'm hiking along with y'all. Thanks for what you do. Awesome trip, loved every minute!
The end credits are TOO GOOD!
One of my favorate things to do when hiking, is watching "hiker tv" at night! very relaxing with no commercials.
Hands down, without a doubt this is THEE best episode of Adventure Archives ever...and that is saying a LOT considering all of your episodes are hands down some of the best outdoor trekking videos on the planet. Just incredible guys! PS: Andrew, I thoroughly enjoyed the long, slow, close-ups of your left toes while trying to round-wood some fire. #FabulousFeet
I enjoy your videos very much. The filming and editing make the viewer feel like they are there with you. The discussions of plants and mushrooms are very interesting. Living in the Western U.S., it is a treat to see and learn about the trees and plants in the Eastern part of the country. I also love the music.
I really like all your videos and you guys being not so old yet so mature in your concepts in life and it’s aspects ! I am sad to see the mankind’s are ruining the beautiful nature and only in the deep woods we can enjoy the beautiful nature and it’s meaning helps us to be content without all fancy materials that people spend so much time to acquire them ! Thank you so much for your zeal for the nature and appreciating the simpleness in life!
This was literally my first ever backpacking trip. What a memory
I was at the Minister Creek Trail area last year. It rained the whole week,mosquito bite city! We still hadfun! Love the videos!
Great video, I grew up in tionesta which is about 10 minutes from this trail and I feel lucky now that I know other people appreciate the beauty of forest county.
I absolutely adore the outro skits on this episode guys, I was rolling 🤣🤣
My life is too busy right now! Crying that you brought me some joy! Andrew... get a lighter! DINK! Cheers-ing you guys! Slow moments are for observing nature’s rythym. Andrew’s morning tea scenes in different poses 🤣 Love your shout out Robby! Bryan your calm inspires me.
That opening line is perfect. It's how I fell out on the trail.
This is the most professionally shot video I've seen. It's the outdoors/travel show I always look for on Netflix but can never find. This is awesome dudes
Camera shots are masterful. Thank you.
It took me 4 tries to finish this episode because the music, the calm serene tones, the poetry of it lulls me into such a peaceful state, I haven’t been able to stay awake 😳 I did it though! I made it to post hike meal! Love the content boys.
Your films are a great way to start the evening after a long day working. I am like camping on the couch with you guys, with my bowl of salad or a plate of hot food on my lap. Not sharing lol. I love the scenery of this film especially, and also all the detail and educational parts you guys always put in it.
I go camping tomorrow, bicycle to the Dutch coast, next day a long hike in the dune forest and the day after bicycle home. Being outside gives so much energy :)
A lot of Tarantino shots in this video. Quentin would be proud, Andrew and Robby.
Another beautiful adventure guys. IMO you guys set the bar for backcountry video production. Super impressed with your bow drill fire starting Andrew. Your patience is inspiring. Thanks, as always, for taking us along.
Loved this episode. The new PBS Nature show :-)
This is easily one of my favorite "TV Shows"!
The tinder starting to smoke from the ember was very satisfying. Really enjoyed all the plant content and production. Excellent ending. Thank you!
Andrew making his own beer commercial with hemlock tea
Your videos have a professionalism to them that captures and draws in the viewer! Thank you!
Hello Gentlemen! I'm sure you have all found your own personal comfort in regards to your backpacks so feel free to avoid this tip but maybe it will help someone else.
If you or a friend tighten the straps that connect from the top of the bag to the top of the shoulder straps that lay along your trap muscles while slightly bending over... then cinch down your regular shoulder straps where the excess should be hanging around your waste, it will reduce the amount gravity pulls back on your pack and bring it closer aligned to your spine. Ultimately making it easier to hike longer distances and do so more comfortably without it feeling like the weight is pulling you backwards.
I'm really thankful for your videos. They inspire me to fulfill my dream.