Last year I was leaving trail and summit names out of many of my videos due to issues with massive overcrowding caused by the pandemic, as well as, issues in regards to what I would consider uneducated or irresponsible hiker behavior. The most notable of which was trash, and human waste / toilet paper I was finding directly on, or just off, trail. I kept some of the trail and location names in this video.If you are using this video for planning purposes, please use the trail responsibly and try to follow leave no trace principles. It only takes one person not doing so to ruin it for everyone. If you are a newer hiker please watch this video before heading out on trail: th-cam.com/video/dhd7E4rGIwA/w-d-xo.html Here is an article about the issue with trash and human waste specifically in the Whites www.nhpr.org/post/trouble-trails-forest-service-grapples-crowds-trash-and-human-waste#stream/0 Another article about Max Patch (an iconic part of the Appalachian Trail) and the issues occurring there www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2020/09/23/max-patch-residents-campers-creating-safety-hazards-mountain/5858936002/ Here you can learn about leave no trace (LNT) principles lnt.org/why/7-principles/ www.nps.gov/articles/leave-no-trace-seven-principles.htm
Great video as always... always fun to virtually tag along on your backpacking trips, although my favorite part was seeing that Heav'nly Donuts helped to fuel this adventure 😁 (What can I say, I like to eat... it's why I hike so much! 🤣) They are THE BEST!!
Chris! Amazing watch!! Love the music also. I used to listen to marian mcpartlands piano jazz every Sunday night on npr. I still do when I’m packing before getting on a plane. Planes give me anxiety. Anyway… quick question.. I’m sure dozens of your hiking buddies have asked you this but ever tried a hammock system? Just listening to you describe the puddle of water under your tent. I really appreciate how you travel so quietly, peacefully and responsibly through that fragile ecosystem. I watch a lot of bushtubers and gotta have a fire every night. The chopping wood, cutting the wood, splitting the wood. Making fuzz sticks, starting the fire with a ferro rod. Scraping the birch bark with your knife and throwing a spark on that to get it going. I really like how travel very low impact. No fire. Turn in early hit up a book or podcast and lights out. I still have night terrors if I’m out there by myself. I guess as long as you bearbag your food way away and eat dinner way away from where you sleep then you should be good. Of course the one thing I would change is i would bring my solo stove with trangia so i could have a smokeless little fire to boil my water with. A trangia if it was pouring during dinner prep. Thank you thank you Chris for putting good stuff out there!!! Looking forward to seeing a winter video👍🏼.
Ya I am not about the bushcraft action at all. I tried a hammock system for a few nights. I enjoyed it but just prefer the ground experience better. I wasnt worried about the water. I know the waterproofness of the dyneema well from the AT and had full trust it would keep the temporary lake out of the inside haha
Great running into you on Carrigain Notch Trail! Such a sweet area of the whites and many don't visit those stretchs. As always great video and hoping to see you out there again doing your thing!
Thanks for the great video. Bummer you got stood up by Carrigain once again! Based on this video and the last, I'll definitely check out this part of the Whites.
I don't know who thought of it, but I think having a donut shop next to a rehab is brilliant product placement. Great video as usual, Chris. P.S. The short socks threw me off.
Was lucky enough to hike Carrigan on a bluebird cloudless day a couple of years ago...the view from the tower on top is amazing, one of my favorites in the whites to date (although the slog up the signal ridge trail to the summit is grueling). Hoping you can experience that some time soon.
@@ChrisGoesOutdoors guess I didn't leave any food behind because LNT 😉 Half the time the forecast was partly cloudy and my luck was the one cloud I was literally inside of. Doesn't stop me from trying again. I prematurely apologize to anyone near the Moose next weekend 🤣
Wonderful video, again! Yeah, Carrigain seems to be toying with you a little, hehe. But yeah, that early part of the Carrigain Notch is just beautiful -- and nice shot of Christmas Tree Lane! 🌲
Hi Chris. Just wondering if a winter trip was in the cards this year? I’m curious how you travel through the woods in winter. I’m assuming its the way i like to. Snowshoe in until your tired, set up your 3.5 season tent, chill for a bit, make dinner, eat and go for a quick snowshoe hike before bed to get the blood flowing, pee and get your ass in the -20 bag👍🏼 Take care Chris. NQU
Love this kind of videos. Just moving stills, no crazed out camera action or cheesy cheap dramatization. Well done. Is there a reason you switched cameras? I know you don't recommend gear but maybe there is something on the Sony that really wasn't so clever?
The sony setup is great. I love messing with camera gear. I shot with the GH5 for like 2 years and I feel like I learned a lot since I got rid of my first GH5. This GH5 I picked up locally with the Olympus lens and a bunch of accessories for $1100. Absolutely crazy camera setup for the price. You cant even buy the Sony body I have been using for that price. Wanted to see if the quality difference was really noticeable and to me it just really isn't. I also knew the GH5 could handle the expected weather on this trip. Was very pleased with the overall video quality especially given the fog and rain. The GH5 is also a million times better if hand holding things stabilization wise
7:36 Found those All Dressed Ruffles again, then? :) Another amazing video, Chris. I'm working through the 48 4ks. When I can't be up north, your videos help me feel like I'm there. Love the off the beaten path theme. Keep hiking.
the material is technically waterproof but the packs are considered "highly water resistant". I had the pack cover on the second it started to rain and I still had a little bit of water in the pack. The pack cover is also an additional layer of protection for the stuff in the outside pocket of my pack as well as the camera gear inside. I believe a little bit of water seeps in from the sewing at the hipbelt area
@@ChrisGoesOutdoors thanks for your advice. I have a HMG Southwest but have never put it to the test in heavy downpour. Indeed a cover will extra protection. Cheers
@@donaldpang a pack liner could work as well. Thin plastic trash bag for anything you dont want wet. I think it definitely is coming through the seams. Someone on the review I made commented they thought it was from me using the bag as a roll top. I just dont see it personally 🤷🏼♂️
Mt. Nancy was nice with a view. Yeah, carry your pack because you never know what could happen. In NH, it gets dark way too fast. That's one reason why I moved to MI because we're on the East side of the Eastern time zone so we get at least an hour more light than you. Nice video. John from MI
Great video mate! I see in the description that you filmed this with the Panasonic GH5; weren’t you using a Sony camera at one point in time? Why the change?
The sony setup is great. I love messing with camera gear. I shot with the GH5 for like 2 years and I feel like I learned a lot since I got rid of my first GH5. This GH5 I picked up locally with the Olympus lens and a bunch of accessories for $1100. Absolutely crazy camera setup for the price. You cant even buy the Sony body I have been using for that price. Wanted to see if the quality difference was really noticeable and to me it just really isn't. I also knew the GH5 could handle the expected weather on this trip. Was very pleased with the overall video quality especially given the fog and rain. The GH5 is also a million times better if hand holding things stabilization wise
@@ChrisGoesOutdoors Nice brother, that's a great score! I used to own the GH5 and loved it but the AF forced me to sell it. Video looked great by the way.
@@MichaelRichards983 Ya the Panasonic AF is really a joke. I had tested out the g9 and it actually worked pretty well in a sit down talking type of setting recording in 1080 or 4k 60. But it is unreliable to use AF in pretty much any other situation. But I really loved everything else about the GH5 its such a great camera and people seem to be selling them quite cheap lately with all the newer fancy full frame offerings out there
Your videos are amazing. They're very different from other hiker TH-cam channels, I've stopped watching most of them but really enjoy all of your hike videos. They're relaxing but also have excellent production value which I can fully appreciate now that I've gotten my Chromecast with Google TV to behave with 4k video again. It looks stunning, especially with the fall leaves and water!
Thank you for taking the time to film this trip. Looked like a great time. I’m curious how the altaplex held up in the overnight rain. How was the condensation level inside the tent, on your quilt, etc. cheers!
Altaplex was great. There was condensation but nothing too crazy especially given the conditions. Light condensation pretty much all over my bag, but I think thats more just because I sleep super hot, I dont think it was leaking from the tent itself. I've come to see it pretty much anytime I am sleeping around 40 degrees or lower.
Again love your approach to hiking- 4 years ago I hiked the AT thru the Smokey's with my son and there were so many people I thought I had made a wrong turn and was in Disney World!
This hike reminded me a lot of the smokies with all the fog haha. I will never forget coming out to the smokies on the AT and getting a hitch into Gatlinburg.... Holy culture shock.... 😂
last two videos have brought back some great memories, both hikes / trails I’ve done some 20 years ago and great to see the places again, like to revisit norcross nancy pond again, I lucked out when I did carrigain mt, had a clear day
The fall leaves are so beautiful there. The views from Nancy are stunning. Mt Carrigain is really going to be a treat when that day arrives. I can't wait to see you there on that beautiful clear day when it all finally comes together. There's so much to look forward to in the area you live in it's amazing. Thanks for taking me along.
Hi Brenda, its a Zpacks Altaplex. Space age technology essentially. Its a single wall tent. The camo fabric is totally waterproof and the "fly" portion is sewn into it. I made a video showing it a bit here th-cam.com/video/TQF9j_Ul0VQ/w-d-xo.html
Hey Chris good need some help finding a good website to get some stuff for my fiancé. We are winter hiking and camping but everywhere I go seems ridiculously expensive
Last year I was leaving trail and summit names out of many of my videos due to issues with massive overcrowding caused by the pandemic, as well as, issues in regards to what I would consider uneducated or irresponsible hiker behavior. The most notable of which was trash, and human waste / toilet paper I was finding directly on, or just off, trail. I kept some of the trail and location names in this video.If you are using this video for planning purposes, please use the trail responsibly and try to follow leave no trace principles. It only takes one person not doing so to ruin it for everyone.
If you are a newer hiker please watch this video before heading out on trail: th-cam.com/video/dhd7E4rGIwA/w-d-xo.html
Here is an article about the issue with trash and human waste specifically in the Whites www.nhpr.org/post/trouble-trails-forest-service-grapples-crowds-trash-and-human-waste#stream/0
Another article about Max Patch (an iconic part of the Appalachian Trail) and the issues occurring there www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2020/09/23/max-patch-residents-campers-creating-safety-hazards-mountain/5858936002/
Here you can learn about leave no trace (LNT) principles
lnt.org/why/7-principles/
www.nps.gov/articles/leave-no-trace-seven-principles.htm
One of the best episodes, the moody autumn colors look great!
Nice bit of story telling, Chris. Thanks!
Great video as always... always fun to virtually tag along on your backpacking trips, although my favorite part was seeing that Heav'nly Donuts helped to fuel this adventure 😁 (What can I say, I like to eat... it's why I hike so much! 🤣) They are THE BEST!!
One of the few companies I would legit consider a sponsorship by
Great video, amazing scenery!
Glad you enjoyed it
Chris! Amazing watch!! Love the music also. I used to listen to marian mcpartlands piano jazz every Sunday night on npr. I still do when I’m packing before getting on a plane. Planes give me anxiety. Anyway… quick question.. I’m sure dozens of your hiking buddies have asked you this but ever tried a hammock system? Just listening to you describe the puddle of water under your tent.
I really appreciate how you travel so quietly, peacefully and responsibly through that fragile ecosystem. I watch a lot of bushtubers and gotta have a fire every night. The chopping wood, cutting the wood, splitting the wood. Making fuzz sticks, starting the fire with a ferro rod. Scraping the birch bark with your knife and throwing a spark on that to get it going. I really like how travel very low impact. No fire. Turn in early hit up a book or podcast and lights out. I still have night terrors if I’m out there by myself. I guess as long as you bearbag your food way away and eat dinner way away from where you sleep then you should be good. Of course the one thing I would change is i would bring my solo stove with trangia so i could have a smokeless little fire to boil my water with. A trangia if it was pouring during dinner prep. Thank you thank you Chris for putting good stuff out there!!! Looking forward to seeing a winter video👍🏼.
Ya I am not about the bushcraft action at all. I tried a hammock system for a few nights. I enjoyed it but just prefer the ground experience better. I wasnt worried about the water. I know the waterproofness of the dyneema well from the AT and had full trust it would keep the temporary lake out of the inside haha
@@ChrisGoesOutdoors 👍🏼
Awesome as always, loved it. thanks again for a great video
ahhhh the heavenly donut stopp
Better than the buffalo chicken stop, or the route 93 pull off 😂
Great running into you on Carrigain Notch Trail! Such a sweet area of the whites and many don't visit those stretchs. As always great video and hoping to see you out there again doing your thing!
Hey thanks man! Got soaked about 5 minutes after talking to you haha
Thanks for the great video. Bummer you got stood up by Carrigain once again! Based on this video and the last, I'll definitely check out this part of the Whites.
0 for 2.5 attempts now lol
Thanks for sharing. What a georgeous colours! Regards
Thanks for watching!
Great video. Sorry about Carrigain but there's always next time it's not going anywhere.
Amazing video man! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks duder!
There's nothing like the slightly past peak golden times. Rain and fog bring out those colors. What a beautiful video! Music was perfect!
I don't know who thought of it, but I think having a donut shop next to a rehab is brilliant product placement. Great video as usual, Chris. P.S. The short socks threw me off.
😂 I look at the short socks and dont even know who I am anymore
Was lucky enough to hike Carrigan on a bluebird cloudless day a couple of years ago...the view from the tower on top is amazing, one of my favorites in the whites to date (although the slog up the signal ridge trail to the summit is grueling). Hoping you can experience that some time soon.
Carrigain for you is my treks up Moosilauke. Over a dozen times up and only 2x did I have views 🤷 Just keep at it and great videos as always 🤘
A dozen times and only 2 views! What have you done to anger the Mountain Gods?
@@ChrisGoesOutdoors guess I didn't leave any food behind because LNT 😉 Half the time the forecast was partly cloudy and my luck was the one cloud I was literally inside of. Doesn't stop me from trying again. I prematurely apologize to anyone near the Moose next weekend 🤣
Nice video Chris! Nancy Cascade looked amazing. I bet your body thanked you for not doing Desolation Trail again 🤣. Piano music was calming.
11:27... "The Larch".
Wonderful video, again! Yeah, Carrigain seems to be toying with you a little, hehe. But yeah, that early part of the Carrigain Notch is just beautiful -- and nice shot of Christmas Tree Lane! 🌲
Now that I finished most of the trails all around there I think I am done with Carrigain for a bit 😂
@@ChrisGoesOutdoors personally, I'm trying to figure out how I can dress as The Desolation Trail for Halloween 🤣
@@gordonparris9898 Post a picture when you do!
Always great to tagalong on your hikes. I’m going to miss this this winter
Planning on continuing through with hiking and overnights this winter too. Assuming my van doesnt get stuck repeatedly in the snow haha
Hi Chris. Just wondering if a winter trip was in the cards this year? I’m curious how you travel through the woods in winter. I’m assuming its the way i like to. Snowshoe in until your tired, set up your 3.5 season tent, chill for a bit, make dinner, eat and go for a quick snowshoe hike before bed to get the blood flowing, pee and get your ass in the -20 bag👍🏼 Take care Chris. NQU
Another highly enjoyable video. Stunning pictures, and the route seemed really interesting. Thanks for allowing the ride-along!
Thank you for watching!
how well is entrance to Nancy marked? on the list. love the cascades. nice walk.
Very easy to find. It looks like the start to another trail
Love the music, the stills, etc. So peaceful!
Appreciate that!
Love this kind of videos. Just moving stills, no crazed out camera action or cheesy cheap dramatization. Well done. Is there a reason you switched cameras? I know you don't recommend gear but maybe there is something on the Sony that really wasn't so clever?
The sony setup is great. I love messing with camera gear. I shot with the GH5 for like 2 years and I feel like I learned a lot since I got rid of my first GH5.
This GH5 I picked up locally with the Olympus lens and a bunch of accessories for $1100. Absolutely crazy camera setup for the price. You cant even buy the Sony body I have been using for that price. Wanted to see if the quality difference was really noticeable and to me it just really isn't. I also knew the GH5 could handle the expected weather on this trip. Was very pleased with the overall video quality especially given the fog and rain. The GH5 is also a million times better if hand holding things stabilization wise
What kind of tent do you have? It looked like you didn't have a Rain fly on it?
7:36 Found those All Dressed Ruffles again, then? :) Another amazing video, Chris. I'm working through the 48 4ks. When I can't be up north, your videos help me feel like I'm there. Love the off the beaten path theme. Keep hiking.
Appreciate it! Those chips are deadly good
Nancy pond a great hike ( June ) BUT I have never ran in to so damn many bugs !
They tore me a new AH just in time for lunch.
LFOD !
Beautiful autumn color! I noticed you are using a rain cover for your HMG pack, isnt the DCF fully waterproof?
the material is technically waterproof but the packs are considered "highly water resistant". I had the pack cover on the second it started to rain and I still had a little bit of water in the pack. The pack cover is also an additional layer of protection for the stuff in the outside pocket of my pack as well as the camera gear inside. I believe a little bit of water seeps in from the sewing at the hipbelt area
@@ChrisGoesOutdoors thanks for your advice. I have a HMG Southwest but have never put it to the test in heavy downpour. Indeed a cover will extra protection. Cheers
@@donaldpang a pack liner could work as well. Thin plastic trash bag for anything you dont want wet. I think it definitely is coming through the seams. Someone on the review I made commented they thought it was from me using the bag as a roll top. I just dont see it personally 🤷🏼♂️
Mt. Nancy was nice with a view. Yeah, carry your pack because you never know what could happen. In NH, it gets dark way too fast. That's one reason why I moved to MI because we're on the East side of the Eastern time zone so we get at least an hour more light than you. Nice video. John from MI
Great video mate! I see in the description that you filmed this with the Panasonic GH5; weren’t you using a Sony camera at one point in time? Why the change?
The sony setup is great. I love messing with camera gear. I shot with the GH5 for like 2 years and I feel like I learned a lot since I got rid of my first GH5.
This GH5 I picked up locally with the Olympus lens and a bunch of accessories for $1100. Absolutely crazy camera setup for the price. You cant even buy the Sony body I have been using for that price. Wanted to see if the quality difference was really noticeable and to me it just really isn't. I also knew the GH5 could handle the expected weather on this trip. Was very pleased with the overall video quality especially given the fog and rain. The GH5 is also a million times better if hand holding things stabilization wise
@@ChrisGoesOutdoors Nice brother, that's a great score! I used to own the GH5 and loved it but the AF forced me to sell it. Video looked great by the way.
@@MichaelRichards983 Ya the Panasonic AF is really a joke. I had tested out the g9 and it actually worked pretty well in a sit down talking type of setting recording in 1080 or 4k 60. But it is unreliable to use AF in pretty much any other situation. But I really loved everything else about the GH5 its such a great camera and people seem to be selling them quite cheap lately with all the newer fancy full frame offerings out there
One day those Carrigain views will be yours.
Your videos are amazing. They're very different from other hiker TH-cam channels, I've stopped watching most of them but really enjoy all of your hike videos. They're relaxing but also have excellent production value which I can fully appreciate now that I've gotten my Chromecast with Google TV to behave with 4k video again. It looks stunning, especially with the fall leaves and water!
Thank you for taking the time to film this trip. Looked like a great time.
I’m curious how the altaplex held up in the overnight rain. How was the condensation level inside the tent, on your quilt, etc. cheers!
Altaplex was great. There was condensation but nothing too crazy especially given the conditions. Light condensation pretty much all over my bag, but I think thats more just because I sleep super hot, I dont think it was leaking from the tent itself. I've come to see it pretty much anytime I am sleeping around 40 degrees or lower.
Again love your approach to hiking- 4 years ago I hiked the AT thru the Smokey's with my son and there were so many people I thought I had made a wrong turn and was in Disney World!
This hike reminded me a lot of the smokies with all the fog haha. I will never forget coming out to the smokies on the AT and getting a hitch into Gatlinburg.... Holy culture shock.... 😂
last two videos have brought back some great memories, both hikes / trails I’ve done some 20 years ago and great to see the places again, like to revisit norcross nancy pond again, I lucked out when I did carrigain mt, had a clear day
I really enjoyed the last 2 trips. Great hiking and very few people. One day.... Carrigain will be mine 😂
The fall leaves are so beautiful there. The views from Nancy are stunning. Mt Carrigain is really going to be a treat when that day arrives. I can't wait to see you there on that beautiful clear day when it all finally comes together. There's so much to look forward to in the area you live in it's amazing. Thanks for taking me along.
Humpty dumpty's making a second appearance!
Hi Chris
What kind d of tent do you have? It looked like you didn't have the rain fly on it?
Hi Brenda, its a Zpacks Altaplex. Space age technology essentially. Its a single wall tent. The camo fabric is totally waterproof and the "fly" portion is sewn into it. I made a video showing it a bit here th-cam.com/video/TQF9j_Ul0VQ/w-d-xo.html
@@ChrisGoesOutdoors I did watch the video on the tent. It looks like a nice tent. That you for getting back to me.
When you go to the top of that mountain your have to ask for a good day from the gods.
I had quite the conversation with them last time I was up there. They didnt seem to want to chat 😂
Hi! How cold was it? I’m cold sensitive and my friends want to go this month (October).
Temps dropped into the high 30s if I recall correctly. I would absolutely be prepared for below freezing weather this time of year.
Hey Chris good need some help finding a good website to get some stuff for my fiancé. We are winter hiking and camping but everywhere I go seems ridiculously expensive