My greatest drenching occurred in the Immigrant Wilderness near Grizzly Peak. You would have been in hysterics watching, and listening howling while putting my tent ⛺️ up. Saucer Meadows is gorgeous 😍. 💚💚💚🌲🌲🌲🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🦋🌺🪻🌻
Great video, just came back from a hike up there today to escape the heat. Stopped a couple miles short of the lake but relaxed for a bit by the creek.
You captured that gorgeous scenery well in this video. Looks great! Nice fish and a bear as well, so cool...and I guess you solved The Great Mystery 😉 Can't wait to see more! The map feature was nice too. Spectacular video!
RE the Thermarest inflation bag; give it a quick puff like one does to open a produce bag and it's amazing the volume that it can push into the mattress. Only seems to take about seven bags and my full-length bad is inflated.
My brother and I have been watching your videos for a long time and were up there last weekend also! Probably missed you by a couple hours. Great video as always, maybe will run into you out there one of these days :)
Wow, looks like you'll had a great trip !! I was wondering about the conditions up there. Total solitude !! ( except for the bear) .Some times difficult conditions like that, make for a more memorable trip. I hope those eye glasses you wore, protected your eyes. I've burned my eyeballs before hiking on snow. I can't wait to get up there !! Cheers !!
I was on a winter (snow) backpacking trip near Carson Pass, and forgot my sun glasses. It was sunny during the hike. I burned the whites of my eyes, under my chin and under my nose. It was pretty painful for several days .Fortunely, your eyes repair themselves incredibly fast.
wow , it looks like u guys carried the snowshoes most of the trip haha. what kind of snowshoes are these ???? ultra light? i cant imagine carryinh my heavy MSR snowshoes like that
Glad you made it and landed a gorgeous brown! Just this week the ranger told me that even the road to Crabtree is closed. Hoping to do Camp or Bear Lake in mid June, but if still closed maybe Relief would be the backup. Do you think it'd be safely accessible by then? Thanks for your videos! I like the mapped summary at the beginning of this one.
Thanks! I'll be doing more Emigrant videos this year! Relief will definitely be accessible. maybe not the backside stream crossing but the Lunch Meadow trail side definitely. I'd look for Crabtree to be open by second week of June, if not this weekend. It almost always is.
My greatest drenching occurred in the Immigrant Wilderness near Grizzly Peak. You would have been in hysterics watching, and listening howling while putting my tent ⛺️ up. Saucer Meadows is gorgeous 😍. 💚💚💚🌲🌲🌲🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🦋🌺🪻🌻
😂 Roger and I got caught in a thunderstorm over Big Sam. You've never seen two people run down a pass to quickly. 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you so much for posting this. It is great seeing what the conditions are like.
I'm glad it was helpful!
Looks good. I’m going over there this weekend.
Should be great! Please let me know how it goes.
Great video, just came back from a hike up there today to escape the heat. Stopped a couple miles short of the lake but relaxed for a bit by the creek.
Cool. That's a great hike. Thanks for the kind words!
Awesome video! About to attempt the same route.
Thanks! Good luck! When are you going?
You captured that gorgeous scenery well in this video. Looks great! Nice fish and a bear as well, so cool...and I guess you solved The Great Mystery 😉 Can't wait to see more! The map feature was nice too. Spectacular video!
Thanks! LOL. Great mystery solved. Glad you enjoyed it! Hope to be able to bring more of the Emigrant this year!
That’s my favorite backpacking trip I’ve done so far. Looks so different covered in snow. Great video Jim 🤙🏻
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
That is my favorite place to backpack! Looks like it was a bit treacherous getting up there. Kudos Jim! 👍
Thanks! Yeah a bit sketchy at times but worth it!
I enjoyed that video man... Great adventure. Looks like the potential for some big browns in that lake.
Yeah, definitely. I've never fished it hard enough to reach that potential unfortunately!
And glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
Gorgeous area, I think I'd still prefer having a floor!
😂😂 It's not as bad as you might think.
@@highcountrychronicles Maybe not as bad in the high country there...less critters
RE the Thermarest inflation bag; give it a quick puff like one does to open a produce bag and it's amazing the volume that it can push into the mattress. Only seems to take about seven bags and my full-length bad is inflated.
Thanks! Good tip.
Fun trip! Glad you caught something. I am going to get into fly fishing this summer here in utah so your videos have been helpful. Keep it up 👍
Cool! Glad to hear it!
My brother and I have been watching your videos for a long time and were up there last weekend also! Probably missed you by a couple hours. Great video as always, maybe will run into you out there one of these days :)
Nice! Did you go to Kennedy?
Wow, looks like you'll had a great trip !! I was wondering about the conditions up there. Total solitude !! ( except for the bear) .Some times difficult conditions like that, make for a more memorable trip. I hope those eye glasses you wore, protected your eyes. I've burned my eyeballs before hiking on snow. I can't wait to get up there !! Cheers !!
Thanks! "Burned your eye balls" is that like snow blindness or something different.
It was definitely a trip to be remembered!
I was on a winter (snow) backpacking trip near Carson Pass, and forgot my sun glasses. It was sunny during the hike. I burned the whites of my eyes, under my chin and under my nose. It was pretty painful for several days .Fortunely, your eyes repair themselves incredibly fast.
Wow. Guess I'll be more careful to wear my sunglasses on future. 👍🏾. Thanks!
wow , it looks like u guys carried the snowshoes most of the trip haha. what kind of snowshoes are these ???? ultra light? i cant imagine carryinh my heavy MSR snowshoes like that
I'm carrying the Evo Accent. They're not too heavy. 😅
Do you take a bear canister when you go out there
Yep. I always carry a canister. Emre had an Ursack. I have two canisters, a small one I use for up to 3 days and a larger one for over 3.
how far did you hike before your first night of camp ?
Hi, it's 8 miles from trailhead to the lake. I've given more details at 00:30.
wait a second.... those MSR snowshoes look exactly like mine 😂 how on earth do u carry those things on a backpacking trip !!
😅😅 Practice I guess. 😂
Glad you made it and landed a gorgeous brown! Just this week the ranger told me that even the road to Crabtree is closed. Hoping to do Camp or Bear Lake in mid June, but if still closed maybe Relief would be the backup. Do you think it'd be safely accessible by then? Thanks for your videos! I like the mapped summary at the beginning of this one.
Thanks! I'll be doing more Emigrant videos this year! Relief will definitely be accessible. maybe not the backside stream crossing but the Lunch Meadow trail side definitely. I'd look for Crabtree to be open by second week of June, if not this weekend. It almost always is.
Hey Jim quick question what rod and reel are you using ?
I'm using an 8ft 4wt cane rod I made about 15 years ago and a Hardy Flyweight real with a GPX 4wt line.
@@highcountrychronicles you should get a faster rod for your cast style
Any mosquitoes?🦟🦟🦟
Nope. Too cold.