Great video as always! I tried to get to Chasm Lake the very next day and was one of the unfortunate people to slide down the first snow slope! My friend and I were doing the Granite Pass/Storm Pass loop, so we had 30 lb bags which didn't help. Several unprepared day hikers were doing it as well, so our sense of safety was dulled a bit. Here is the clip of my fall: th-cam.com/video/b8duoRYMZTU/w-d-xo.html
Maaan.. I was getting nervous watching that before you went down. I went down Isabelle Glacier and it was brutal. You hit those rocks hard! But damn.. amazing camera work all the way down.
@@nicksangetta8874 Thanks! I had my GoPro attached to my trekking pole. I had forgotten I hit record until I got up and composed myself. The only injury I had was a broken fingernail (I’m a classical guitarist) 😄 Hopefully this video serves your point about wearing spikes and not taking the snow lightly!
I am well past my hiking days, but 25 years ago RMNP was my annual go-to escape, and this very hike was my absolute favorite. I hiked it maybe four times, always after Labor Day, when the crowds were vastly thinned out, shop and pub keepers were happy at the break in their action, and I was the happiest of all, doing this hike and others like but never quite as good. Your visuals and your narration of the hike were perfect, and it transported me back in time. Thank you.
My dad died on Christmas 2018. My dad wanted his ashes taken to Chasem Lake so My Uncle Scott took my dad's ashes and put it into Chasem Lake as his final resting place. He loved hiking this trail. I hiked up this trail with my dad many years ago. Rest in peace Christopher lampman/dad.
Thanks for doing these videos! My wife and I are from MO and don't get to RMNP often. Your videos have really inspired my wife and I to begin hiking the trails in our area. We do at least one hike a week. We've also started working out and eating better so we can go on longer hikes. Since March, I've lost over 50 pounds! So, thanks for everything!
Wow! That is great! Health is wealth. Nothing beats feeling good! That is really cool that you lost all that weight. I weighed 260 once so I know how great it feels! Keep up the good work, Aaron!
Nick, thanks for this. I have been to chasm lake twice. August 1962 and September 1979. I am age 70. I’m sending this video to my children as when the time comes, I want my ashes there
Did it look much different back then? And hopefully that day is many, many years down the road.. My first real hike was to Sky Pond and at the time it was the most incredible thing I had ever seen.. thats where I want my ashes.
Hey Nick it's been sometime beautiful videos I'm catching up this one of Chasm lake it's a classic like u said when I get my knee fixed I really want to do that hike I want to see those beautiful mountains
I've often wondered about Chasm Lake - now that I have seen it, and the trail, it's made my 'to-do' list. Wonderful video - thanks for taking us along!
Great Video, Nick. The whole area around Chasm lake just looks awesome. You and Barb were quite courageous to make it over the snow & ice. That looked very sketchy.. Chasm lake is on my bucket list and hopefully we can do that one this time around. We'll see. Thank you again for posting an awesome video of an awesome hike (while we are broiling in the TN heat!) :) Your #1 TN fans.
Thank you Silke! It is a great area. A jewel of Colorado. Im so glad we made it across the snow! Check out the pinned comment where the guy attached the video of him sliding down the snow the next day. We would not have walked away from that. It would have been game over.
@@nicksangetta8874 Yes, I watched it.. how scary.. you can break your legs (or worse!) when you hit those rocks... that would be a bad day! I am so glad that the guy, Seven Kennedy, made it out without more than a broken fingernail.
Trick & Treat: the trick is to get up in early AM (ugh!) & start in the dark from the Ranger Stations. The treat is to get to Chasm Lake just before sunrise on a clear day and watch the sunrise ( alpine glow) reflected off the diamond face of Longs.
I was there last week. Left spikes and poles in the car, dang! then jumped over the rocks to avoid the snow banks. On the way back the snow was not so slippery and kept my weight on the boots on the inside of the mountain not to slip down. Cooled my feet in the lake(water 34F). Didn't have power to climb Meekes thru the Iron gates. Amazing video, thanks.
AWESOME HIKE! Chasm Lake is always a great one and a pretty good challenge too! Love that hike and you captured it splendidly, as you always put your heart and soul into your videos. Thank you for the hike and thank you for the great video!
My wife and I hiked this last Monday... great weather and a great hike. And we recognized the Iron Gates from your awesome Mt. Meeker summit video... it looked super intimidating in person!
Nick ... Love your cinematography ... Simply gorgeous scenery! ... Curious "when" you did this hike? ... I ask because I am thinking of doing it in the next couple weeks or so ... Chasm Lake is one of my two favorite hikes in RMNP ... Thanks for sharing
Check out the pinned comment and the video that is attached. A guy went down the snow the very next day. I dont know if my mom or I would have walked away from that. So yeah.. Id wait until it melts.
Nice video and beautiful vistas. I hiked there in mid October last year. Some sections were covered by snow. The last section was a bit icy. It took me a while to climb up to the lake.
Check out the video attached to the pinned comment. That was what I was afraid of. We would not have walked away from an impact like that.. you made a smart choice to skip this one.
I really want to get up there this year. Either on the way up to the Saddle and then up to Hagues-Mummy or get Fairchild and get it on the way down from the saddle. Ive only seen the Crystal Lakes from far away but they look awesome.
Y'all did way better than me (Anna). My gosh, I was like nope, nope, nope and turned back. Have you tried it later in the year when the snow shelf is gone? Thank you for al the useful information in this video too :)
Yes. When the snow is gone its just more easy rock and dirt to hike over. I have a few videos on Chasm Lake and one of my older ones might show what it looks like without snow. But I was not liking the snow crossing. Had to edit out quite a bit of profanity.
@@nicksangetta8874 thank you for sharing. I'll go look further down. Lots of videos that caught my attention. Thank you so much for making them! I'm sure they are of immense help to people
I hiked that one the last time I was out there, August of 2020. No snow over the trail then though. I am really surprised about how much snow there is still on it this year. Is that normal?
@@nicksangetta8874 I'll be hiking this trail in a few days. Do you think the trails are still snowy/icy? Trying to decide if i should bring my spikes. I read alltrails reviews and no one's mentioned any ice/snow so I'm unsure.
Great video as always! I tried to get to Chasm Lake the very next day and was one of the unfortunate people to slide down the first snow slope! My friend and I were doing the Granite Pass/Storm Pass loop, so we had 30 lb bags which didn't help. Several unprepared day hikers were doing it as well, so our sense of safety was dulled a bit. Here is the clip of my fall: th-cam.com/video/b8duoRYMZTU/w-d-xo.html
Maaan.. I was getting nervous watching that before you went down. I went down Isabelle Glacier and it was brutal. You hit those rocks hard! But damn.. amazing camera work all the way down.
@@nicksangetta8874 Thanks! I had my GoPro attached to my trekking pole. I had forgotten I hit record until I got up and composed myself. The only injury I had was a broken fingernail (I’m a classical guitarist) 😄 Hopefully this video serves your point about wearing spikes and not taking the snow lightly!
When I did one time the way the trail slanted with ice worried me but was okay with spikes
Watched the clip. Thank God you were not hurt! Scary to watch.
@@SheepdogPreparedness Thank you!
I am well past my hiking days, but 25 years ago RMNP was my annual go-to escape, and this very hike was my absolute favorite. I hiked it maybe four times, always after Labor Day, when the crowds were vastly thinned out, shop and pub keepers were happy at the break in their action, and I was the happiest of all, doing this hike and others like but never quite as good. Your visuals and your narration of the hike were perfect, and it transported me back in time. Thank you.
My dad died on Christmas 2018. My dad wanted his ashes taken to Chasem Lake so My Uncle Scott took my dad's ashes and put it into Chasem Lake as his final resting place. He loved hiking this trail. I hiked up this trail with my dad many years ago. Rest in peace Christopher lampman/dad.
I’ll never get over how incredible longs looks from Chasm
I'm planning on doing it on Friday. Thanks for the video, showing the hike.
Thanks for doing these videos! My wife and I are from MO and don't get to RMNP often. Your videos have really inspired my wife and I to begin hiking the trails in our area. We do at least one hike a week. We've also started working out and eating better so we can go on longer hikes. Since March, I've lost over 50 pounds! So, thanks for everything!
Wow! That is great! Health is wealth. Nothing beats feeling good! That is really cool that you lost all that weight. I weighed 260 once so I know how great it feels! Keep up the good work, Aaron!
Nick, thanks for this. I have been to chasm lake twice. August 1962 and September 1979. I am age 70. I’m sending this video to my children as when the time comes, I want my ashes there
Did it look much different back then? And hopefully that day is many, many years down the road.. My first real hike was to Sky Pond and at the time it was the most incredible thing I had ever seen.. thats where I want my ashes.
@@nicksangetta8874 it was the same in my memory
Hey Nick it's been sometime beautiful videos I'm catching up this one of Chasm lake it's a classic like u said when I get my knee fixed I really want to do that hike I want to see those beautiful mountains
I love your videos!!!!
You couldn't have picked a better day for this hike. Amazing footage. Thanks for sharing!
I've often wondered about Chasm Lake - now that I have seen it, and the trail, it's made my 'to-do' list. Wonderful video - thanks for taking us along!
Great Video, Nick. The whole area around Chasm lake just looks awesome. You and Barb were quite courageous to make it over the snow & ice. That looked very sketchy.. Chasm lake is on my bucket list and hopefully we can do that one this time around. We'll see. Thank you again for posting an awesome video of an awesome hike (while we are broiling in the TN heat!) :) Your #1 TN fans.
Thank you Silke! It is a great area. A jewel of Colorado. Im so glad we made it across the snow! Check out the pinned comment where the guy attached the video of him sliding down the snow the next day. We would not have walked away from that. It would have been game over.
@@nicksangetta8874 Yes, I watched it.. how scary.. you can break your legs (or worse!) when you hit those rocks... that would be a bad day! I am so glad that the guy, Seven Kennedy, made it out without more than a broken fingernail.
We are doing this hike in October...looking fwd to it!
Might have snow and ice there so bring spikes
Trick & Treat: the trick is to get up in early AM (ugh!) & start in the dark from the Ranger Stations. The treat is to get to Chasm Lake just before sunrise on a clear day and watch the sunrise ( alpine glow) reflected off the diamond face of Longs.
I was there last week. Left spikes and poles in the car, dang! then jumped over the rocks to avoid the snow banks. On the way back the snow was not so slippery and kept my weight on the boots on the inside of the mountain not to slip down. Cooled my feet in the lake(water 34F). Didn't have power to climb Meekes thru the Iron gates. Amazing video, thanks.
AWESOME HIKE! Chasm Lake is always a great one and a pretty good challenge too! Love that hike and you captured it splendidly, as you always put your heart and soul into your videos. Thank you for the hike and thank you for the great video!
Thanks for going! It was an awesome hike and day.
Beautiful view. Feel like Barb is practicing for a much bigger goal though :)
She s doing Everest lol
My wife and I hiked this last Monday... great weather and a great hike. And we recognized the Iron Gates from your awesome Mt. Meeker summit video... it looked super intimidating in person!
Nick ... Love your cinematography ... Simply gorgeous scenery! ... Curious "when" you did this hike? ... I ask because I am thinking of doing it in the next couple weeks or so ... Chasm Lake is one of my two favorite hikes in RMNP ... Thanks for sharing
Thanks Craig! We did this on June 27. That snow is melting fast but Im guessing it will stick around for most of July.
Think July or August let's you do without snow and ice
Can't wait to do this one again. I think I'll wait until the snow on that steep traverse is gone. Great video!!!
Check out the pinned comment and the video that is attached. A guy went down the snow the very next day. I dont know if my mom or I would have walked away from that. So yeah.. Id wait until it melts.
@@nicksangetta8874 Yikes! Glad he was ok. Does the snow hang around every year like this year?
@@TrekkingTheRockies It usually hangs around the first part of summer.. but this year was especially bad due to the late snows.
Absolutely stunning views
Nice video and beautiful vistas. I hiked there in mid October last year. Some sections were covered by snow. The last section was a bit icy. It took me a while to climb up to the lake.
I might just try this one next month while there. That is an amazing view! Great video brother!
Its a bit of a grind through the trees, but once you break through to the tundra it is awesome! Cant go wrong with Chasm. Its one of the best hikes.
Stunning views! Thanks for sharing that hike.
The bad weather end of May kept me from trying this one - so I'll be back next year to try it. And yes, spikes and poles are an absolute must!
Check out the video attached to the pinned comment. That was what I was afraid of. We would not have walked away from an impact like that.. you made a smart choice to skip this one.
Yup...and usually snow and ice till late july
it was humid? i went to the rockies last august and the air was the opposite of humid. it was so nice to be able to walk and walk and not sweat at all
Wondering about heaven prompts John 3:16. None of it is an accident or by coincidence. Hope to do this trail in a few weeks. God blesd
Chasm Lake is great. One of my favorites. You should do a video of Crystal Lake past Lawn Lake. Crystal Lake and Chasm Lake are very similar.
I really want to get up there this year. Either on the way up to the Saddle and then up to Hagues-Mummy or get Fairchild and get it on the way down from the saddle. Ive only seen the Crystal Lakes from far away but they look awesome.
@@nicksangetta8874 I couldn't make it up to the saddle that day. I was too tired LoL. What can I say, I am a flatlander
@@matteserhut4579 Crystal Lake and The Saddle are waaay out there. If I do it Im treating it like Longs Peak. Starting at like 3am.
Y'all did way better than me (Anna). My gosh, I was like nope, nope, nope and turned back. Have you tried it later in the year when the snow shelf is gone? Thank you for al the useful information in this video too :)
Yes. When the snow is gone its just more easy rock and dirt to hike over. I have a few videos on Chasm Lake and one of my older ones might show what it looks like without snow. But I was not liking the snow crossing. Had to edit out quite a bit of profanity.
@@nicksangetta8874 thank you for sharing. I'll go look further down. Lots of videos that caught my attention. Thank you so much for making them! I'm sure they are of immense help to people
If Long's Peak parking lot is full, where do you park to access this trailhead?
I hiked that one the last time I was out there, August of 2020. No snow over the trail then though. I am really surprised about how much snow there is still on it this year. Is that normal?
We got some late snows this year. Which was a good thing! Just not for hiking..
@@nicksangetta8874 I'll be hiking this trail in a few days. Do you think the trails are still snowy/icy? Trying to decide if i should bring my spikes. I read alltrails reviews and no one's mentioned any ice/snow so I'm unsure.
@@casandracastillo8486 The snow should be gone by now. My buddy just did it and did not mention any snow. Good luck on the hike!
@@casandracastillo8486 Yes. It is confirmed. I just asked him and he said zero snow!
@@nicksangetta8874 thank you so much!
Great video. I would prefer it without the music.