Camping at French Ridge Hut | Wanaka, New Zealand
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ค. 2024
- A challenging 34km overnight hike to the beautiful red alpine French Ridge Hut in Mount Aspiring National Park. Even the long-drop toilet looks majestic surrounded by endless mountains and glaciers. Tramp through beautiful forests, breathtaking valleys and then scramble for hours up a rocky mountainside - the views are well worth the effort!
Date hiked: October 2022
Duration: 2-3 days
Distance: 34km return, ~1,688m Elevation Gain
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- Story by Adrian Disch
- Hold On To Me by The Neighborly
- You Remind Me by Danica Dora
Timestamps:
0:00 - Biking to Aspiring Hut
2:05 - Hiking to Pearl Flats
4:54 - The climb
8:29 - French Ridge Hut
12:38 - The way back
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Stunning, but I am totally exhausted after all that hiking. Thank you
😂 I'm sorry to put you through that
Fabulous stuff - the Matukituki just never gets old!
It's such a good base. We miss Wanaka a lot 😭
While man gets old not so with God's creation.
Loved the Robin & Kias!
Our favourite NZ birds!
Insane views! I am speechless!
Thanks for the high quality videos!
Thank you for watching 🙏❤️
Your camera skills and editing is top-notch! This is probably the most beautiful and cinematic hiking video I have seen. Wish I discovered your channel earlier!
Thank you so much for your kind words, it means so much to us 😊❤️🙏
Fantastic landscapes and nature.. thanks for the video ☺like46👍🙏
Thanks for watching Maso 😊🙏❤️
Ridiculously beautiful
Agreed 💯
Wow! NZ is insanely beautiful. Love your video.
Thanks Angelica, great to hear from you again! 😊🙏❤️
Really stunning video mate. I was making my partner aware of the video when I started playing it last night. She is currently having problems with her left knee. She said to me "I won't be walking anywhere until I get this knee fixed". Immediately after her having said that you looked at the camera/us and said "why walk when you can cycle?" It was hilarious as the timing couldn't have been better.
😂😂😂
Thanks for watching and hopefully your partners knee feels better soon! Have a look at Hooker Hut, that's a great and easy overnight hiking which shouldn't effect her knee too much
Wow so beautiful
Agreed 🙏❤
Amazing mountains and snow. New Zealand is a stunnning. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching!
Going to be sad when we go 🥲
I always look forward to your vids. It’s great to get a small taste of NZ’s beauty through you. Wish I lived there again
Thank you Jeff, that really means a lot 😊🙏❤️
We're leaving NZ in about 5 weeks and going to miss it so much 😭
4.30 minutes. I feel you! Having done that route to F.R.H. over 40 times, 30 in winter, i have wept blood after that crossing.. 60 times! Oh the humanity. . Then that ascent. Bring on your quality stuff kids. Lovin'it!
Oh man, I can't imagine doing that climb over 40 times! Once was enough for us 😅💀
Kia ora Team, it's been a real privilege watching and experiencing your videos, something I won't be able to do myself. Have thoroughly enjoyed living vicariously through your experiences. Nga mihi nui mo nga mea katoa e oku hoa. (many thanks for everything friends) Keep safe in the Aotearoa outdoors.
Thank you for coming along with us🙏❤️
Amazing!!! This one is on my bucket list now for New Zealand😍
The whole Matukituki Valley is amazing, you guys will love it 🤩
Incredible hike !
It's a good one! 😊
Great video Guys awesome quality really enjoy the Content Thanku.
Cheers
Ken.
Thanks for watching Ken! 😊🙏❤️
Nice work👍
Thanks buddy 🙏
Congrats!! I just discover your channel and I absolutely love it, the shots, the editing are awesome!! Hopefully soon can do something similar here in Tasmania.
Thanks for the video and share such a beautiful place in New Zealand!
Thank you for the kind words Pato, it really means a lot 🙏❤️
We're moving back to Australia in a few weeks and definitely have some plans to visit Tasmania while we're back!
Nice, I'm hoping to be heading up there and to Liverpool in July
Nice, you'll have an awesome time!
Came across your channel the other day and been tryna watch every one. Love the videos, based out of Queenstown also ✌🏻
Thanks Craig, appreciate the support! 🙏
Maybe stop before you hit the Australian videos; they start to go downhill fast 😅😂
Amazing footage! Was wondering what sort of camera gear you use for your filming?
Thanks Max!
We use a Panasonic GH6 for the main camera and a GoPro Hero 10 for the secondary camera
Amazing video! That elevation is neverending, right?! So glad you had great weather and kea 😊
This is the hike we compare all future climbs too 😂
We definitely lucked out with the weather!
French ridge was one of the best hikes I've ever done! We are heading out to do Cascade saddle over new years this year!
It's such a great hike, I don't think this video captures how beautiful it is up there tbh
@@ChrisandDanya I think it's so hard to capture! That hike up was absolutely brutal, it's amazing how up it was haha. So worth it though, all the keas, walking up the to the snowline. Though the only thing that I think was misleading is it's a "fully serviced" hut with no toilet paper, me and my friend learned the important lesson of always bringing it that day haha
Yeah, we always bring toilet paper no matter what 😅
Where is the nearest car park please? I hope one day 🎉 I can go there , such nice place , thanks for sharing
Nearest carpark is Raspberry Creek Carpark, which is about 1.5 hours from Wanaka
BTW. This track is insane and require a lot of climbing.
It is very easy to fall down and die there. 😱
I did that with 15kg backpack and spent almost 4 hours on those 2 km just to make it safe.
Views are amazing BTW
Thank you for your input 🙏
@@ChrisandDanya I did quite pessimistic input 😆 (I love your videos for positive mood!)
BTW. Did you see a huge hole almost on the track just after bush line.
That hole is about a meter wide and some meters deep. Can be covered by snow in winter.
Nothing wrong with being more cautious!
Don't remember seeing that hole to be honest, but we were pretty distracted from the views and pain 😅
@@ChrisandDanya Maybe that was covered by snow or maybe I am just more paranoid person! :)
Also, I was talking with a couple looking similar to you around March this year.
Did you stay in White Horse campground in tent and then next day it was rain (snow) forecast.
That couple went to Muller Hut for a couple of nights. Were that couple you?
What a masterpiece! Truly captivating!! Great job guts!
Thank you James 😊🙏❤️
This video isn't even live yet 😅! I was wondering how people were watching it, then I realized I added it to a public playlist 😂
Hopefully I can publish it tomorrow; I'm still waiting for a couple songs to clear copyright
Absolute legend of a view. Out of curiosity, why didn't you guys stay within the hut?
We had always planned to camp up there because we always enjoy the privacy of the tent more and we wanted to stare at the mountains/stars.
I believe the hut was full as well when we got up. It was a long weekend and a bunch of mountaineers were occupying it for the weekend
oh hi your video is very awesome so I'll go to the NZ thank you. i have a some Q. Have i must reaservation campsite in there?? 😊
Thank you 🙏❤️😁 Highly recommend New Zealand, you won't regret it!
You do need to pay to stay in the hut ($40) and it's first come first served, so you're not actually reserving a spot..if all the bunks were taken, you'd have to sleep on the floor. There's usually a small $5 fee to camp around huts, but this one is run the NZ Alpine Club, not DOC, so it's a bit different. I can't remember if we paid a fee or not to camp. Best call up DOC in Wanaka and ask
@@ChrisandDanya Thank you. I love your videos so much that I'm going to follow the route. Thank you! I recommend mountain trekking in Benf, Canada It was a great experience
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We're moving to Canada next year and won't be too far away from Bamff!
Awesome!! ❤ btw, which camera do you use to take footage?
Panasonic GH6 & GoPro Hero 10
@@ChrisandDanya Thanks. Footage looks so sharp. At first, I thought the whole thing was shot on GH6. Didn’t notice any difference at all. Great job guys!!
Thank you Laksitha 🙏❤
Still learning, but glad to hear we are making progress ☺
What was the music used in the video? Why didn’t you stay in the hut?
Music used:
- Story by Adrian Disch
- Hold On To Me by The Neighborly
- You Remind Me by Danica Dora
Have also added them to the description of the video.
We always planned on camping, because we prefer the privacy of a tent. It was also a long weekend and we thought the hut would be really busy. Pretty sure even though you have to pay for this hut, you are not reserving a bed. You pay and then hope there is space when you get there.
why cant we download this video to watch offline
plz manage that
That has nothing to do with us, that's TH-cam. Pretty sure you need TH-cam Premium to watch videos offline
"Woops i wasnt recording" fark i would've thrown a rock at you if i was danya 😂😂
Happens a few times every trip, but I was just psyching her out this time 😂