The Final & Most Remote Section - Great Divide Trail ep4
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Spanning 1,200km (or 750mi) across the Canadian Rocky Mountains, the Great Divide Trail is one of the most premier long distance hiking trails in the entire world. Following the divide very closely between Alberta and British Columbia, along the mountain range crest. They call this hike the wildest thru hike for a reason, it's extremely remote, and the conditions are truly challenging given the high elevation and extreme landscape. Similar to how the Continental Divide Trail was 10 or so years ago, the GDT is a collection of existing trails, strung together with cross country and off trail sections to make one long footpath.
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The Great Divide Trail at a glance:
- 1,200km (750mi) in length, depending on end point
- Grizzly and moose country the entire way
- 5 National Parks (Banff, Jasper, Kootenay, Waterton, and Yoho)
- 9 Provincial Parks, 4 Wilderness Areas, 4 Forest Districts
- 2,590m (or 8,500ft) is the high point @ an un-named pass in Section E
- 1,055m (or 3,500ft) is the low point @ Old Fort Point outside of Jasper
- Peak hiking season is from July to September,
- 30 to 60 days is roughly how long this hike takes depending on experience and fitness
Overall the GDT is one of the most amazing thru hikes you could ever do. Unparalleled scenery, glaciers around every corner, grizzly bears, moose, pika, marmots, exposed alpine meadows and lakes. Ridge walks on loose scree and talus. Off trail travel, bushwhacking, and adventure. Hiking through popular national parks such as Banff and Jasper. It truly is an incredible beast of a hike.
In this video we hike through section G along the Great Divide Trail.
Just north of Jasper National Park is some of the most remote and rugged hiking that can be found in all of the Canadian Rockies. Dangerous glacial melt river fords, bushwhacking, high alpine hiking and navigating, grizzly bears and moose. No roads, no people, and no cell service. Just east of Mt Robson Provincial Park is where we are hiking, in the shadow of the highest point in the Rockies.
Through the Jackpine alpine, resupplying at the Blueberry Trailhead and Lake. Over Big Shale Hill, and all the way to Kakwa lake Provincial park, a popular place for snowmobiling near Prince George. We finish our hike at Kakwa, and then have to do a 108km road walk back out to civilization.
Thank you to the Great Divide Trail Association for such an incredible experience, this trail has cemented itself in my mind as one of the best thru hikes you could ever do. Up there with the Pacific Crest Trail, Continental Divide Trail, Appalachian Trail, Arizona Trail, and Colorado Trail. Truly incredible from beginning to end, and I am excited to watch this hike develop further.
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The end :) Thank you for watching! If you are thinking about hiking the GDT or want more info about it, I wrote a whole guide! Check it here jupiterhikes.com/2023/11/15/how-to-thru-hike-the-1200km-great-divide-trail/
Fantastic! Hope you come back to the Canadian Rockies to explore some more. Cheers!
Living here all winter actually :)
@JupiterHikes that's awesome. It truly is a year-round playground. Enjoy!
The footage in this series is beyond amazing. You have a gift for story telling and narration that touches a person's soul.
The way you shoot and edit these is so good. And the way you pull together a narrative is magnificent. Oh, and the hike looks cool.
Another amazing journey and equally amazing cinematography!
What a fantastic experience for the two of you in one of the most beautiful parts of the planet!
Thank you very much for taking us along with you. ❤
Your videos always inspire me more than anything. The cinematography, music and editing are perfect. I haven't been able to do any through hikes before. I have done the 4 pass loop in Co, along with a few sections of the Colorado Trail. One day I have to do one. And your videos remind me why I need to. Thank you Jupiter, and Sprocket. Love you guys.
Incredible Adventure and Footage my Friend ... Happy Trails! 👣
I just did the PCT as my first thru-hike this summer and your series brought me to tears. The beauty of these landscapes and the experience you have on such a wild, untamed trail truly looks incredible. Thank you for putting this together so beautifully. The GDT was on my list already but this confirms it even more.
Gourmet, from France
Congrats on the PCT!! it's an epic trail, comparable to none. The GDT is a fun and different experience, a little less free due to the permitting but truly amazing scenery and a very worthy adventure with a lot of unique challenges along the way. And it's like, passing through the most beautiful places in an entire country. Definitely worth while.
Thank you!! Yes I know it will be extremely different, and definitely less social, but it seems to be an incredible experience ☺ Congrats again to you both!
What an amazing trip! I love your approach to making videos … personal, and unique. Thanks for sharing.
Congratulations! Your film making has hit a new level with this series. Seriously impressed with the way you frame your shots and the beautifully interlaced dialog. So inspiring. Bravo.
Thank you for taking us along on your journey! I loved the insight, views, and inspiration that you’ve provided through your experiences. May all of your adventures fill your soul. As for me.. I’ll be on the GDT in 2024 and am beyond excited for the journey ahead!
Jupiter and Sprocket, what amazing adventure, Simply breathtaking! again, thank you for taking us with you!
The narration, trail scenes, and videography blew me away. You and Sprocket are as awe inspiring as the GDT.
Congratulations. Beautiful hike. Fantasticl videos which always left me wanting more.
Absolutely amazing place . Film and hike and sprocket is one tuff cookie to 😊
Great video series Jupiter, glad you and Sprocket enjoyed it. I hiked it in 2021. I’m on the Great Divide Trail Association Committee and I cannot tell you how much work including Gov’t consultation and planning goes into keeping this trail alive for all to enjoy. Thanks for spreading the word! See you on trail! ☺️
We have been working with Parks Canada for decades. It has been a slow process but we are making progress. Our wish is to have one thruhiker permit one day. As for trail maintenance, we host trail building and maintenance trips every summer. Feel free to come on out and help! @@ryanb3908
@@ryanb3908the GDTA can't magically get you permits through the highly popular National Parks, and they do a ton of trail work in the areas where they're permitted to (many of the parks won't allow outside trail crews and some of the trails used by the GDT aren't high priority for maintenance by the parks)
Thank you immensely! It is super clear to me how much work has gone into such a thing! It's incredible and I hope many more get to enjoy it. Given the remoteness I am sure none of it is even sort of easy.
Wonderful video capturing the finish of your GDT adventure. Thanks for all that you do!
Congrats on completing the trail! Thanks for bringing us along! You shared the story beautifully
Cool hike Sprocketer
I haven't seen every episode yet, but those that I have seen (including this last one) have been beautifully filmed and narrated. Congratulations to you and Sprocket, your excellent partner.
Congrats to you and Sprocket on completing yet another thru-hike! As always I absolutely enjoyed your videos and narration. You always do an amazing job of putting the views together with the story of your journey. Thanks for sharing your hikes with us and thanks again for the GDT guide!
Finally found the time to watch this properly. Your videos just keep getting better, thanks for continuing to share these experiences and make these documentaries.
My wife and I found hiking this year and we love to watch your videos. Your narrative and video footage are always well done and compelling. You and Sprocket inspire us to get out there and stretch ourselves. Thanks for posting.
That was an amazing series of videos. Thank you for taking me along!😀😀😀😀😀👍👍👍👍👍
WOWWWWWW. I needed to find your channel. What a trip. I've just found you from a rundown on lowering gear weights. I'd never even heard of our GDT till a few weeks ago and started looking into it but the remoteness, lack of trails, and especially lack of re-supply had me as a solo hiker look at it as just awe and no-way. It's been fabulous getting to armchair see your footage and journey.
I am glad you have enjoyed the videos! I actually wrote a whole guide for this trail on my website. Has information that would be useful for both thru hikers and those wanting to do just a section. It can be quite difficult, but overall an extremely rewarding hike and experience which I would certainly say is worth the effort.
Oh I love our outdoors (this is all my backyard! I'm so lucky). Yah it's all worth the effort. but yah, the lack of resupply and clear paths is daunting for me still. Mostly the lack of paths... oh and the distances. Haha, Especially because our wild is REALLY wild, and our mountains often have exposure (deadly spots) and not knowing how the passes are yet, I'm still wary... I am not a scrambler, and I'm slooow. (hopefully i'll eventually share my stuff)...But I've only just started looking into the GDT so maybe down the road I'll section it. Or if I find a good hiking partner as I do all mine solo, and you saw why Canada is no joke. Snow in summer is pretty common, and sometimes doesn't warm up so fast. Daunting alone, esp without the huge thru hike experience. @@JupiterHikes
Love you guys. I hike a good bit in Washington State but was not inspired by hiking until quite late in life so I am realistic about not ever being able to do a large thru hike but these type of videos inspire me in my own way. Thank you guys.
Sometimes the small thru hikes can feel like the large ones! Some great adventures to be had in smaller pieces are out there even if the biggest ones are off the table. Hope you get out on some good trips this next year!
Your videos and outlooks on your trips just.... give me so much life. I want to Triple-Crown before I move on from this life, and your videos put me one step further to that goal. Thank you so much for that. I have not had the chance to thru-hike, and I dream of it every day. I love watching your videos and am so excited to see when one is added. It's always nice to see Sprocket in your videos as well. She seems so sweet. I am happy for the both of you and congratulations on the big finish! Great videos man, please keep them coming so we can all follow along, living vicariously through you. Love y'all, happy trails. ✌
Thanks mate love your videos, you’ve genuinely inspired me and I’ve just completed my first through hike doing a solo 250k hike in aus. I though that was tough but 1200km is terrifying. Please keep it up, there are other people like me watching!
Which aus trail did you do? I hope to come over and do the bibbulmun and a few others
I did the larapinta trail in the Northern Territory. I’m an amateur but it’s supposedly one of the the best in aus.
Great job. It is inspiring to watch and wakes old memories of mine as a teenager, before I moved to Europe. Maybe you are interested to hike the hexatrek Trail through France one day. I did and can definitely recommend it. Have a great time. Greetings from over here.
Congrats you two! Amazing! Thanks for the beauty shared! 💕
Thank you. Special.....and to me personal
I love the determination and quiet courage of Sprocket
Every step of this hike was spectacular. Thanks for filming it for us Jupiter and Sprocket!
I disagree with your closing statements. Northern Montana Rockies are more similar to the Canadian Rockies than they are to say the Wind River Range, San Juans, or Bitterroots. My adventures in the Rockies started with GNP and Canadian Rockies - they're quite similar. Yet, venture into southern Montana and Idaho and a range like The Bitterroots is noticeably different: granite galore. The geological evidence doesn't lie.
But that's the beauty and magic of the Greater Rockies and what makes them one of the best bigger mountain ranges on the planet for sure: so much geological diversity and its stages of formation get are mysterious and confusing in the volcanic regions (Yellowstone, calderas of Idaho, Colorado Plateau) then boom - Great Basin and Columbia River Basin - perhaps the most incredible merger of geology on the planet shared between Canada, USA and even Mexico.
Nonetheless, what a special hike and congratulations. I absolutely treasure my memories in the UNESCO sections of the Canadian Rockies. The Rockwall is still one of my all-time favorites, don't think it will ever leave my top 5.
Thanks for the video, I am planning section G for August 2024 and watching your video is already part of the fun.. it looks amazing!
Thank you for this, Jupiter. I'm sorry it's over. But, I'm inspired...! :>)
Thank you for sharing yours and Sprockets journey! Wonderful!
Incredible adventure! Thanks for featuring it. Great information.
What a phenomenal looking trail! Thank you for sharing your hike!
Thanks for this beautiful adventure
"You are even sort of going to be able to find cell service" hahah
Do you write? The voiceover was so well done!
What a wonderful series. I really like your film style and narration! Thx for sharing your experience!
Congrats! What a great job on this video series.
That was such a beautiful watch, thanks
Excellent work on these!
You two are marvelous!
Thanks for these amazing videos and equally for the super detailed blog guide you wrote for the GDT. Amazing contribution and thank you. 🙏
Masterful, nothing short of amazing. I am sad that there isn't more to come. The scenery is so inspiring. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Awesome accomplishment 👏 Thanks for sharing your adventure with Sprocket!
Congratulations. Have a wonderful holiday season. Looking forward to next years adventrures.
Impressive! Congratulations to you both, well done!!!❤
What an awesome-inspiring adventure! Really, really enjoyed your videos. Congratulations to you and Sprocket!
Oh geez. Now I’m even more afraid of those river crossings. Sprocket was so strong and steady. Way to go you guys!
Congratulations on another successful thru-hike! Hope you consider a backpack making tutorial over the winter and can't wait to follow along on your next hike!
Excellent narration. Well done on both the video and your journey. Thanks for sharing!
What an amazing series of videos Jupiter! Thank you for sharing your adventure!
wonderful. do you have to carry bear container for the food? or how did you stay safe when it comes to bears?
I have a video coming out soon about this, but bear spray and an ursack is the answer. Being bear aware and making noise when in wooded areas, not eating near camp
A heartfelt thank you for sharing this journey. Without, i wouldn't have known about this trek and your story.
Incredible video as usual. Thanks so much for taking us along, you two.
Amazing wilderness, beautiful mountains, thank you for inspiring. So worth it, not sticking to the beaten path - it took me some time to get used to it though..
beautiful
this hike is so inspiring, I can't believe the beauty out there, it's just amazing
Good job
Absolutely LOVED this series, thank you for taking us along.
So cool!
Thank you for all of the great videos about the great divide trail! It looks amazing. I hope to give it a try someday.
Amazing work on this series! So many incredible shots.
Which section taught you the most and how?
Probably section B when we both were sick and Sprocket had shin splints. Time to ration food, make a plan to get out of the mountains, take care of myself and also make sure she was doing as well as she could be given the circumstances. Normally I can be a bit stubborn and the lesson would be to let things roll off, take care of the fam, and make sure we are both happy regardless of whatever else is happening
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Congratulations!! Loved following along
Congratulations to you and Sprocket
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That was awesome, thank you for sharing!
North to South maybe??
Great video you two!!
Gorgeous cinematography! Congratulations! Does this mean that SHT Videos are coming next?!
Very soon! I want to do one or two GDT related things first. Gear that worked best for us, etc but very excited for the SHT stuff!
Congratulations on completing another spectacular thru hike! In the video you said you're a pretty big guy. That surprised me because after watching so many of your treks, I assumed you were like, maybe 5' 8", but now I'm thinking you must be 6'+.😊
I am 6'2" and around 190lbs!
There was a battle cry in the 1840s: "54° 40' or fight." That was in reference to the US wanting its new northern boundary be, six degrees further north than it's now.
There could a small connection to that, especially since the trail is along British Columbia and Alberta.
The significance of the terminus at 54 degrees is that the GDT begins at exactly 49 and ends at exactly 54, so 5 degrees latitude traversed over the length of the trail. Until it gets extended further north, at least (if that ever happens!).
👍🐿👍 awesome yall had a safe journey!
Thanks for creating these amazing videos! I’m a GDT section hiker, so it was great to reminisce and see the sections I’ve already hiked, through another lens. It was also great to have a look at the sections I still need to do, especially F/G!
F and G were great, and really not as hard as they may seem. Sometimes in these videos or blogs I may talk a little bit more harshly about them just because I know american thru hikers have the tendency to not take something seriously. All in all aside from the resupply part, those northern parts really were spectacular and not much different from what you've done the entire rest of the trail!
Bravo! You are such a great storyteller!
Happy you completed your thru but sad we prolly won't get another video for a while
New video next thursday :) and the thursday after that, and that and that
Congrats, dude!
Thanks!
Thank you!!
So good. You both rocked out!
Goooo Jupiter 💪
This was beautiful
First class.
when I hiked the AT in '89 there were roughly 2000 people who attempted it and 200 who finished.
I think the GDT had about 100 people attempting a thru hike of it this year. While the PCT had about 6,000 attempt it last year (who got permits) and another 3,000 who got section hiking permits
@@JupiterHikes Maybe Justin Outdoors' terrifying grizzly encounter on the GDT scared people off! Haha! (Not so funny, when you think about it, although he was physically unscathed).
Beautiful!
AMAZING!
Yeah boyyyyyyy
Do you cross rivers in your shoes and let the shoes dry on your feet then?
Yeah, it would be dangerous not to. The shoes provide grip and protect your feet from the rocks. Without them the likelihood of one of us getting swept off our feet would have been high! So lightweight breathable trail running shoes are the answer, something that will dry out relatively quickly after the river ford.
@@JupiterHikes thanks.
You're my favorite hiker, and youtubber not only among hikers as well.