You know dang well this dude put all his heart making this video! Record, walk, walk back, get the camera, proceed walking. Do that many many times! And him just smiling the whole time?? Mannn this dude is just happy to be alive and enjoying this world
It finally comes to me - the way to describe how I feel when I watch one of your videos. There are certain kind of films where you go on a journey of growth or thought with the main character. At the end, the character has some deep insight, usually in a voice-over as the credits roll. And, as you walk out of the theater, you realize you've somehow grown or changed too. Your videos always leave me with that same fuzzy-around-the-edge feeling that a deep insight has been shared.
Love it and when you talk about not planning and just going for it, that was very powerful, definitely agree with that can be very freeing. Awesome hiking adventure man
This is totally awesome. As others have said your videos confer more than just hiking. A way of living free and being happy. My main home is in Okeechobee and you have inspired me to look into the lake to ocean trail.
Many have been struck by lightning when taking shelter under ponderosa pines here in Arizona. The lightning is attracted to the pine trees...Beautiful area!!
Lightening strikes are amazingly rare. People have been struck on all manner of terrain yet few seem to agree what is the best prevention. The latest seems to be to squat in the open with your feet close together. It would seem that in a storm, like in life, you are just playing the odds.
I was mostly under them to stay dry, the storms all were passing very quickly so didn't feel a need to go back down, but also didn't want to go up up up and over!
I did that in August. I didn’t see a soul for the first two days until I got to Leady. Once I got past Anderson Pass/Kings Peak I was once again alone. Just saw two people until I got over Rocky Sea Pass.
That was the one pass that I was worried about. I kept getting mixed reports on whether or not there was snow on the pass. There was but not much and it was not too hard to circumnavigate. What I found more concerning was how soft the ground was around that snow. Some of it started to give away as I walked it. I just kept telling myself, “Just keep moving.” There was also the gaps in tread that were also concerning. The other pass that I didn’t anticipate being a concern was the one above Dead Man Lake. You can see the band of snow early on in this video. I happened to walk the same way he did. When I got to the snow I decided to go vertical instead of going through the snow. That was some scary crap. A few times gravity grabbed my pack when I leaned too far back. After that happened I decided to just hug the mountain until I was at the top. Near the top I grabbed onto a boulder about the size of my torso to pull myself up and it moved. Again, with all the snow this past year, the ground was pretty soft.
This is one of my favorite through hike videos. I gotta stop re-watching it and just go out and do the hike. I appreciate you man especially seeing somebody else from Florida. Get out there and hit the trails.
Good to see that you had such a wonderful time in the Uintas! Definitely one of my favorite places to go backpacking here in Utah. Thanks for the share!
I could never keep up with your long strides- but I want you to know...watching you makes me happy: )- can't watch without a smile on my face and hope to get to do some of these soon!
Looks beautiful out there. Thanks for allowing some of us to live vicariously through you. Have been dreaming of a cross country hike but family and health issues have held me up. Keep doing your thing!
Hey Jupiter - Chris and Frankie here. Not sure if I was the guy you were talking about, but we made it out happy and healthy. No fun putting on frozen shoes, but we had a blast. Some of those days were more Type II fun for us, but it's amazing to see your video and re-live the trip. Great meeting you along the way, my friend.
My dad was military and because of that I lived in Utah for my childhood and hiked all over the place now since I can’t do things I use to do I can still watch on UA-cam and remanence.
I love the uintas. I lived by those mountains for a few years. I miss it when I get that itch to get out in nature, now that I live in a flat sprawling metroplex.
I've been looking at this trail for some time, thanks for the rec on making it into a high route. I will now spend the next several hours with my face implanted in CalTopo.
Thanks for the inspiration you have encouraged me to challenge myself!! Life is about change and doing things that make you stronger as a person!! Keep doing you!!
So awesome that you didn’t plan everything out. It adds to the adventure. Looks like an amazing time. Insane that you got hit with that snow. Glad you are experienced
I didn't have much time to plan, but in the end it was fun to see how I would handle the unexpected. Sometimes things don't go to plan! A good exercise I probably wouldn't recommend for a 100 mile hike haha
With all that nature threw at you it really did make for a beautiful video to watch. What amazing landscapes and Moose! 🤭🤗 thankyou for sharing I enjoyed it immensely
Little pro tip from a utah native.... wear LEATHER boots that reach at least up to your calfs we DO have rattlesnakes here and if you go out there in ankle shoes with no protection... you rollin dice is all you doin.
One of the interesting things about the Uintas is that they are an east to west mountain range. I Love the Uintas. I live just down the road in Park City and hiked that same trail. Back in the day (20 years ago) when packs and gear were heavy, I attempted a solo yo-yo of the trail and failed miserably. I think I had like 3 or 4 weeks of food in my pack. Since then I have done it but still remember my first try. Thanks for the great video!
Mount Olympus is a great trail. I'm going to have to try that route next hiking season. People don't expect it but there are many great trails around Salt Lake valley. Glade you got to hike some. I'm surprised that anyone outside of Utah knows about the Uinta Highline, but I've run onto hikers from all over the world while on it. I've traveled a lot for work and most peoples perception of Utah is so distorted it's funny. It has its quirks but Salt Lake valley is pretty much like any other city in the U.S.
Great captures :) It's obvious the skies and nature like to show off for you and your camera :) Thanks for sharing, definitely have to experience this hike after watching your video ! :)
Another great ass video that I will be watching more that a couple of times. Great videography and the awesome your thoughts and observations; scenery out of this world. No wonder that, yes, I am a fan. For me a great vicarious adventure, thanks for taking me along. No wonder Wallace Stegner so taken with Utah and wrote the book, _Mormon Country_ about it. So too was Edward Abbey and Everett Ruess. You are in good company Jupiter.
Beautiful video. I'm doing the same with my girlfriend this August. Yeah the Uintas are full of moose. We get them quite a bit further south as well, into central Utah. Thanks for the sharing.
Congratulations! What an awesome adventure:) it looked beautiful! Good for you for taking a step out of your comfort zone and not planning. I’m too new to do that yet but one day hope to. Thanks for sharing:)
The no planning was just a matter of not having much time, but in the end it was a nice exercise in dealing with the unexpected since afterall everything was unexpected!
I love the idea of not making too many plans by just letting the journey unfold & surprise. Maybe there'll be a trend to ditch GPX/GPS & just use map, compass, judgement & experience? Surely a purer experience?... Not too sure about that though! Great video Jupiter & thanks for sharing.
Excellent video man! The Uinta Highline Trail is definitely on my list of hikes to do. Perhaps next year? I'm thinking on heading down to do the Bartram in a few weeks to make that my end of fall hike. It's a short one like the Uinta. Thanks for posting up another great video
@@JupiterHikes I don't have a lot of info on it, but it's about 110 miles long, decent water the whole time, goes through Franklin around the halfway point, there's an old timey school buss in the woods, some Chatooga River, some water falls, some views, Wayah Bald, Cheoah Bald, and hopefully some/still some sweet leaf colors in a week or so... and it's relatively close.
You do look happy. And I like the light / ultra light concept. However the snow illustrates the potential dangers of not having the appropriate bad weather gear when you need it.
Yep, we've got some wild weather here in Utah sometimes haha especially at high elevation. This trail is less than a couple hours from me. I've seen part of it, but I really should do the whole thing
You know what, I currently attend university in southern utah rn. I have about two years left and I plan on potentially (hopefully) thru-hiking the PCT once I graduate. I definitely will end up doing some practice thru-hikes on this trail and elsewhere in Utah as well. Also planning on doing a practice thru-hike of the Superior Hiking Trail (310 miles) which is the closest thru-hike to where I grew up my entire life in Minnesota before heading off to university. ... Didn't know this trail existed, but I'll definitely go give it a try. So thank you for that.
Love your videos man! Im puting this place on my bucketlist right below banff!!! Will be hitting these places up after the AT next year😊👍 would love to get in touch with you and puck each others brains sometime about videos!!!
You know dang well this dude put all his heart making this video! Record, walk, walk back, get the camera, proceed walking. Do that many many times! And him just smiling the whole time?? Mannn this dude is just happy to be alive and enjoying this world
You just look so happy, and that makes me so happy 😄
Thanks Jupiter!
The scenery from 10:40 to 11:30 was just incredible... very beautiful.
You were right in my backyard! The Highline trail is the most beautiful 100 miles in the U.S.!
One of the most inspirational hiking videos I’ve seen on UA-cam. Not too much blah blah, just a good narration and views.
That scene with the hail was amazing. Such a beautiful trail- thankful to see it through your eyes.
It finally comes to me - the way to describe how I feel when I watch one of your videos. There are certain kind of films where you go on a journey of growth or thought with the main character. At the end, the character has some deep insight, usually in a voice-over as the credits roll. And, as you walk out of the theater, you realize you've somehow grown or changed too. Your videos always leave me with that same fuzzy-around-the-edge feeling that a deep insight has been shared.
Girl, u got dem Fuzzies YO! Nah I know wat u mean tho, guy has wizdom beyond his years yakno
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You give new meaning to “happy trails”! Thank you so much for sharing the experience.
Love it and when you talk about not planning and just going for it, that was very powerful, definitely agree with that can be very freeing. Awesome hiking adventure man
This is totally awesome. As others have said your videos confer more than just hiking. A way of living free and being happy. My main home is in Okeechobee and you have inspired me to look into the lake to ocean trail.
Really! Okeechobee is awesome. I love that town. I hope you do check out the OTL, another cool thing close to you is Hickory Hammock
The colors, the quality of this film.... so so so good.
Many have been struck by lightning when taking shelter under ponderosa pines here in Arizona. The lightning is attracted to the pine trees...Beautiful area!!
Lightening strikes are amazingly rare. People have been struck on all manner of terrain yet few seem to agree what is the best prevention. The latest seems to be to squat in the open with your feet close together. It would seem that in a storm, like in life, you are just playing the odds.
I was mostly under them to stay dry, the storms all were passing very quickly so didn't feel a need to go back down, but also didn't want to go up up up and over!
Some years sgo I spent 4 days in the Uintas and always thought, at least hoped that I would return. Your video has reinspired me.
I did that in August. I didn’t see a soul for the first two days until I got to Leady. Once I got past Anderson Pass/Kings Peak I was once again alone. Just saw two people until I got over Rocky Sea Pass.
Richard Shields how was dead horse pass?
That was the one pass that I was worried about. I kept getting mixed reports on whether or not there was snow on the pass. There was but not much and it was not too hard to circumnavigate. What I found more concerning was how soft the ground was around that snow. Some of it started to give away as I walked it. I just kept telling myself, “Just keep moving.” There was also the gaps in tread that were also concerning.
The other pass that I didn’t anticipate being a concern was the one above Dead Man Lake. You can see the band of snow early on in this video. I happened to walk the same way he did. When I got to the snow I decided to go vertical instead of going through the snow. That was some scary crap. A few times gravity grabbed my pack when I leaned too far back. After that happened I decided to just hug the mountain until I was at the top. Near the top I grabbed onto a boulder about the size of my torso to pull myself up and it moved. Again, with all the snow this past year, the ground was pretty soft.
I think this video is your best yet. Thank you for making and sharing it. I always look forward to your next one.
What a beautiful place! Bucket list hike right there! Beautiful video
Looks like someone had way too much fun! Amazing landscape!
Wow totally woke my ass up. Your super awesome for sharing this perfect journey with us. Thank you
This is one of my favorite through hike videos. I gotta stop re-watching it and just go out and do the hike. I appreciate you man especially seeing somebody else from Florida. Get out there and hit the trails.
Man the Uinta is one I would love to do again!
Really beautiful video Jupiter- thanks for taking us along on this wonderful trail
Such a great video. Views are great. Thanks for sharing
That was an amazing hike. Thank you for sharing it!
Good to see that you had such a wonderful time in the Uintas! Definitely one of my favorite places to go backpacking here in Utah. Thanks for the share!
I could never keep up with your long strides- but I want you to know...watching you makes me happy: )- can't watch without a smile on my face and hope to get to do some of these soon!
How beautiful.is America! Thank you.
I love me Utah hikes!
Jupiter, you're not only a throughhikwr but also a poet, this video is high art
Your hiking videos makes me happy!
Happy Trails ♥️
Looks beautiful out there. Thanks for allowing some of us to live vicariously through you. Have been dreaming of a cross country hike but family and health issues have held me up. Keep doing your thing!
I think this took me 4 days so potentially a good vacation style trail! No time wasted out there, it was consistently beautiful the whole way
This video is a masterpiece! Thanks for sharing with us!
This looks so amazing and peaceful, thanks for sharing.
Hey Jupiter - Chris and Frankie here. Not sure if I was the guy you were talking about, but we made it out happy and healthy. No fun putting on frozen shoes, but we had a blast. Some of those days were more Type II fun for us, but it's amazing to see your video and re-live the trip. Great meeting you along the way, my friend.
Your best shot and edited video. Nice work!
My dad was military and because of that I lived in Utah for my childhood and hiked all over the place now since I can’t do things I use to do I can still watch on UA-cam and remanence.
What a beautiful dream path. Thanks for sharing👍🏼
I love the uintas. I lived by those mountains for a few years. I miss it when I get that itch to get out in nature, now that I live in a flat sprawling metroplex.
Doesn't look like that trail went quietly, but I bet you won't forget it! You're looking great, and this is really inspiring me to get up to Utah!
Happy to see you spending time in the Uintas. My home from home. I have the highline planned for 2020 and going solo. Beautiful edit.
I never once planned any of my hikes other than knowing the total distance. I love it that way! Thanks for sharing that trail and your adventure.
Thanks for sharing your journey. Amazing video!
That was pure enthusiasm and good vibes
Loved this video thank you. Love how happy and peaceful you were. I felt that.
I've been looking at this trail for some time, thanks for the rec on making it into a high route. I will now spend the next several hours with my face implanted in CalTopo.
Looks amazing. Thanks for all the work you put into your videos. 🤙🏾
Thanks for the inspiration you have encouraged me to challenge myself!! Life is about change and doing things that make you stronger as a person!! Keep doing you!!
Great landscapes of your adventure. Thank-You, always, Tommy :-)
So awesome that you didn’t plan everything out. It adds to the adventure. Looks like an amazing time. Insane that you got hit with that snow. Glad you are experienced
I didn't have much time to plan, but in the end it was fun to see how I would handle the unexpected. Sometimes things don't go to plan! A good exercise I probably wouldn't recommend for a 100 mile hike haha
I love it so much up there very special mountains.
Always a pleasure to watch your videos :-)
With all that nature threw at you it really did make for a beautiful video to watch. What amazing landscapes and Moose! 🤭🤗 thankyou for sharing I enjoyed it immensely
Great video. Love the spirt of adventure you bring to the video.
That teal and orange lut is looking phenomenal on this scenery 😳👌 (great to see you developing your color grading skills)
Little pro tip from a utah native.... wear LEATHER boots that reach at least up to your calfs we DO have rattlesnakes here and if you go out there in ankle shoes with no protection... you rollin dice is all you doin.
One of the interesting things about the Uintas is that they are an east to west mountain range. I Love the Uintas. I live just down the road in Park City and hiked that same trail. Back in the day (20 years ago) when packs and gear were heavy, I attempted a solo yo-yo of the trail and failed miserably. I think I had like 3 or 4 weeks of food in my pack. Since then I have done it but still remember my first try. Thanks for the great video!
Looks like an awesome hike!
Mount Olympus is a great trail. I'm going to have to try that route next hiking season. People don't expect it but there are many great trails around Salt Lake valley. Glade you got to hike some. I'm surprised that anyone outside of Utah knows about the Uinta Highline, but I've run onto hikers from all over the world while on it.
I've traveled a lot for work and most peoples perception of Utah is so distorted it's funny. It has its quirks but Salt Lake valley is pretty much like any other city in the U.S.
Great captures :) It's obvious the skies and nature like to show off for you and your camera :) Thanks for sharing, definitely have to experience this hike after watching your video ! :)
Thanks for the views, ,I go to Montana every year to Ennis Montana
And hike some, will try to get Utah, I bet fish are in those lakes and creeks
Yeah! The area is really well known for its fishing. Saw some guys out there carrying full size fly rod kits.
Great video! Awesome scenery. Kinda dangerous storms up high. Thanks for sharing.
Another great ass video that I will be watching more that a couple of times. Great videography and the awesome your thoughts and observations; scenery out of this world. No wonder that, yes, I am a fan. For me a great vicarious adventure, thanks for taking me along.
No wonder Wallace Stegner so taken with Utah and wrote the book, _Mormon Country_ about it. So too was Edward Abbey and Everett Ruess. You are in good company Jupiter.
So inspiring...thank you!
Beautiful video. I'm doing the same with my girlfriend this August. Yeah the Uintas are full of moose. We get them quite a bit further south as well, into central Utah. Thanks for the sharing.
Beautiful Video!
beautiful country and nice hike
Great video. Absolutely beautiful!
Great vlog of the trail ...loved it dude...the wet conditions look like they suck kind of...Great moose shots
Congratulations! What an awesome adventure:) it looked beautiful! Good for you for taking a step out of your comfort zone and not planning. I’m too new to do that yet but one day hope to. Thanks for sharing:)
The no planning was just a matter of not having much time, but in the end it was a nice exercise in dealing with the unexpected since afterall everything was unexpected!
I love the idea of not making too many plans by just letting the journey unfold & surprise. Maybe there'll be a trend to ditch GPX/GPS & just use map, compass, judgement & experience? Surely a purer experience?... Not too sure about that though! Great video Jupiter & thanks for sharing.
Excellent video man! The Uinta Highline Trail is definitely on my list of hikes to do. Perhaps next year? I'm thinking on heading down to do the Bartram in a few weeks to make that my end of fall hike. It's a short one like the Uinta. Thanks for posting up another great video
What's the Bartram like? I did a short section of it in 2012 that could be a really cool one to check out
@@JupiterHikes I don't have a lot of info on it, but it's about 110 miles long, decent water the whole time, goes through Franklin around the halfway point, there's an old timey school buss in the woods, some Chatooga River, some water falls, some views, Wayah Bald, Cheoah Bald, and hopefully some/still some sweet leaf colors in a week or so... and it's relatively close.
You do look happy. And I like the light / ultra light concept. However the snow illustrates the potential dangers of not having the appropriate bad weather gear when you need it.
Thank you for this video! You are a big help!
Thanks for sharing! I now want to do this trip!
Awesome man the trail looked dope. Really could feel how much fun you were having as well ✌️ Ben.
I live in Salt Lake City, I'm definitely doing this in 2020. I can't believe hiking season is already over this year :(
Great Video. The Uintas are amazing!!!
Wow amazing trail. Thanks for this
Very nice video.Thanks a lot !!!!
Very nice hike
What are they DOIN' there!?!? 😂🤣😂
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Yep, we've got some wild weather here in Utah sometimes haha especially at high elevation. This trail is less than a couple hours from me. I've seen part of it, but I really should do the whole thing
Just ran across your channel, Fantastic footage, awesome hike, I really enjoy how you put it all together. I'm definatley a subscriber now!
You know what, I currently attend university in southern utah rn.
I have about two years left and I plan on potentially (hopefully) thru-hiking the PCT once I graduate.
I definitely will end up doing some practice thru-hikes on this trail and elsewhere in Utah as well. Also planning on doing a practice thru-hike of the Superior Hiking Trail (310 miles) which is the closest thru-hike to where I grew up my entire life in Minnesota before heading off to university.
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Didn't know this trail existed, but I'll definitely go give it a try. So thank you for that.
Looked amazing 😲...on the bucket list...wondering how your new camo fleece is working our for you? Happy hiking!!
Working great! I'll do a follow up video soon since that seems to be the most asked question these past months!
@@JupiterHikes sounds great, thanks! ...looking forward to the next vid 😊
Very awesome. Been on Kings would love to take the same trip you did
This is gold! Please do more of these type videos, off the track/crowds/race. Wonderful video. Sub for sure!
love your videos! Utah looks incredible.
You the man Jupiter!
Great job thanks for sharing
Great video! Thanks.
This is so sweet. I want to go and do this immediately after watching haha. 🤩😩
Love this kind of content, these are the kind of videos I want to start making soon!!! Subbed.
Nice video! What was your start/end dates?
Bin watching from Australia! Love the vids! This one was special 👍great job.
Would love to hear your thoughts on the peloton 👍👍
Wonderful trail. Are you planning to hike in Florida this winter? Travel safe hiker!
Love your videos man! Im puting this place on my bucketlist right below banff!!! Will be hitting these places up after the AT next year😊👍 would love to get in touch with you and puck each others brains sometime about videos!!!
Anytime! You know where to find me if you want to talk video stuff
@@JupiterHikes 👍👍👍📷🔥🔥🔥
Well we didn't get to see John, but we got a 'here's my view...' ;-)
Yup, that's Utah. Don't like the weather? Wait 5 minutes.
So glad you had a good time! Come back soon!
Yeah! The weather was in constant flux. I hung out for the storms instead of going down because I saw they'd be over so soon
YES
how many days did this one take you? also how hard was it to get used to hiking at 9-11 thousand feet? did you get to breath much? hah