Solo snow camp in the Australian Alps
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- I snow shoe into the backcountry for an overnight camping adventure in the Snowy Mountains. I dig out a flat platform and set up my tent in deep snow overlooking a river valley. I experience four seasons in one day, including heavy snow flurries. A fun trip, with beautiful scenery.
Filmed on Ngarigo lands.
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Great video mate and a really beautiful spot. Those shots looking down the valley were mint. I was feeling your frustration with the tent. That’s one place that you want to give yourself plenty of time to set up camp. And thanks heaps for the kind words mate. Really appreciate it!
Thanks Scotty, glad you enjoyed it mate! It sure is a beautiful part of the world. I actually walked this location a couple of months ago before the snow and it's just as beautiful if the warmer months.
Nice one Erik keep them coming mate and congrats to you and your wife,
Nice video Eric, love the snowy country, look forward to your next one 👍
that was such an epic watch, really enjoyed this
Love seeing you hike and camp in such beautiful white snow here in our very own Oz Alps. Always look forward to your adventures 👌👌
Thanks so much, really appreciate it!
Brings back so many good (and cold) memories. Thanks mate, always good to see others have a not-so-perfect trip and keeping it real.
Great to see, too cold for me bud, more of your adventures would be great
Excellent . Thanks a lot.
Wonderful to see it in snow Eric, I was there a few months back for a hike, recognised the bridge 😉. I did a lot of reading up about the snow gums after seeing them, bloody devastating. Another great vid, thanks Eric 👍👍
Thanks Deb, yeah it's a great spot - I did the walk a few months back too, was great! It's devastating to see how quickly the dieback is spreading up there.
Wow! That snow wasn't messing around 🥶 would have been dreading that climb into the wet gear on morning two, brave man. Excellent the weather came good for part/some of the hike out! Enjoyed the video as usual 👍
Thanks very much mate! Yeah it was coming down allright, was lucky to get a good weather window to pack up in.
Pleasant surprise seeing your upload this evening mate. Fantastic to see you out enjoying the winterscape of the great Aussie bush!
So very atmospheric and scenic, loving the combination of audio and visuals in this video. Winter scenery is truly spectacular here. Outstanding video my friend.👌
Great stuff Eric. Excellent film-making skills on display.
Another awesome vid mate. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for uploading, inspires me to get back out for an adventure, I've been itching to get out...
Thanks mate - great to hear! Hope you get back out there soon!
@@ERIKOFFTRACK Oh I am keen as mate. hoping to get at least 2 trips in before the snake season really picks up here.
So good to see you on the moce again Erik .. missed your great vlogs. Nice one there in the snow country an amazing scene except for the dieback. For once you got to have a coldie mate. Thanks for sharing a little piece of winter with us. Bushyboy Oz.
Thanks Bushboy!
Nice video. I feel very lucky to have moved to a property at the base of the snowy mountains. Lovely country
Thanks mate - sounds like an awesome spot to have a property!
nice one, its a lot harder work walking in snow than you would think
Haha sure is, I had forgotten just how hard!
Bloody great video mate. No eagle friends out there though.
Cool video Eric. Wilderness Equipment tents are awesome but I wish they came with instruction videos!
Thanks Amy, yeah they are nice tents, but you're not wrong about the instructions. Thanks for watching!
Good one Erik, I want to have a go at a snow camp, looks tricky picking the weather though..glad you did a trip I could watch mate 👍 Cheers
Thanks Alan, yeah snow camping is great - everything is more complicated and you need to factor in the weather a lot more - but it's great fun!
Perhaps see about joining an outdoors club if you have one in your area? You can piggyback onto the experience of the members in the club.
Bravo! Well done Erik, thanks for another fantastic video! We had quite a few snow shower and snow storm in the past couple weeks, would thought the snow was great for skiing/snowboarding, but nah, it’s just very icy or wet and sticky
Thanks Mia, glad you enjoyed the video. Yeah a nice cold start to the season, but unfortunately temps increasing over the last couple of weeks
Hello glade to see you out again looks cold
Thanks Donnie - yes it was mate, good warm socks definitely helped!
Nice one. The weather cleared up nicely day 2 so you could pack up at least. Would have been miserable packing up a cold icy tent in a blizzard.
Hey mate! Yeah I was very relieved that the weather cleared up long enough to pack up, didn't last long though - was snowing heavily over the last couple of KMs. Cheers mate
Today on Channel 9 news, a man died in cold weather because he couldn't figure out how to put up his tent. Snow's a different game man, well done, I probably would've panicked.
Ah I'm sorry to hear that, terrible! Snow definitely is a different game and safety is something I take really seriously. That's why I always carry a PLB and satellite communicator on these trips. As snow camping is still relatively new for me, I deliberately left lots of time to set up (which it turned out I needed), but also until I've spent a few more nights on the snow I'm not venturing too deep into the back country.
Great video and beautiful location. What snow shoes are you using? Would you recommend them at all? Cheers.
Thank you! I have TSL Symbioz snow shoes. I find them good in all conditions except traversing along a slope, where they tend to slide out from you. I haven't used others, so don't know if that is comon with other brands too. On the flat and up / down they are great.
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When I go snow camping I expect the wind to damn quick coming from everywhere...so make sure my campsite is ready for that...nice to see other people heading into the frozen places and camping - I'm not the only person doing that! I own the same tent, start with the front pole then the back pole put the rear peg in pull the tent forward then put the front tents in. Pull the rear tensional until the tent it tight, and your done. I had problems until I sorted this out now I can even put my tent up in the dark. If you want I'm happy to do a video of how i set my tent up to show what I do just saying if you're still having problems, I'm heading up to Mt Bogong next week for a snow camp so will take a video how me setting my tent. Also I didn't know about the dieback issue for the snowgums - I'll keep an eye out looking for them up at Mt Bogong next week, thanks for that bit of information.
Thanks for the tent tips Trevor - very handy and appreciated. Enjoy the trip to Mt Bogong. Cheers Erik
Love it Erik! Love being in the snow! Great weather the first day and the view along the valley was just amazing!! Thankfully it wasn't blizzard like on the second day! (Been in one at Mt Hotham... was not fun!) If it were me, I would have curled up in the sleeping bag and snoozed! 🤣
I had planned to do some snow camping here in Vic this Winter, but unfortunately had a few things come up so have had to miss out, but with your video and Scotty's, I'm really pumped for next year! Definitely need to invest in snow shoes too! Oh BTW, love the hat, where did you get it? Thanks again Mate for taking us on a lovely wintery and snowy escape!
Thanks Moe, glad you liked it! Yes the snow is awesome and you're right - totally should have snoozed, but I guess I didn't lug all my camera gear up there for decoration and was good to watch the snow come in.
Yeah life gets in the way of camping for me too, but snow shoes are great fun, so you won't be disappointed if you get a pair. That hat is a black diamond wool truckers hat - I picked it up from Wilderness Sports in Jindabyne on the way through. Cheers Erik
Hello Eric, far better to be setting up an awkward tent on the first day, rather than in the semi blizzard conditions. The Main Range is beautiful in all weathers.
Yes, very true on both counts! Thanks for watching
Eric this is the results of 80 years of miss management. The beetle would be under control if they continue the annual burn off. The beetle population as escalated due to this. They ( present management ) have now broken the millennium old system which will only take a chemical application to restore to the correct balance.
Sometimes the situation isn’t right to do a burn off. And after a wet summer and autumn it’s going to be a lot worse this summer
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So why are we only now claiming to acknowledge the local custodians of the lands without naming said tribe or tribes and just copying the standard government vomit? Your now doing it, Scotty’s doing it. There’s no local tribes allowing or giving permission to go into the national park. If you want to be pc and go down that route be above the others and government and actually name the tribes that occupied the land your now venturing on.
Anyway enough of that, welcome back and another great video man