@timfarness9949 yes, I know that, no drones in areas designated as wilderness. That was why I was curious at first, since Idaho designated the Idaho side as a wild scenic area, not as wilderness, it made more sense that these drone videos are possible.
You do get around dude! I appreciate you doing the foot work to show us these cool places to be considered if I'm in the neighborhood. Your header music could be the Johnny Cash standard "I've Been Everywhere" except for infringement issues. The spot in the Bitterroot valley area up to that arch was brutal.
I'm always looking for your video every weekend when I first have the chance to open youtube and watch some videos. Thanks for being consistent I know the effort involved it is not wasted on me.
Incredible descent! 8,000 feet is mind-blowing-hard to imagine something deeper than the Grand Canyon 😮🌄. Late September must’ve been perfect for exploring. Thanks for sharing this epic adventure! 🚶♂️📹
So right about at 16:09 you open up a pack of olives. Where can you get a snack pack of olives at? I’ve never seen that. Olives are a fantastic source of energy and so good for you.
Thank you once again for taking us onto this beautiful hike. I love your detailed explanations and descriptions.The rocks look like they have been dusted with cinnamon. Very different.
Living in South Florida, I had to chuckle hearing you talking about the hot weather you're experiencing. We'd consider that pleasant here because we have that temperature along with the humidity in the 80-90s. Always look forward to your adventures.
I’ve been watching your videos for years now too and this one just makes me want to go to Hells Canyon all the more. It has been on my bucket list for years!
I couldn't get the "thumbs-up" to register but this was a definite thumbs-up video. Sometimes my old bones do envy you your adventures, but then again, it's probably best to leave it to the young, and that you are.
Ahhhhhh! The best way to start a Saturday-with an SUV RVing adventure. Interesting how the depth of the “canyon” is measured. Not as dramatic as the Black Canyon of the Gunnison (I believe you have adventured there as well)-but looks like a fun and challenging hike. I hope to do it one day. Thank you again for all of the Inspiration you provide, Tristan.
@@zentothemax299 the canyon is much more dramatic and defined about 30 miles upstream from where this video was made. Measured in feet from river level to immediately adjacent canton walls.
Wow! Great place! You take us to the coolest, least known places of any channel I have ever seen. And you do it so well! Thank you again, Tristan. There are some I've seen that feel l8ke they're trying to copy you, but they haven't made it past trying. 😊
Up early, watching the weekly video before even getting the email :) I have hiked down the Imnaha river (Oregon side) to the Snake and had the place to myself. Another great trail is along Lightning ridge (Idaho side) - I think it's called the Boise trail, with views of the canyon and the Seven Devils. $18 for a truck stop shower is crazy! Can hardly wait for the next video! Thanks!
I live in SE Idaho. My mother grew up in Hells Canyon in here younger years, on the Oregon side in a small community called Homestead, down river a short ways from Oxbow Dam. She had so many stories about those years there. I grew camping and fishing the Snake River. Never did catch a sturgeon, but plenty of Trout. Thank you for show casing this wonderful territory.
Glad to see you made it up to my favorite stomping grounds...the east slope of the Washington Cascades. So many incredible places there, hoping you spend some time.
He really should!...The Cascade Mountains are totally awesome, and have hundreds of well-maintained hiking trails...the views along the range are stunning! The taller mountains are rugged, but still have trails that make it possible to summit most all of them...and yeah...the fishing is great too!
I though it was a little strange when you approached Kirkwood Ranch and said "This ranch, I don't really care that much about." I thought those were the kinds of historic places you enjoy visiting. And in fact, you ended up liking the place. And I ended up ordering a copy of the Home Below Hell’s Canyon book. Haha.
Thanks Tristan! It was fun watching you on the hike. I did the full trail twice this year: mid-April and May. The weather was amazing but met plenty rattlesnakes. Would love to go back but likely in October/November.
My old neck of the woods! I lived a few miles downstream in Asotin WA. Great video but can’t help thinking that you missed the perfect opportunity for the pack raft… You could have hiked up to the turn around and then floated back to your car. This is something I would do during the summer with my kids.
He is a stalwart guy!...I used to go for 11 mile walks around the Everett, Washington area, most every day. sometimes, the rare 90* day would find me sweating like a hog...and I was NOT wearing a packpak...just carrying a bottle of water...you are one tough dude...keep it up, walking/hiking is the best general exercise anyone can indulge in, and over the years, it will keep you in better health, compared to most! I am in my late 70s now, and have some heart problems (inherited!) that keep me from walking longer distances...but my Cardiologist praised me for doing that walking, as my heart muscle itself is stronger for doing that.
Oregon Public Television did a documentary piece about the Chinese massacre in Hells Canyon a few years ago. Hello Canyon is such a beautiful place. Thank you for another great video.
Great episode! Love the ranch and the moonshiners’ mansion! My thought was, if I volunteered there for two weeks, I’d sweep out that cabin and put plastic over the windows while there. It’s on the Nat’l Historic Register, for goodness sake!! ❤
Always look forward to Saturday morning for your post. Love learning the history of places you visit. Another channel in England “ the map reading company” teaches map reading, compass use, and navigation and always take a moment to discuss some historical fact while hiking. You can see the excitement as he talks. Thanks much for showing us these sites.
Awesome video, Tristan. Loved the lookout tower and the incredible views. I hike to many firetowers where I live every chance I get . Hells Canyon is amazing. Thanks so much for taking us along.
As always I enjoyed the video. Hell's Canyon looks amazing. You do give us lots of great ideas of places to go without too many people around. My kind of places!
That's a beautiful trail through Hell's Canyon with the Snake River below. Something about it reminds me of the Rogue River Trail from Galice to Illahe, OR, including the old homestead/ranch. New bucket list item, thanks!
Thank you so much for going to Hell’s Canyon, Tristan! It’s my husband and my favorite spot. We’ve read so many books by the people who lived in the canyon from the twenties to the fifties. We’ve were able to see some of those places from the jet boat. We’re in our eighties so not up for hiking there . We love your show. It makes our Saturdays.
Nice video. Were you aware that you can drive on a nice paved highway into the deepest part of the canyon on the south end below Hells Canyon Dam? Rafting and jet boating are available at this launch point and take out at Pittsburg Landing. If you are in the area again I strongly recommend a visit.
Tristan, you never disappoint. I enjoy watching your videos every Saturday morning. I was wondering why you didn’t pack your little inflatable raft and use that on your return after visiting the ranch? Perhaps the river rapids would’ve been too much for your small inflatable?
You are something Tristan. I don’t know how you hiked for that long and able to drive for several hours. I would be dead tired after the hiking. Great video btw!
I will never forget my visit to Hells Canyon because of the beauty and the fact that I almost froze to death in my tent since I forgot my sleeping pad.
2 fyi's. 1: That jet boat on the beach was picking up a rafting group to shuttle them back up to the dam (launch site) their trip was over. 2: the massacre sight you mentioned is on the other side of the river. Best route in is down the Imnaha rv (oregon side) and driving over to Doug bar and following the trail up river a few miles. Good trip for another day
Kirkwood Ranch is accessible from the top, at Cow Creek Saddle via offroad vehicle for the adventurous if you do not mind the steep trail. There is a point at the top called “Chicken Point”. That is where the more sane vehicle operators will turn around. Thank you for the trail walk from Pittsburgh Landing.
Great area. Thanks for all of the tips and suggestions you provide. Looks like later on October time frame might be a better time. Just wondering if there was closer Boondocking sites to this area. I’ll have to look it up. 👍
I live in McCall ID and will often go to Pittsburgh Landing in April when the road is clear of snow to experience some warmer temps. Spring is the best time to go there and hike to Kirkwood.
Oh interesting. I always assumed Kings Canyon was the deepest. Wasn't even familiar with this one. I always like when I learn something new from these videos.
Another great video Tristan. Beautiful. So, away back in those days when it was constructed how the heck did they get all of that building material and farming equipment and what not to the location of the Kirkwood Ranch? Did they use a boat/barge on the river? It seems to be a very remote spot to have all of that. I guess humans can be very resourceful when they want to be.
I think it was about 1997 when I boarded a jet boat in Clarkston and departed at 7 a.m. to head 100 miles upstream. Had continental breakfast at a lodge near the mouth of the Grande Ronde River and loaded up with lunches. We got to where we had to turn the boat around (like a mile below the most downstream dam) then we stopped for lunch at Kirkwood. That's a cool place. We got back to Clarkston at 5 p.m. in the ugly canopied jet boat. I drove across to Lewiston and had dinner at Wendy's before returning to Enterprise where I was staying with a friend.
I would have liked to check out Kirkwood Ranch but I would have had to ford the Snake to get there. I came close to where you were but I took a pack trip from Joseph, OR over Freeze Out Pass down to the Snake River. Darn, that water was freezing cold! Some day, I will have to check out this hike from Pittsburgh camp. Thanks, Tristan for sharing your adventure. You came pretty close to us in Cashmere, WA (not too far from Lake Chelan).
I've been watching for years. The quality of the videos has been astounding. Using the drone has given you and us a great perspective. Thank you!
I was wondering, till it was mentioned, that it's a recreation area on the Idaho side, and wilderness on the Oregon side of the river.
@docwatson1134 yes it is illegal to launch a drone in wilderness.
@timfarness9949 yes, I know that, no drones in areas designated as wilderness. That was why I was curious at first, since Idaho designated the Idaho side as a wild scenic area, not as wilderness, it made more sense that these drone videos are possible.
Thanks Tim! I appreciate the kind words 😁
Thanks Tristan, I always enjoy your videos. You definitely put in the time to deliver consistently quality videos.
I try! 😁
You do get around dude! I appreciate you doing the foot work to show us these cool places to be considered if I'm in the neighborhood. Your header music could be the Johnny Cash standard "I've Been Everywhere" except for infringement issues. The spot in the Bitterroot valley area up to that arch was brutal.
Waking up to a new video fills my heart with the spirt of adventure. Keep them coming!,
Will do! 😁
I'm always looking for your video every weekend when I first have the chance to open youtube and watch some videos. Thanks for being consistent I know the effort involved it is not wasted on me.
I appreciate that! Thanks for sticking around and watching every weekend!
Your videos make me realize how much I took the majesty of Idaho for granted when exploring these places in boy scouts while growing up.
We all did that when we were kids 🤷♂ Hopefully we're wiser now that we're older!
Wonderful way to start the day - with Tristan on an awesome adventure 😊
Thanks for tagging along!
Incredible descent! 8,000 feet is mind-blowing-hard to imagine something deeper than the Grand Canyon 😮🌄. Late September must’ve been perfect for exploring. Thanks for sharing this epic adventure! 🚶♂️📹
So right about at 16:09 you open up a pack of olives. Where can you get a snack pack of olives at? I’ve never seen that. Olives are a fantastic source of energy and so good for you.
Thank you once again for taking us onto this beautiful hike. I love your detailed explanations and descriptions.The rocks look like they have been dusted with cinnamon. Very different.
Living in South Florida, I had to chuckle hearing you talking about the hot weather you're experiencing. We'd consider that pleasant here because we have that temperature along with the humidity in the 80-90s. Always look forward to your adventures.
I’ve been watching your videos for years now too and this one just makes me want to go to Hells Canyon all the more. It has been on my bucket list for years!
Yet again, quite the views and a beautiful area. Thanks for sharing.
I am so glad you found a hike that is up hill in one direction and downhill on the return. Every hike I find seem to be uphill in both directions.
I couldn't get the "thumbs-up" to register but this was a definite thumbs-up video. Sometimes my old bones do envy you your adventures, but then again, it's probably best to leave it to the young, and that you are.
Ahhhhhh! The best way to start a Saturday-with an SUV RVing adventure. Interesting how the depth of the “canyon” is measured. Not as dramatic as the Black Canyon of the Gunnison (I believe you have adventured there as well)-but looks like a fun and challenging hike. I hope to do it one day. Thank you again for all of the Inspiration you provide, Tristan.
@@zentothemax299 the canyon is much more dramatic and defined about 30 miles upstream from where this video was made. Measured in feet from river level to immediately adjacent canton walls.
Wow! Great place! You take us to the coolest, least known places of any channel I have ever seen. And you do it so well! Thank you again, Tristan.
There are some I've seen that feel l8ke they're trying to copy you, but they haven't made it past trying. 😊
What another great area. I love hiking along those traverse trails that give you high views for miles. Cool museum and historical artifacts too. 👍🏼
Wow how cool. Love the miners cabin. Looks like it is driveable from a different direction to the ranch
Up early, watching the weekly video before even getting the email :) I have hiked down the Imnaha river (Oregon side) to the Snake and had the place to myself. Another great trail is along Lightning ridge (Idaho side) - I think it's called the Boise trail, with views of the canyon and the Seven Devils. $18 for a truck stop shower is crazy! Can hardly wait for the next video! Thanks!
Thanks Tristan. I always, always enjoy your videos ❣️ What an amazingly beautiful hike ❣️
I live in SE Idaho. My mother grew up in Hells Canyon in here younger years, on the Oregon side in a small community called Homestead, down river a short ways from Oxbow Dam. She had so many stories about those years there. I grew camping and fishing the Snake River. Never did catch a sturgeon, but plenty of Trout. Thank you for show casing this wonderful territory.
That was an awesome trail along the river. Thanks for bringing us along.
Love to come along with you to the very interesting adventures 😊 thank you for your time and sharing 😊
Awesome hike Tristan. Really enjoyed the scenery. Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Glad to see you made it up to my favorite stomping grounds...the east slope of the Washington Cascades. So many incredible places there, hoping you spend some time.
He really should!...The Cascade Mountains are totally awesome, and have hundreds of well-maintained hiking trails...the views along the range are stunning! The taller mountains are rugged, but still have trails that make it possible to summit most all of them...and yeah...the fishing is great too!
I love the history lessons in your videos.
I though it was a little strange when you approached Kirkwood Ranch and said "This ranch, I don't really care that much about." I thought those were the kinds of historic places you enjoy visiting. And in fact, you ended up liking the place. And I ended up ordering a copy of the Home Below Hell’s Canyon book. Haha.
Thanks Tristan! It was fun watching you on the hike. I did the full trail twice this year: mid-April and May. The weather was amazing but met plenty rattlesnakes. Would love to go back but likely in October/November.
I enjoyed it immensely! You never disappoint me with your adventures! Thank you!
Cool video. Thanks for showing the canyon. I want to go next spring. 😊
My old neck of the woods! I lived a few miles downstream in Asotin WA. Great video but can’t help thinking that you missed the perfect opportunity for the pack raft… You could have hiked up to the turn around and then floated back to your car. This is something I would do during the summer with my kids.
The rafting there is a bit more intense than what I would do with the packraft!
Another great video and beautiful location! Thanks for sharing.......
Beautiful 😍 canyon. It's been on my list for awhile. Now I have to ✔ it off. Looking forward to what's to come. Thanks Tristan!👏👌
Love your videos. Keep rolling my man.
Thanks!
Thank you Tristan. 92* is crazy hiking weather & may God bless you for enduring 🙏🙏❣️
He is a stalwart guy!...I used to go for 11 mile walks around the Everett, Washington area, most every day. sometimes, the rare 90* day would find me sweating like a hog...and I was NOT wearing a packpak...just carrying a bottle of water...you are one tough dude...keep it up, walking/hiking is the best general exercise anyone can indulge in, and over the years, it will keep you in better health, compared to most! I am in my late 70s now, and have some heart problems (inherited!) that keep me from walking longer distances...but my Cardiologist praised me for doing that walking, as my heart muscle itself is stronger for doing that.
great video as you always produce...hiked and camped that trail and your video is best..thanks
The spider web glinting in the air while you were seated at the picnic table was a nice added touch.
Looking forward to the Lake Chelan video next!!
Always enjoy your content, keep up the good work. Thank you.
Oregon Public Television did a documentary piece about the Chinese massacre in Hells Canyon a few years ago. Hello Canyon is such a beautiful place. Thank you for another great video.
That was a good show!
Great episode! Love the ranch and the moonshiners’ mansion! My thought was, if I volunteered there for two weeks, I’d sweep out that cabin and put plastic over the windows while there. It’s on the Nat’l Historic Register, for goodness sake!! ❤
Always look forward to Saturday morning for your post. Love learning the history of places you visit.
Another channel in England “ the map reading company” teaches map reading, compass use, and navigation and always take a moment to discuss some historical fact while hiking. You can see the excitement as he talks. Thanks much for showing us these sites.
Tristan that was quite the hike, you deserve pizza for dinner. Thanks for taking us along.
I have heard of that canyon. Another great video showing us places we won't be able to hike in person.
I stayed at Seven Devils in August. Great trails and very scenic. Many Alpoine lakes in that area.
That was beautiful
Great video loved it. Thanks for sharing it
Nice hike. That is indeed Poison Oak which grows out west and Poison Ivy grows back east. Similar terrain here in Oregon Poison in huge bushes.
Awesome video, Tristan. Loved the lookout tower and the incredible views. I hike to many firetowers where I live every chance I get . Hells Canyon is amazing. Thanks so much for taking us along.
Great job ! Loved it !
Lived in that area and found endless wonders in landforms.
The forces that shaped it are beyond imagination.
Thanks Tristan. I have always wanted to go to hells canyon so this video is a help.
Another great one!!
I’m going to backpack this next year now. Looks nice
As always I enjoyed the video. Hell's Canyon looks amazing. You do give us lots of great ideas of places to go without too many people around. My kind of places!
That's a beautiful trail through Hell's Canyon with the Snake River below. Something about it reminds me of the Rogue River Trail from Galice to Illahe, OR, including the old homestead/ranch. New bucket list item, thanks!
Brilliant as always
Thanks for taking us with you to these great places!! 😃
loved it , thank you !
Come back to Arizona this fall/winter. Lots to explore here!
I live in Idaho. I was there during August. Oh, the heat!!
what a beautiful place I'd love to live there.
Thank you so much for going to Hell’s Canyon, Tristan! It’s my husband and my favorite spot. We’ve read so many books by the people who lived in the canyon from the twenties to the fifties. We’ve were able to see some of those places from the jet boat. We’re in our eighties so not up for hiking there . We love your show. It makes our Saturdays.
Nice video. Were you aware that you can drive on a nice paved highway into the deepest part of the canyon on the south end below Hells Canyon Dam? Rafting and jet boating are available at this launch point and take out at Pittsburg Landing. If you are in the area again I strongly recommend a visit.
Thank you, really interesting --👍👍
Pretty nice! Thanks❤
Tristan, you never disappoint. I enjoy watching your videos every Saturday morning. I was wondering why you didn’t pack your little inflatable raft and use that on your return after visiting the ranch? Perhaps the river rapids would’ve been too much for your small inflatable?
Interesting, I had thought off the top of my head Kings Canyon was the deepest. Beautiful scenery!
You are something Tristan. I don’t know how you hiked for that long and able to drive for several hours. I would be dead tired after the hiking. Great video btw!
Excellent. Thanks as always.🙂
I will never forget my visit to Hells Canyon because of the beauty and the fact that I almost froze to death in my tent since I forgot my sleeping pad.
2 fyi's. 1: That jet boat on the beach was picking up a rafting group to shuttle them back up to the dam (launch site) their trip was over. 2: the massacre sight you mentioned is on the other side of the river. Best route in is down the Imnaha rv (oregon side) and driving over to Doug bar and following the trail up river a few miles. Good trip for another day
Another OUTSTANDING video and hike along the snake river...You are a Horse for sure....
WE did the jet boat trip that took us 60 miles upriver - great experience!
Very cool canyon and hike!
That was super beautiful
Graves Point Lookout! Benn there many times. One of my favorite places-
Pittsburgh Landing-
Kirkwood Ranch is accessible from the top, at Cow Creek Saddle via offroad vehicle for the adventurous if you do not mind the steep trail. There is a point at the top called “Chicken Point”. That is where the more sane vehicle operators will turn around.
Thank you for the trail walk from Pittsburgh Landing.
You are ambitious thank you. The ranch is quite a story a rancher a bootlegger and a politician walk into Hells Canyon. good job
Looks so fun
Stunning hike!
Great area. Thanks for all of the tips and suggestions you provide. Looks like later on October time frame might be a better time. Just wondering if there was closer Boondocking sites to this area. I’ll have to look it up. 👍
I live in McCall ID and will often go to Pittsburgh Landing in April when the road is clear of snow to experience some warmer temps. Spring is the best time to go there and hike to Kirkwood.
Tristan, If you're in southern Arizona this winter and haven't checked them out , Tonys Ranch and Reavis Ranch are cool hikes in the Superstitions
I would love being in the area of the trail along the river to do some night sky photography THANKS!
Amazing scenery, nearly twice as
deep as Ben Nevis is high (Scotland) 1345mt (4413ft)
Thanks Tristan!
Good Morning !
Morning!
Agreed, that is poison ivy.
Been to that campground. Would like to go back and do that hike. Thank you!
The weird Boulder reminds me of a Henry Moore sculpture. Not one in particular but the style.
Yep. Live in Nampa. Lots of Owyhee cool areas. High desert.
Oh interesting. I always assumed Kings Canyon was the deepest. Wasn't even familiar with this one. I always like when I learn something new from these videos.
Excellent.!
Good video.
Another great video Tristan. Beautiful. So, away back in those days when it was constructed how the heck did they get all of that building material and farming equipment and what not to the location of the Kirkwood Ranch? Did they use a boat/barge on the river? It seems to be a very remote spot to have all of that. I guess humans can be very resourceful when they want to be.
Thank you!
You should also view Hells Canyon out of Imana, Oregon up to Hat point. It's awesome.
I think it was about 1997 when I boarded a jet boat in Clarkston and departed at 7 a.m. to head 100 miles upstream. Had continental breakfast at a lodge near the mouth of the Grande Ronde River and loaded up with lunches. We got to where we had to turn the boat around (like a mile below the most downstream dam) then we stopped for lunch at Kirkwood. That's a cool place. We got back to Clarkston at 5 p.m. in the ugly canopied jet boat. I drove across to Lewiston and had dinner at Wendy's before returning to Enterprise where I was staying with a friend.
I would have liked to check out Kirkwood Ranch but I would have had to ford the Snake to get there. I came close to where you were but I took a pack trip from Joseph, OR over Freeze Out Pass down to the Snake River. Darn, that water was freezing cold! Some day, I will have to check out this hike from Pittsburgh camp. Thanks, Tristan for sharing your adventure. You came pretty close to us in Cashmere, WA (not too far from Lake Chelan).
I can't believe I hit Hell's Canyon before you did! I didn't get much time there, though. Would love to go back.
P.S. You're right, don't go in summer. I was there in July 2021, and WHEW!! Couldn't handle more than a mile.