Haystack, Basin & Saddleback Mountain

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  • Опубліковано 7 бер 2020
  • After talking to Jim Wallace earlier in the week it was said that the range would be broken out. There was a small little rain that happened the night before I went and apparently that rain dropped a foot of snow over the whole range up top! So back to trail braking for me!! After Marcy skylight and Gray breakout I feel like I could do anything! Lol Getting to Haystack was very time consuming. It was very hard to follow the trail and I constantly had to pull out the GPS or else I was going the wrong way. It was definitely a big push to get up there and it took about five hours to get to the Summit from Garden parking lot! You absolutely need an axe for haystack.. in my opinion haystack was more sketchy than Saddleback this day! Haystack is one hell of a steep climb. After getting off haystack and working your way over to basin you are greeted with one of the steepest trails to any mountain summit I have climbed. Basin is just absolutely straight up crazy steep on both sides! Someone had broken out basin from Cole of haystack and basin, over basin to the inbetween big basin and little basin.. And then I was back to trail breaking as I passed the 2 people who were sitting down for lunch In the cole of one of basins false summits. It was even deeper going down basin. Anywhere between a foot and a foot and a half of snow. Got all the way down after some really fun skiing on my snowshoes and approaching Saddleback had to go up this really really steep slide that was filled with really slippery snow. Got past that and then off to the Cliffs I went. I used the axe to help assist the first section of this climb.. The sun was blazing this day and even though it was 20° the ice was melting and falling off the cliffs which gave lots of grippy surface to grab on. I took off the snowshoes and use my hillsound trail crampons! I got to the Summit and it was glorious. Three perfect views today and the best part is that I was safe! Minus the fact that I karate chopped my esophagus with my Ice axe.. as I type this out my esophagus is swollen and Extremely uncomfortable to swallow. On my way out I am a racehorse when it comes to fast walking. Maintaining a 15 minute mile for the last six. I made it out to my car in about 11 hours and five minutes car to car!! What an epic day for completing Winter high peaks number 39, 40, and 41!
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    My Winter Day Pack Gear:
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    Pack: REI 40L Pack
    Filmed on a IPhone XS Max
    3 Rechargeable Foxelli Headlamps 180 Lumen
    Oakley Flak Custom Sunglasses
    Burton Goggles
    Sawyer Squeeze Water Filter.
    Two 64oz HydroFlask Water Bottles with Liquid IV
    Hillsound Micro Spikes
    MSR Evo Ascent Snow Shoes
    Grivel Ghose Ice Axe
    Black Diamond Trekking Poles
    2 Nike Hyper Warm long sleeve base layers
    Two Polyester Nike Gym pull overs.
    North Face Gortex Flex GTX Rain/Waterproof Shell
    Merrill Arctic Puffer Jacket
    Extra Darn Tuff Winter Socks
    Outdoor Mountain Research Gloves 5 Fingers
    REI Mittens and Wool Liners
    Outdoor Mountain Research Approach Gloves
    Beanie Hat
    2 insulated Pairs of polyester gym pants.
    Wool long underwear.
    Jet boil stove
    Plastic Snow Shovel
    North face insulated snow pants.
    Solar Powered Battery Bank with charging cables for Headlamps, Phone and GoPro.
    First Aide Kit with many diff Items including Advil, Tylenol, Luko Tape etc!
    Dude Wipes and ziplock bags to pack it out!
    Map/Compass Incase 2 GPS devices fail.
    Food and Snacks.. Whatever I feel like eating on that hike Plus always Multiple Protein bars for when I wanna eat on the run!

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  • @BrianHikesAllDay
    @BrianHikesAllDay  3 роки тому +2

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  • @Ali_E26
    @Ali_E26 Рік тому +1

    Hi! Thanks for this fun an informative video. Looking to get into some winter adk hikes, and wondering what GPS you use :) Thanks!

  • @jagrrr2279
    @jagrrr2279 3 роки тому +4

    Very impressive you did that completely by yourself. I'm certainly not brave enough to go in the middle of the winter when I won't see anyone else completely by myself.

    • @BrianHikesAllDay
      @BrianHikesAllDay  3 роки тому

      This was a good vlog and a good hike! Watch my Marcy skylight gray winter vlog!! That one is epic

  • @johnshappell7440
    @johnshappell7440 4 роки тому +3

    I was blown away with the sky as a background for all of that incredible snow scenery Brian! Unbelievable scenery, so incredibly beautiful! Thank you for another AWESOME video Brian! I loved it!

    • @BrianHikesAllDay
      @BrianHikesAllDay  4 роки тому +2

      John Shappell i’m glad you took the time to watch this one. This is one of my better ones!!

    • @johnshappell7440
      @johnshappell7440 4 роки тому +1

      @@BrianHikesAllDay Can you camp overnight on top, photography would be so cool on a a party cloudy night with the stars and everything blanketed in snow.

    • @BrianHikesAllDay
      @BrianHikesAllDay  4 роки тому +1

      No, it is illegal to camp above 3500 feet and out of designated campsites.

    • @BrianHikesAllDay
      @BrianHikesAllDay  4 роки тому +1

      A lot of the vegetation up there on the mountain summit is extremely rare and fragile taking hundreds of years to grow and literally dying from walking on it once. When you’re on the mountain summit you’re supposed to only rock up and not step on anything green

    • @BrianHikesAllDay
      @BrianHikesAllDay  4 роки тому +1

      That last comment would be for the summer but yeah it’s illegal to camp out of designated campsites and there is no camping above 3500 feet

  • @thomassibalski958
    @thomassibalski958 4 роки тому +2

    Outstanding hikes, excellent video. Thanks.

    • @BrianHikesAllDay
      @BrianHikesAllDay  4 роки тому

      Thomas Sibalski thanks Tom!! I love this hike vlog lol

  • @allenporter6122
    @allenporter6122 4 роки тому +2

    Another great video Brian, thank you!!

  • @robinsavard84
    @robinsavard84 4 роки тому +2

    Hello...that’s a workout!

    • @BrianHikesAllDay
      @BrianHikesAllDay  4 роки тому +1

      Robin Savard ohh it definitely was!! IG your new to the channel I highly suggest watching Marcy skylight gray one I posted! It’s pretty sick. Hardest trail break of my life and it gets better towards the end!

    • @robinsavard84
      @robinsavard84 4 роки тому +1

      I am new to your videos. Will def check out Marcy! 😊

  • @toddcanterino3376
    @toddcanterino3376 3 роки тому +1

    Great video Brian! Love those winter views.

    • @BrianHikesAllDay
      @BrianHikesAllDay  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks Todd, the good all days recording my blogs on a cell phone LOL. Have you seen any of my newer stuff all recorded on a GoPro? The image stabilization makes them so much more watchable!

    • @toddcanterino3376
      @toddcanterino3376 3 роки тому +1

      @@BrianHikesAllDay Just the newer stuff on Instagram. I've been off UA-cam for awhile and I'm going through older posts.

  • @nickfield4439
    @nickfield4439 4 роки тому +2

    Wow Saddleback Cliffs looked way easier than when I went a month ago

    • @BrianHikesAllDay
      @BrianHikesAllDay  4 роки тому +1

      Nick Field Send me some videos or pictures from your Saddleback Cliff experience on Instagram

  • @thomassibalski958
    @thomassibalski958 4 роки тому +2

    The 1st of March... Was this the day you saw the copter.

  • @dawnmills1757
    @dawnmills1757 4 роки тому +2

    I have been waiting for this video! Hehe Congrats! You made that look easy after Marcy, Gray and Skylight!! No bloopers??

    • @BrianHikesAllDay
      @BrianHikesAllDay  4 роки тому

      I ran out of memory in my Phone so I had to delete unnecessary videos

    • @dawnmills1757
      @dawnmills1757 4 роки тому

      @@BrianHikesAllDay oh wow....bummer!

    • @BrianHikesAllDay
      @BrianHikesAllDay  4 роки тому

      Dawn Mills I will tell you though. My esophagus is still really hurting and it’s very uncomfortable when I turn my head and swallow

    • @dawnmills1757
      @dawnmills1757 4 роки тому +1

      @@BrianHikesAllDay You should probably go get it checked out!

  • @DWNY358
    @DWNY358 4 роки тому +2

    Another excellent video. Any reason why you have been going solo on the recent trips? Isn’t Jonathan Z doing the same winter challenge? I know you’ve joined up in the past.

    • @BrianHikesAllDay
      @BrianHikesAllDay  4 роки тому +1

      We are working on the same thing but started with diff Mountains at diff times so it threw off the Planning.. I’m done already.. finished my winter 46 March 7th just haven’t posted my finish video yet!

  • @tdg223
    @tdg223 4 роки тому +2

    Hows your throat from the Axe? Nice video looks awesome, so much will melt this week!

    • @BrianHikesAllDay
      @BrianHikesAllDay  4 роки тому +2

      It’s still sore but getting better slowly each day

    • @tdg223
      @tdg223 4 роки тому +1

      Brian_Hikes_All_Day Good to hear

  • @thomassibalski958
    @thomassibalski958 4 роки тому +2

    KEENE - A Glens Falls man died Sunday when he had a medical problem while hiking in the Dix Mountain range in the Adirondack High Peaks Wilderness. State Police believe Andrew S. Nichols, 21, suffered a medical problem while hiking during the day Sunday on Dix Mountain.6 days ago this was last Sat. 29th

  • @phillipg7315
    @phillipg7315 4 роки тому +2

    Early congrats on the Winter 46, you and Jonathan are gonna completely crush the Dix Range! So to hit sunrise on the last peak, Dix, you guys are starting the hike at what like 11pm the night before?

    • @BrianHikesAllDay
      @BrianHikesAllDay  4 роки тому

      We started the hike at 2 AM so we were getting up and getting ready around 11:30 PM

    • @BrianHikesAllDay
      @BrianHikesAllDay  4 роки тому +1

      We started on Dix mountain. And I ended up finishing my winter 46 on Macomb! It was a long day

    • @BrianHikesAllDay
      @BrianHikesAllDay  4 роки тому +1

      We finished this past Saturday! My vlog will be available this Friday

    • @phillipg7315
      @phillipg7315 4 роки тому

      @@BrianHikesAllDay Can't wait! What's next, you gonna try the Northville-Placid Trail or Trans-ADK Route?

    • @BrianHikesAllDay
      @BrianHikesAllDay  4 роки тому +1

      Nope.. Right now my plan is to finish my last eight peaks to make it a single season winter. I finished my 46 winter on Macomb but I had started the season with eight so I want to go finish the last eight to make it a single season since this is the only time in my life I’ll ever make it happen