2 Days of Off-Trail Hiking in the Eastern Sierra Nevada
Off-Trail Adventure in the High Sierra | Convict Lake to Red Slate Mountain with Gemini Pass and Corridor Pass
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00:29 Convict Lake
01:57 Mildred Lake
03:28 Gemini Pass
04:39 Red Slate Mountain
07:46 Corridor Pass
Join Armstrong and myself for an 8-minute off-trail adventure in the Eastern Sierra near Mammoth Lakes, California.
Starting from the popular Convict Lake trailhead, we scouted rugged terrain for a longer high route project I’ve been working on for the past few seasons, tagging epic spots like Gemini Pass, Red Slate Mountain (a 13er with some of my favorite views in the Sierra!), and the lesser traveled Corridor Pass.
Armstrong is currently Thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), and he decided to join me for a weekend of alpine exploration through some of the most geologically unique terrain in the Sierra Nevada- full of striking red rock, knife-edge ridges, and big open views. If you love off-trail hiking, Sierra High Routes, or remote alpine peak bagging then stay tuned and consider subscribing to see more videos like this one.
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Beautiful man, thanks for sharing
That red metamorphic rock swirled with white granitics is incredible. Such a cool corner of the Sierra.
Could totally extend this with Shout-of-relief Pass, Bighorn Pass, Grinnell Col, and Hopkins Pass to circle around Red and White Mountain to continue the "rad rock" vibe
6:13 these colors are mesmerizing. Regretting canceling my loop around here last summer
Good music too !
That's my boy Danny Stenzi!
Love the polemonium.
great vid overall. I’m into this new phase of silent-ish hiking from you
Always look forward to your videos in the Sierra, thanks for sharing!
excellent as always. the visuals, the editing, the music, can't wait for the high route video
Beautiful and beautifully made.
Great to see you both hiking together again, LOL @1:50 Your jokes are as dry as ever 🙂
hell yea brother
Looks incredible! I’m curious , what camera/lens are you using nowadays to film this?
Your getting out of your tent joke didn’t fall flat…took my 2 seconds but I got it. 😂
This is a phenomenal video, man. I’ve really appreciated your videos ever since I stumbled upon your channel this past year. The visuals in this video are stunning. Keep up the great work.
Said lots of 'Wows!" watching this one. Hope the scouting is fruitful.
Your films are always gorgeous and inspiring.
Hey man, great to meet you at Distant last week. Sorry I had to "recognize and run"- I had a pool tournament to get started. Great video as always, thanks for sharing!
I love it Dan, what absolute beauty! I need to get back out there it's been waaay too long since I explored the Sierras. Thank you for bringing a piece of them to me. I'll meet up with you out there one of these days. Keep them coming and travel safe 🌄
those are some seriously epic views.
Outstanding! That high country is like a completely different mountain range .
Great work! 👍👍
love the filming and music
glorb
ya boiiiiiii
Your videos make every serious hiker in the country want to come to the Eastern Sierra Nevada for hiking heaven.