In this video I finally go do a hike that I’ve been putting off for a long time just because it is so dang famous and popular. Was it worth it? (Click here if you can’t see the video below.)
DATE FILMED: Mid-October 2021
GPS COORDINATES, etc.
* Campsite: 37.312053, -113.144775
* Upper trailhead (Chamberlain’s Ranch): 37.385323, -112.838781
* Lower trailhead (Temple of Sinawava): 37.285217, -112.947687
* The company I went through to arrange the shuttle and the gear rental (I had a good experience, and I’d use them again—I have no affiliation with them)
OTHER LINKS
* Adventure Know-How – My membership site that offers access to a map of my campsites, monthly bonus videos, and more.
* Gear I use
* SUV RVing the book (Amazon affiliate link)
* Instagram (@SUVRVing)
* SUV RVing Facebook group
* My second YouTube channel (It’s about minimalist fly fishing)
Terrific video and I enjoyed seeing the entire top-down trip. I did the hike from bottom-up mid-week, mid-January 2020. I left early in the morning and saw no one going up canyon until I got to the big boulder where you put the camera down. I saw, at the most, two dozen people on the return hike until you get to the paved trail. Quite a different experience than the hordes of people you see in images during mid-summer.
A word of caution on your comment about the trekking pole. Anyone considering the hike should absolutely bring a pole, and the wooden one you can rent is great. The pole is important for testing places you can’t see and for support. I found hiking in swift-flowing water on slick rocks on ground you can’t always see a challenge. Not dangerous, but more challenging than I expected. I agree with you on the challenge of using a trek pole while carrying camera equipment. I usually carry a tripod, so occasionally use that for support, but it’s no replacement for the assistance of a pole. On this hike I had both the tripod and wooden pole. A bit of a pain at times, but essential.
Yes, one of my top 10 NPS hikes, along with nearby Angles Landing. A few others I can think of are a beach loop trail in Olympic, Kiluea Iki trail across a dormant, still-steaming volcano crater in Hawaii Volcanos, Golden Canyon in Death Valley, Buckhorn Trail Theodore Roosevelt, and Queens Garden/Navajo Loop at Bryce.