A one night backpacking trip commencing at the Reliance, TN trailhead and hiking south on the Benton MacKaye Trail along Big Lost Creek. My son joins me on this trip and then continues south on the BMT for another three nights. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoy the video. Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: https://bryandelay.com
A three night backpacking trip on the Sheltowee Trace Trail, commencing at Laurel Ridge Road at the boundary of Big South Fork National River and Recreational Area in Kentucky. On the first day we hike north on the Sheltowee Trace Trail to Trace Branch where we make a campsite. We continue north on the STT on the second day and camp along Lick Creek north of Yamacraw Bridge. The third day we continue north on the STT and make a camp near Yahoo Falls. On the final day my son Nathan hikes north on the STT to US. Route 27 and drives back to pick me up at a paved road crossing northwest of the Rt. 27 trail head. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoy the video. Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: https://bryandelay.com
A three night backpacking trip starting at Winding Stair Gap and taking the Appalachian Trail up to Wayah Bald then taking the Bartram Trail to Wallace Branch Trail Head. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoy the video. Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: https://bryandelay.com https://youtu.be/FxKogz8jpQ4
A four night backpacking trip in Joyce Kilmer – Slickrock Wilderness commencing at the Cheoah Dam trail head. The loop climbs up Slickrock Creek to Naked Ground and then to Hangover. The final day descends down Hangover Lead Trail to Ike Branch Trail to Slickrock Creek Trail back to the Cheoah Dam trail head. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoy the video. Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: https://bryandelay.com
A four night backpacking trip with David Knaus in Sawtooth Wilderness beginning at Pettit Lake and taking Tin Cup Trail (#41) to Yellowbelly Trail (#96) and camping near the first Yellowbelly Creek crossing. On day two we continued on Yellowbelly Trail and then hiked up Trail #40 to Edith Lake. Our third day we continued up Trail #40 to Trail #92 and then went north on #92 up to the pass overlooking Imogene Lake. After checking out the view from the pass we turned around and went south on #92, over another pass and then down to Toxaway Lake. On day four we continued on #92 over our third pass and descended to Alice Lake. Then on our final day we hiked Pettit Creek Trail (#95) back to Pettit Lake. Please check out David’s YouTube channel below: / @defcoord Thanks for watching and hope you enjoy the video. Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: https://bryandelay.com • Sawtooth Wilderness – Alice Lake Loop
A four night, solo backpacking in Wyoming’s Wind River Range starting at Elkhart Park and hiking to Elklund Lake on the first day welcomed by a hail storm upon arrival. On day two it’s Seneca Lake Trail to the Continental Divide Trail and camp near an unnamed lake after another hail storm. Day three begins with the third hail storm and after checking the weather forecast via InReach, I change my plans and continue on the CDT close to Lower Jean Lake and backtrack to Fremont Crossing, where I take an unofficial trail toward Lost Lake. On the fourth day I continue to Lost Lake and then continue on the unofficial trail back to Seneca Lake Trail and then to Hobbs Lake. The final day I backtrack on Seneca Lake Trail and Pole Creek Trail back to Elkhart. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoy the video. Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: https://bryandelay.com
A three night backpacking trip in Cherokee National Forest, North District, starting at Camp Creek Bald, then taking an old logging road down to the Appalachian Trail and then south on the AT to a campsite. On day two the hike goes north on the AT, taking the exposed ridge line section, Firescald Knob, to a campsite just north of Jerry Cabin Shelter. Then on the third day the hike backtracks south on the AT, taking the bad weather section of the trail, and east on Jerry Miller Trail to a campsite at Huckleberry Gap. On the final day the hike backtracks up the Jerry Miller Trail to the AT and then south to a spur trail out to Blackstack Cliff. Finally it’s back to the AT and south a short distance to a spur trail through Jones Meadow and over Camp Creek Bald back to the car. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoy the video. Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: https://bryandelay.com