Hiking 80 Miles across the Wind River Range in Wyoming

I’m 75, and due to peripheral neuropathy, and a needed knee replacement, I’m unable to hike anymore. But from my mid-20s to just a few years ago, I hiked and backpacked often and everywhere in the US, Canada, and Switzerland. I had a hike planned for the Wind River Range in 2013, but had to postpone it because of an injury to 2014, when I then had to postpone it again due to another injury. I never made it to the Winds, but thanks to stumbling upon your video, I feel like I did make it even if only only as an armchair traveler. Thank you so much for sharing such a Scenic Wonderland with us. Your trip brought a smile to my face!

Wyoming is one of my favorite places to visit! Mad respect to you for having the balls to adventure travel the way that you do!

This brought back some wonderful memories from my youth hiking the Winds (I am almost 73, and I am really slowing down now). I always enjoyed running into Europeans on our western trails, since Europeans were always so kind to me on my three hiking trips in the Alps. You made a great choice visiting the Winds- pound for pound, the finest backpacking range in the Rockies. I guess you're not into trout fishing- most of the lakes you passed have excellent fishing for large trout, including the famous Golden Trout, which are native to the High Sierra in California, and were transplanted in the Winds back in the early 1900's, where they grew to world record size (over 5 kilos). If you go back there, definitely bring a fly fishing road and lots of small mosquito flies. You can pretty much count on catching plenty of fish, to supplement your food supply and carry less of it. Also, be sure to visit nearby Jackson Hole and the Grand Tetons, the most "alpine" of all of America's ranges, and then head north through Yellowstone to the Beartooth Range on the Wyoming-Montana border. It's a lot like the Winds- but even wilder- and the fishing is just as good! Looking forward to more of your videos! Have fun and keep trekking!

beautiful indeed-- well shot, narrated and edited too!!

A viewer from Texas, I really enjoy your videos and wish you happy and safe travels and hikes in the future. Thanks for your hard work on your films!

Thank you for sharing your journey with us.Absolutely loved seeing this! Great achievement mate and an incredible memory for you. Watching from JAPAN.🤙🤙😉

I appreciate you sharing your backpacking trip with us. I'm looking forward to walking in the wind river range soon. 🙂

What a beautiful video, friend!

The picturesque scenery is intoxicating！

I like your comment about enjoying the day instead of worrying about bad weather. I’ll keep that in mind on my next trip.

Such a pleasure to see your hike through the Wind River Range, especially while I'm laid up with a pinched nerve in my back and having to take pain meds and muscle relaxers to try and recover. It seems like yesterday when I was hiking in the mountains as you're doing, but I'm 75 now and just can't any more. So, enjoy it while you are able, as the years go by so fast. Thanks for sharing your journey!!

CAUTION My wife and I did some parts of this same hike thirty years ago and many of the beautiful locations were familiar. I know from personal experience that the mosquitos can be viscous. Bring a headnet and or mosquito net jacket and eat on a breezy ridge away from camp and I know it sucks, but you may need to quickly stuff food under the neck hole of your headnet to eat miserably and survive the flying bloodsuckers…but NEVER, ever, under ANY god damned circumstances eat inside your tent!!!!!!!You are asking for a late night visit from a grizzly. Once it catches the food scent and investigates and starts peeling apart your tent the surprise you both have is likely to trigger extreme aggression from the bear. You do not want to end up like a zebra on a wildlife show that is still alive while the lion is pulling out its guts! Don’t eat don’t brush your teeth or do anything that will leave a scent in your tent. All even vaguely odiferous things should be packed away with all your food in a bear canister, locker or hung from a tree properly. Always eat 100-200’ away from your camp and if at all possible downwind from your tent. A bear following the scent to food will then stop well short of your camp location. Once while doing laundry at Yellowstone I read through the wall of years of clipping of bear attacks …most of the fatalities were not from surprising a bear on the trail, which could easily get you a charge, aggressive swatting and and sometimes mutilating, severe attacks —most of the fatalities involved eating in or near one’s tent as it can trigger predatory behavior. Save the bears, save yourself or even save somebody who comes after you by not leaving behind a smelly campsite with a habituated bear. Do not invite trouble! Ps-don’t use smelly soaps or antiperspirants in bear country stinking like a human is of benefit in this case. FWIW Old timers lore used to say that if a woman was menstruating, it might be best not to stay overnight in grizzly country.

great scenery, very serene to see, wish I could have this much time in nature. thanks. stay safe.

I love the Wind River Range and was bless to have spend several week long backpacking trips there. I often debate with myself whether the Winds or the Sierras are my favorite. I am near 80 and unable to do those climbs with a pack, so I enjoy to YouTube adventures of others. They remind me of the areas that I once enjoyed in person. Since my trips were mostly before the iPhone and small video cameras all I have are slides from those days. Anyway, thanks for posting your adventure and hope you have many more. The Winds feel more wild, so I think they get my favorite status.

Thanks for taking us with you again! Stunningly beautiful as always!

Fantastic as usual Lyubo. Keep the inspiration coming. Thanks for sharing your adventures again.

Thanks for sharing the beautiful hike! Wonderful video.

Fantastic video! I was just planning a much shorter hike in the Green River Lakes area this June, when your video popped up. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make these awesome films.

The hiking King of wilderness 🙂 Congrats on yet another great adventure! I am every time amazed by the motivation you have for doing these trails. Thanks for sharing, it is always a pleasure watching. ❤

Tak for, endnu en gang, en virkelig absolut fantastisk vandrefilm, kære Lyubo! ❣️✨🙃💫❣️ Love you, man! 🌱😃👍