Where to fly to ski in colorado
WESTBOUND | Epic Cross Country Road Trip | Fly Fishing & Skiing Colorado
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easy but
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a few months ago some of my friends and
I threw out the idea of going to
Colorado for spring break we had talked
about going the past two years but it
never became anything more than the idea
now that we were seniors this was our
last chance to make this happen the idea
started with just a few of us then a few
more and finally we had a grand total of
nine guys who run forth our goal for the
trip was simple we wanted to see a new
part of the country and take advantage
of the endless opportunities it had to
offer for some of us this was going to
be our first time skiing out west and
for others their first time making it
west of the Mississippi the only problem
was we need to figure out the best way
to get the nine of us and all of our
gear across the country
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on whether to Bojangles and then we'll
come back this is all is for the fast
food run they've made it we're ready boy
we are ready she's - ready
it is officially spring break ladies and
gentlemen and we are heading to Colorado
we've got a twenty two hour drive ahead
of us we're packing nine dudes into two
cars and we're gonna see what happens
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that's not
we are in the middle of Kentucky
somewhere we can't
gonna fall you ready
we're headed to
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where we at you know man I just woke up
I'm sorry
let's go
puts the emergency brake on in the
goddamn parking lot we're flying
six-thirty we just drifted I just passed
through Kansas
so we are officially in Colorado 22
hours later and we are in Denver but we
are here at our Airbnb just checking in
bringing all our stuff in and we're
going to settle in for the night kind of
cozy down and figure out our plan for
the rest of the week
it gets for shower
let down strapped up car strapped up
ready go boys
some of us are gonna go hit the river do
some fishing the other guys are doing a
little hike Boulder or Estes what we're
thinking today that was it's a good dad
time to do it
we're Colorado I ate a slice of pizza
I'm good till lunch so I can wait as
long as me a thing got today Mike yeah
all right so here's the analysis for
today I've no idea what's gonna happen
but I'm gonna love it there's young Nico
coming just to the final sweep of the
house house is clear
ready for the next step I reckon where I
see some modest it out
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look who we ran into here in Boulder
hey getting a little little fish and
action in my neighborhood boy Scott
showing us around we actually fished
together a couple years ago when we
first came and got flanked up again
let's do some fish in and see if we can
make it happen two beads to go voom
travel double the trouble
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of course I went downstream for a little
bit away from these guys and then come
to here like 20 minutes later they've
been slaying them just another day curse
to the camera we're gonna go to the car
maybe get some Bruce and definitely some
PB and J's maybe some Pringles yeah
we're gonna get back after it what
happens fish too hey Sam yeah we don't
want none of that Kevin VanDam hook sets
out here okay Mike fling him out of
water after a steep hike back to the car
at altitude we were not quite adjusted
to we were pretty gassed so we decided
to call it for the day and make our way
to where we'd be staying the next few
days we just made two Estes Park super
cozy cabin we've got here and it should
be should be a nice night just to relax
and rest the legs haven't had a whole
lot of sleep on this trip yet but
looking forward to the rest of the week
and next couple days here yes
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yo check that out right there looks like
a construction or the structure of some
sort
yeah the stones oh Jesus child astrovan
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about to go to Deer Lake and Rocky
Mountain National Park Deer Lake baby
deer Lake baby deer mouth deer mountain
never mind
okay but it's just the amount
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you know it is you know where we are at
it's called dear something dear mountain
we are a dear mountain and if you look
there without way there's a mountain if
you look over this way there's a
mountain over this Ridge and you're
about to hike that Ridge
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time
alone up the trail getting some some
pretty epic views here after all right
and getting close to top going for shame
there's a summit right there
it's in our sights but we can't see it
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whoo
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we made at 1/8 to the top I made 10
absolutely incredible but I think the
last point two miles we were only
thinking about the PB&J so you made
earlier and then we now get a feast on
what's the word step off the trail leg
as I'm trying to like not yeah
buggy backwards down a hill not the
smartest idea
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like it
oatmeal man fuel today beautiful sunrise
snow we got snow last night no telling
how much snow we got on the top of pilot
peak which we're about to go summit all
right
well catch you guys later I just sent
the address to a man about to hit the
fly shop get some flies rip some lips
let's make our way to brick yes sir
about to be my first time five fish cook
brought a full tempur-pedic pillow and a
freaking sound machine
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we uh we just stopped in to town checked
out a fly shop got some intel got some
bugs and we just made it out here we got
Luke Luke's first time the first time
fly fishing so we're gonna try to show
him how it's done
see if we can uh can't catch a fish or
two while we're out here before we have
to head back into town at the Bear Lake
trailhead summit pallet Peak screen bird
gets the worm Sun just came up we're
going up there into the clouds
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and fall through the ice man
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here's our song buried all the way down
snowing snows deep just now getting able
to see some mountains we had to strap up
with a couple extra layers currently
about 11,000 feet let's get it going up
there keeping an eye out for sasquatch
possibly the Yeti with these chronic
conditions
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do not miss it
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well as I was fishing that first hole
got my flies stuck in the grass behind
me tried to yank it out not even that
hard my rod just my rod you snapped I've
made like 10 casts in the TARDIS now
well it's a fan man he's got a roll of
it
we got the other rod rigged up and
within like three or four pass hooked up
this little bow it's nice truck you got
riding that uh that seam right there
awesome little fish
yes
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we got a lookout here letting out a cast
and everything making it happen
set oh that's a nice dude
hold tight yeah I get stuff dude getting
someone to Kim someone want to take it
just keep it tight keep that rod high
man and slowly start bringing in this
wet it's a good already one to
first move your trowel
yeah dude
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Oh No it got away he's right there
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dan dan that's good then he snapped it
snapped me clean and of course as I was
going back to the car to put my broken
rod away in blue calls me says he has a
fish stands killing it bigger
Haley this guy didn't need me
oh dude
whoo like literally every time you told
me to like set the hook out like with it
but the moment you weren't here I did it
like so with such finesse yeah it's a
little fight I brought him over it I was
all by myself and so I'm sitting here
trying to pull in the fly rod but your
first time out myself out here and how
to pull it in with the net boys what you
think for some fishing incredible day
it's pretty cool I caught two fish and
there's extremely satisfying tangled
three lines
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alright boys we think is paint on
everybody
all right we're gonna wrap a basin and a
basin if it floats the first time of
Colorado served be a good treat
I'm ready for it I'm ready let's do it
stash game here we go
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warning
he's like getting sleeps child
right
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six tree
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oh yeah man snowboarding this morning
had a nice breakfast I shift with the
help of Sam it's pretty nice
but I don't know if you guys can see
this but I you turn your head that way
look at it it's pretty nice look look
see it Scottie didn't you see what I see
didn't you see cook like kind of like
she did I don't know what he's doing
Scottie said he's dropping in from up
there it's off the peak yeah yeah we'll
see
Travis rise
you have to pay attention Briscoe score
job
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so I did the next best like soup they're
trained to Houston and I couldn't get
away
of the find and about that
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man attention
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crashing down
first fish on the fly it was a beast
wasn't it it was pretty good-sized fish
it had red spots all over it was pretty
cool
this told us a big brown credit goes to
Sam right there he set up the rig for me
and all I did was you know all the work
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all right it's day seven it's the final
day of skiing it's no I've already at
Arapahoe Basin and we need a little
liquid courage for the day
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Oh snows good
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yep yeah this is really good this is
really good oh yeah oh there's good snow
in there honey
oh come on all right we just got back
and it is dumping now and yeah we're
gonna rest the legs because the legs are
freakin shot right now yeah legs are
shot right now so we're gonna we're
gonna chew up for the next couple hours
enjoy the last night here and then
figure out our plan for tomorrow
later boys safe travel all right well
today is Saturday and from our plan this
is officially our last day in Colorado
but due to the kureta virus our school
actually extended our Spring Break and a
whole another week so we decided we're
gonna stay one more day and we're gonna
take Nick on his first time fly fishing
and hopefully we can have a good day
a dedicated day to just fishing and
getting on some nice fish oh thanks
they're just things just as we're
getting going
getting the rods put together rod
slipped into the door Shane actually
closed the door patootie or two rods -
that makes three on the trips oh my god
man that sucks but what can you do at
this point we're gonna you know try to
make the best of it we've got three rods
five of us but we're gonna get out I'm
gonna try to catch some fish and try to
move past this whole little situation
I'm not taking blame was your wife
what's going on my rods rigged up on the
side right two rods in the door jam like
I don't care to try
set your rod somewhere else I feel bad
that's still kickin we could duct-tape
fly rod broken heart broken Shane
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snapped in two places so Nick this is
fly-fishing this is how every trip goes
just about you got to make sure the
heisman blind up gonna work is it
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no it was a good fish
thanks hooked up oh let him run run run
come this way come this way Nick
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your buddy give it to keep it tight
there you go
last cos baby
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Oh awesome
yeah man yeah buddy
whoo that's how you end the day right
what a way to end it
last cast nick nick hooked onto a nice
lorraine bow i literally told them to
take one more cast turn my back for one
second and sure enough he hooked onto
one but that's gonna do it for us in
colorado absolutely epic Tom look at
this place I definitely know that some
of us are considering moving out here
one day or our stress that's right we
graduate in May
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hey yo you're right get it right hander
I'll dude someone's gonna nail yo yeah
hit him right and all the hit I know
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Oh
it sees snowflake on here and it's so
beautiful here we are in Narnia who's
walked out of the Wardrobe we're gonna
see Mike Jones cast his first
fly-fishing rod of all time first of all
time yeah
cook jumped in the water and save the
day save the day
ripped his shirt off and everything's
gonna see them
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