These Back Roads in Canada's Rocky Mountains are UNREAL 🇨🇦 | S1E41

Oh, am I going in there? No, I can't be. Look how narrow that is. I don't think I'm going in there. Yeah, that's Racebrook. I think it's going up there. Okay, let's go. Oh my God, look at those walls. There's waterfall coming off of it. My journey begins at North America's most Northern drivable point. The plan is to ride through Canada and America before crossing over to Europe. From there, I'll make my way across Asia and down to Australia. New Zealand's Southern most drivable point will mark the end of my journey. I'm calling it the big spiral and this is act three across North America. So instead I'm going to go up here and right around here is the Columbia Glacier. So yeah, I think it'll be a lot more of an adventure and it'll be an angle that you don't usually get to see of the Columbia Glacier. And for those that don't know, the Columbia Ice Field is the largest ice field in the Rocky Mountains. It's really, really, really massive. Oh boy, it's like an abandoned camp. Yeah, it's like an office, I guess. Yeah, someone important because they got the bed just over there. I don't know if you guys saw there. This is a mountain there with all these vertical striations and they're all curved all over in crazy ways. I see a giant glacier there. That's gotta be the Columbia Ice Field. It's gotta be. It's just the whole top of the mountain, it's a glacier. This valley is just unreal, like look at this. I think it's just, it must be 2,000, 3,000 meters above me, that thing. It's so big. Here's the bridge. Ooh, that burned. Oh, I think I can make it through. It actually smells like fire here. Guess all these dead trees are gonna be a problem, possibly. Okay, I got through that one. Oh, there's more. Yeah, the further you go through these roads, the more they're gonna be, you know, just kind of disrepair. I think I'm going all the way up there, if I can. Now, there's a creek down here and I'm wondering if there's still gonna be a bridge or not. Yes, there's a bridge. The back tire is slipping a bit. Going up and up and up. This is amazing. And you can tell the glacier used to go all the way down those rocks because it's just bare rock. This is pretty special. I feel so fortunate to be able to come out here and see this and I'm the only one here too. I haven't seen anybody since I got off the logging truck road. And oh man, it is so special here. It's really, really beautiful. So I think it's probably worth talking about how a glacier works. It's fairly simple, but the magnitude of it is really impressive. The amount of force going into a glacier is just unreal. So imagine you have a piece of rock and you start piling sand on top of it. And as you pile more sand, you can imagine that some of the sand that's getting piled on is starting to slide down the hill. And the more you pile sand on top, the more the sand will slide down the hill. And that's essentially what's happening with the ice. Some say it's flowing, but basically it's getting pushed down the mountain by the snow on top. Now, as you can see, there's all this bare smooth rock and the glacier has such force that it actually polishes all that rock all the way down to the valley. And unfortunately, the reason it doesn't go down to the valley anymore is because global temperatures have been going up on average. And every summer, the snow melts faster than it can be replenished. So all these glaciers are receding. And if trends continue, we're gonna lose a lot of glaciers around the planet. Goodbye, Columbia Ice Field. I'll see you on the other side. Time to go down. But actually at the bottom here, I wanna do something here. I wanna do something kinda cool. One sec, just let me get down there. So here we are at the creek. And this creek contains the same water that is melting off the glacier. So essentially, if you wanna get technical, this water fell as snow, I don't know how long, I'll put a little subtitle that I can figure out how long it actually fell ago. So I was thinking, well, I bet it tastes pretty good. So let's get some water from the creek. I figured there's not too many opportunities where you get to drink ancient water, but I thought this would be a good one. You know, I guess technically, I guess all water is ancient water because it all existed since the creation of the planet, I suppose, but it's gonna be a lot of minerals in this water. It's really nice. All right, let's continue. I think there's at least one other valley I wanna check out. Just gotta get out of that, past those fallen trees again. This fallen cedar. Oh yeah. Oh, am I going in there? No, I can't be. Look how narrow that is. I don't think I'm going in there. Must be that way. Oh, there is a logging road up there though. Oh, maybe I am. Wow. Okay. Get excited here. It's so cool. Look at that wall. So this mountain here that I was standing next to to look at the glacier is Bryce Mountain. Really prominent mountain. May as well just be a vertical column, you know? It's so steep. Oh, there's a road there. That may be the road, but I remember another turn off here. Was it here? Yeah. Okay, so I just gotta figure out which road it is. Make sure I don't mess this up. Ricebrook. Oh, that's Ricebrook there. Okay. Yeah, that's Ricebrook. I think it's going up there. Okay, let's go. There's waterfall coming off of it. Wow, that wall is crazy. Look at that. Wow, this valley is so cool. It's all burnt out, but it's still so cool. Okay, so we're getting past the wall a bit. I'm gonna keep going up the valley, just to have a look. Wow, wow! Look at that thing! Bryce Mountain, crazy mountain. Oh my God. Wow, this just goes so high. Keeps going up. What a place to ride a motorcycle. Oh my God. Oh, I can see the top of the waterfall there. Maybe I should fly the drone from here. Oh, Canada. All right, I'm just gonna walk up through the cut here. It's pretty easy walking right now because everything burned. And I just want to see if I can get a better view of that waterfall up on Bryce Mountain there. This must've been fairly recent, this burn, because hardly any new plants growing in here. Must've been burning real hot. Like, look how much it burned into the stump. Getting into the trees now. And the highest point next to the waterfall. I can see the waterfall over there. Oh, time to head down. Can you believe I had that whole place to myself? I absolutely love being out in the boonies. Just the only one there. It's just such a great feeling. And you know, on my ride out, I could see one track, and that track was my track. So basically, ever since I got off that logging haul road, basically I was out there on my own. And oh, man, was it gorgeous out there. I knew if I went into the area, I was gonna see some really big mountains, but I was just blown away. Like, Bryce Mountain, actually it's called Mount Bryce, that is so vertical and prominent. It's just, that waterfall was just going straight down. Just little hops all the way down, straight into the creek below. It's just wild. And the Columbia Ice Field is just, I wish I could have gotten closer, but there's no roads going all the way up to the bottom there, so you'd have to hike up the creek, I think, which wouldn't be too hard. But oh, man, it's so cool to be there. And honestly, I feel so fortunate to be in a position where I can just, you know, what's here? Go look on the map and just kind of drive off in that direction and see what I find. Today was an awesome day. I really enjoyed it. Maybe I'll show you exactly where I went on the map. So we started off in Sycamuse and then kept going all the way up and then just kept going, going, going. Amazing drive up through Rogers Pass here. Really awesome. And then I had a little moment in that tunnel there that was kind of scary. And then I got to, apparently this town is called Donald's. And then up here, it's not even on the map, but there's a road going up here. And then you get to this campsite here where I camped on the island. And then I followed this kind of inlet here. So it's probably more of a fjord, if anything, but, and then at the end of that kind of arm of the lake, I headed north following that river. And then I did like a little fork to Columbia Glacier. And then I went back and then I did the other fork on the other side of Mount Bryce there. And then, so after that, I just ripped out, just went pretty quick. And then now I'm in Golden, BC. The other thing I wanted to show you is my pants. So if you look at my pants, they're all like charcoaled up. So basically that's from when I was hiking through that burnt out section, trying to get a nice shot of the waterfall. And yeah, I didn't realize I was doing that until I like looked down. Cause usually you walk through the bush and nothing happens, but when everything's been burnt, well, I guess it's all charcoal. So, but anyways, oh man, I had such a great day and I really hope you enjoyed that video as well. And if you did, there is that red button down below if you want to subscribe, maybe. But anyways, thanks so much for watching the video and watching it till the end. And I hope to see you in the next video. I'll see you next time. Bye.