Exploring Utah’s Most UNDERRATED Mountain Range and We Got STUCK!

[Music] [Music] [Music] Whoa! Stop! Tucked in the northeastern corner of Utah and southern Idaho, where rugged ridgeel lines meet alpine forest, lies the Bare River Range. A hidden gem for those who seek solitude and challenge in equal measure. On this trip, we set out to explore its back roads and trails, never quite knowing what lies around the next bend. We are joined on this adventure by our friend Jake and his Tacoma. This is a look at what it's like to travel deep into one of Utah's most underrated mountain ranges. [Music] [Music] It's slippery. Go back. All right. Forward. Actually, no. You're fine. [Music] [Music] Little bump and she'll go right up. All [Applause] [Music] right. Yeah. [Music] [Music] Oh my god. It was my turn to make the crossing. And of course, I had to try the harder line. Heat. [Music] Heat. That's a big drop. He's just going to send it. [Music] After several tries with no luck, it was time to take the easier line. But now it wasn't so straightforward. I'd already dug ruts into the mud, and even with the wheels turned, the truck just wanted to push straight ahead. [Music] [Music] [Music] All [Music] right, that's fine. It's fine. Never mind. I'll shut my mouth. [Music] Stop. [Music] This might be Well, you can see the predicament we got the truck in. I think after attempting this hole so many times, my tires got really gked up and then obviously coming up here, you can see it slid off where I was coming up. And uh it's dangerously my back is basically hanging off in this giant hole here. So to be controlled, we're going to winch it out with Jake's truck here. So that way it's nice and controlled and we're able to get this tire back where it belongs. All righty. Well, here comes the winching. All right. Are you ready? I am ready. On the winch now. Okay, I feel him slowly pulling me out. Start turning my wheel to help him out. Not applying any gas cuz I don't want the back to slip. We should be good there. Nice and controlled uh way to pull out the truck. And with that, a successful winch recovery. You can see just where my tire slipped off the edge there and fell where it did. And uh winching makes it easy. So, I'll hopefully have a winch soon on my truck. Uh hopefully in the next couple months, but we'll see how that goes. After the recovery, we kept moving and made our way towards tonight's camp spot. If you made it this far in the video and you're enjoying it, make sure to leave a like and subscribe for more awesome content like this. Well, after quite the interesting turn of events today, we have arrived here at camp with some muddy vehicles. It's actually a really pretty camp spot here. It's kind of on a grassy field here. tucked between the trees. We got nice some nice rock structures here. And you may or may not be able to hear it, but there's actually a creek that runs just right there. So, we're going to set up camp. Uh probably hang around, take some pictures, and uh enjoy the rest of the afternoon. So, as you can see, we finished setting up camp. You can see Jake has his Harker EDC set up there. And then we got our truck with the Harker Exo setup. And you can see the antenna at the top. If you're wondering what that is, that is the high boost cell phone signal booster. And what that does is when you're out here remote like we are and the cell phone signal is very weak, the antenna up top amplifies takes in the weak signal, takes it to an amplifier and then there's an internal antenna inside the topper that boosts the signal so the cell phone signal is actually usable. So we've been doing that and using that which is super helpful when we're out here in the middle of nowhere. If you're interested in the HighBoost cell phone signal booster, I'm going to link it down in the description. Also, we'll most likely have a discount code for you. We hung around camp for the remainder of the afternoon, sharing some laughs before cooking some dinner and taking in the scenery around us. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] The next morning, we started a small fire and took in the sounds of the nearby creek and birds chirping all around us as we ate our breakfast. Being responsible campers, we made sure the fire was completely out before hitting the road to find new trails to explore. [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] All right. So, going along the trails, you've I'm sure seen in some of the videos already, there's been a lot of snow kind of on the side of the trail and not really on the trail itself. Well, that has changed as you can see. Looks like it's already been driven through, but there is a pretty big snow bank here. So, we're going to uh give it our best shot. I think we'll be good. I think the truck has enough ground clearance. At least RZR2 Jake should have enough ground clearance, but we'll see. We're going to give it a shot. [Music] So, here we are made to the top of the trail that we just did with all the snow banks you just saw. And supposedly the reason we came up here is there is a crashed plane just a small walk up this trail here. So, we're going to go check it out and see what it's all about. This was a tragic crash. The C-46 transport plane took off from Seattle, Washington in the early morning. It was headed to Fort Jackson, South Carolina with 37 servicemen on board who had just served in the horrors of the Korean War and were on their way home to see their loved ones. At approximately 4:12 a.m. on January 6th, 1953, the C-46 crashed into the side of this very mountain. The wreck was found 5 days later and medics parachuted into the scene. There were no survivors of the crash. All 40 people, which were the 37 servicemen and three flight crew members, lost their lives. Deep snow made it impossible to identify the bodies, and the records sat under military guard until June 20th, 1953, when recovery operations were finally complete. The aircraft was forced down as a result of ice on the wings and severe turbulence. The only thing that remains of the wreckage today are the chopped top pine trees that are frozen in time. After paying our respects, it was now time to head back down the trail. [Music] [Music] Holy Yes. All right. Well, Jake made that look easy. So, the key is to hit it with the right momentum. So, let's give it a shot. [Music] Easy work. A truck ate it up. I think it also helps that this truck has a good amount of weight behind it, kind of pushing it like a snow plow. So, [Music] [Music] Well, it's been a fun day of exploring so far. And we just pulled off the trail head here to this little spot that overlooks I'm not sure if you can see it right there, but the river kind of winds around us in front of us just back and forth, back and forth. It's really pretty. So, we're going to stop here, eat some lunch before we head back on the trails. [Music] Hey. [Music] After wrapping up lunch, it was time to hit a few more trails before Jake headed home and we continued on to find camp for tonight. [Music] [Music] Well, after a very fun and eventful day today, we have arrived at camp for tonight. So, you can see the spot. It's a nice spot. Nothing crazy, but it does have this beautiful river flowing about 50 to 100 ft away from the camp spot. And once we finish getting set up here, get the topper popped open and stuff, I'm going to show walk down there and show you just how magical that river is. So you can see the truck just up there. So we just did a short little walk, put our chairs here to enjoy this beautiful view. 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