Scrambling Basics that Every Hiker Should Know [Tips & Techniques]
If you’re not confident in hiking steep terrain, it can really limit your options for exploring. Check out these basic scrambling tips and techniques!
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All the important points are covered here. Thank you Chase! Scrambling is my playground, good workout love it!
Very instructional video! Thank you so much and greatly appreciated. However, I do have to point out the big horned mountain goat was not too impressed. In fact it walked out of the class with its buddy 🙂
I like to do mountaineering on steep snow/ice, but when it comes to scrambling on rocks, I feel so helpless without the help of my crampons and ice axe. Thanks for the video.
I like your shoes. I know they might be proffesional climbing shoes but if anyone less experienced sees me wearing this would say look at that fool, wearing sneakers on the mountain 😆
What shoes are those? Do you recommend climbing shoes or regular hiking boots for tougher scrambles?
Love this video
https://youtu.be/Hfj0XS9usV4
Thank you from a beginner scrambler.
Off piste question – what shoes are you wearing?
Brilliant advice. Proper rookie here but learning. Thank you!
Love Montserrat! Great tips 🙂
What kind of shoes are you wearing?
anyway saw you took my upload of yours down I am busy in search of a person and did not place the link but I would have. however you were right to remove it since I intended to use the video to show some bad mistakes. you would not have like it
yikes the part of decending is just now playing. you may want to view my video in a few hours.
lot of good stuff but I want to rob the video to point out a few mistakes. parts of the video will be used as it pertains to the search for the remains of Kenny Veach since more people are going up that will have to scramble where I am sure he fell 6 years ago. I will put link and credit and such however I will be analyzing the video that you did not mention the rope trick
I prefer a track with not too much scrambling because it's always tricky on the way down… three points of contact is a great tip though
@ 7:50 ROCK!!
Awesome video, great training tips.
Scrambling is the fun part of hiking 😁
When i find particularly difficult passages and i know i will have some difficulty descending i always do a mental map of grabs and food support so when i descend i exactly know what to do…and i also do descend the rock before continuing so i have it mine…other time i just put rock on the passage so i know is that one. Last suggestion…if the rock are to solve with adherence then a soft sole is better…you have better feelings and mobility..for vertical climb when you need to work with only part of the sole the is better a rigid one
I was where you did the Thumbnail photo. There were goats on the way up. It was an awesome day
meow-tains
Anyone know what kind of shoes he's wearing? Gotta get some of those…
Also it is important to know when to turn back. Off trail in the mountains its hard to gauge how steep things will get, and going up is easier and safer than trying to climb back down. Unless you are 100% sure you can continue on after a section of scrambling do NOT climb anything you would not be comfortable coming back down. False peaks can get you into a shitty situation!
Great tips! Thanks for sharing 🙌⛰️🏔️ 🔸safety first🔸
A lot of these are climbing techniques too! Very nice.
One thing that took me by surprise while scrambling was carrying a crash pad. Those things can be huge and cumbersome.
Those shoes look horrible for edging. . . And jamming, super flimsy. . . Generally it is best to keep most of your weight on and over your feet. Avoid leaning too far into the rock on low angle stuff, that actually pushes those feet away from and off the rock. Staying balanced over the feet and keeping those forces straight down is key for max friction/traction, feels scarier and is a bit counterintuitive. Fear can cause you to lean in too much and cause your feet to blow out and off the rock. . . Your drill to not use the hands at all is perfect, keeps the feet loaded with forces straight down, hands used gently & mainly for balance until things get real steep. Then you’re rock climbing! Thanks Chase, I do think for thru hiking your advice is solid. I’m in it for the steeps myself. . . Go big!
Great info man! Be sure to wear a helmet ⛑ last thing you want is a rock on your noggin!
Thanks for the tips! Was very helpful on my last hike up (and down!) some steep terrain.
Wow! Thank you.
Another tip not mentioned: when there is crumbling rock and / or vegetation that must be used then we think about "holding the mountain together". That means rather than yanking on rocks as if jugs, we climb as if holding or pressing into the mountain. This greatly improves the rock-fall situation and still improves our security and movement. Thnk about mantling – you are pressing into the mountain.
Nice video Chase. Those boots are very soft, are they Barefoot? The soles look like octopus tentacles! 😉
It hurts my toes physically to watch such exercises in trailrunners. Rocks fall, that's what they do, sometimes on your toes, and sometimes you just hit them yourself. And if rain hits (like every afternoon), i would drown in mud ankle deep. Also standing with toes on ledges and assisted climbing with ladders and ferratas is so much easier when you can hook feature with a heel of a boot. Guess trekking in spain is like that, just like climbing in a gym, without need to carry 1 kilo of food per day or protecting yourself from elements, gonna try it one day at Picos de Europe if covid ends.
Thank you.
Good tips – thanks! I live by "don't go up what you can't come down", even though it's prevented me from getting to a couple of summits over the years.
Thank you. Even at 76 I keep running into these situations when doing photography. The last one was climbing the canyon wall at Chaco Canyon in New Mexico.
Very good video. It was jam packed with good information and demonstrations. I was wondering though about you shoes. They appeared to be extra grippy and designed for that kind of terrain. At my advanced age, I don’t seek out those kinds of challenges. But, if I encountered unexpectedly, would you recommend that I attempt to scramble over it wearing my Danner 650 hikers, or seek another route?
Thanks for th tips and for using such a magical place, my home. The Magic Mountain!!! Thx you so much!!!
Was this filmed in the Pinnacle National Park, ca if it is this is a magical place.
1:51 Getting some sweaty palms watching you step on and subsequently break off that foot hold.