THE BEST ANCIENT RUIN HIKE IN AMERICA - THE DEVIL'S CHASM - Sierra Ancha Cliff Dwellings, Arizona
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The Devil's Chasm is a very difficult Ancient Ruin hike in the Sierra Ancha Wilderness of Arizona. These cliff dwellings were created by the Salado people. We hiked 9.6 miles round trip in very tough terrain to see the ruins for ourself.
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That's just a sign of someone who has done a lot of reading, but sadly, doesn't have much opportunity to use it amongst others.
I don’t think you have to go 18 miles. Any chance you guys missed the other ruins in the middle of the screen in your video at 39:45? It would be in the same layer of rock Stratta that you guys are standing in only just across the canyon. You’ll see four rectangular openings there. Maybe you two talked about it off camera and forgot to mention it? Loved this video and wished I was there. Of course, I could be wrong. Again at 40:45?
@@monkeysuncle2816 What?
@@INCREDHISTORY when was the last time you needed to describe a chasm to someone?
You fellas weren't really prepared for this place. But that's ok most people aren't neither were we our first time out. 🙂
I appreciate you recording the hike along with the dwellings. I'm 60 with health issues and your video is the only way I'll ever see this. Thank you.
Anybody 30 years onwards would be pushing it unless they've recently left the army or similar,
@@Johnketes54 I’m 34 in a few weeks.
I’m so glad you took the time to watch it through! I got more cool hikes coming soon.
@@INCREDHISTORYI was still handstands at 33 and hiking up till 50, But not what you are doing clambering over rock's ever higher, It's not the hight but the rate off you falling diminishes, You probably don't think about it, I didn't on my motorcycle in the search for more power more adrenaline but i was in my 20s, Relexes are slower as you get older, Many "macho's" in my area passed their test (motorcycle,licence for a bigger machine) on a 250cc 20 years ago and get a 1000cc Japanese bike and wrap themselves around a lamp post 6 in the past 10 years just in my area alone, I would fallen of that cliff face tiny footpath full off scree(loose rock) probably would have cardiac arrest 🤣. Sitting in my chair watching was more than enough "excitement" for me
@@Johnketes54 I think about falling every time I am out! One life to live but we are very cautious. 🙏
Tough hike but oh so beautiful! My husband and I used to have adventures like this but he has passed and I'm heading for 78. Thank you for allowing me to see this through your eyes!💕
Thank you for watching it all the way through! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
How are you liking your seventies. I am 74 myself . Covid did a number on me and my husband a few years back(2020-2021): after that we have become old! It did permanent damage to both of us. I am actively seeking something to get involved in to give me motivation to even get up in the morning. Actually, I kind of feel like I have Covid right now. No taste to anything, sore throat and sinus headache, body aches, low grade fever. Back 2020/21, my fever was so high I was hallucinating. My son and I are both RNs, he sat with me almost all the time. We have been half hearted preppers for a long time now, so we have an oxygen concentrator and a pulse oxi meter.. so we did ok. I got the vaccination because I figured another bad round of Covid would kill me. Anyway I have had it about nine times. Almost every time I go shopping I get sick. Anyway enough about that. Maybe you won’t mind answering my post, so I can know how you are making it. If you don’t mind, tell me what area of the country you are from. I live in Northern Alabama.
At 70, I could never go on this type of adventure anymore. Watching you guys takes me there vicariously & I'm thoroughly enjoying the trip. Thank you.
enjoying the trip, heh,heh. Rock on.
You are a good big brother, acknowledging your brothers strength, encouraging and validating. It’s very nice to see.
There’s no one I would trust more than him out in the back country! Thanks for watching!
I agree! Watching from Germany!
I thought he was racing ahead being competitive !! Your a great brother !!
We need more of the human kindness in our world 🙏✌️🌎
I'm 65 and can't hike anymore, thanks for all of this!
You’re welcome Mark!
Ditto
That had to be a small tribe or small family who built this place over years and I'm sure they were safe from almost anyone!! What an incredibly wonderful place to hide in specially if it was cold outside and you had a nice warm fire inside there!! I imagine they could have lived there year-round if they wanted to cuz there's a lot of deer and squirrels and rabbits in the area. Anytime I see a place like this I just am blown away imagining what their lives must have been like?!? To live your entire life never hearing a single mechanical sound or a jet over head!
Remember helms gate from lord of the rings?
When life was worth living, now it’s just $$$$$
That was beautiful! @jonhenke1504 Beautiful discretion! Coming from a german that can't write english very well. I wish I could have come along.
So sorry to be a "wet blanket," but those people lived in fear. It seems so clear that these places were "last redoubts" of a hunted remnant.
@@Logan-wb3ynlife always been work one way or another my guy Wanna grind for that scrilla or till the ground
Guys, I can t thank you enough for the tour. I am 70 and with the help of guys like you ,we can learn in life till that last moment . Be safe ❤,🙏🙏👍✌️🌎
I enjoyed your video very much. The first time I hiked Devil's was in 1989. It is REMOTE, amazing and incredibly beautiful. The hike is tough and dirty. It is a long way from anywhere on a rough road. There is no reliable cell service and if something happens someone will have to drive a significant way out to find service. At a minimum help will be many hours away. There is no easy place to land a helicopter. In warm weather you are more likely to run into a snake or two than not and the canyon is filled with poison ivy. This area can also receive snow in the winter. That all being said, if you are fit and prepared go for it because it's worth every ounce of energy. Please respect it. Thanks
Cell service in 1989?
You forgot something... to acknowledge the incredible People who Built that mind blowing structure in it's unbelievable location on a Cliff face. And... despite the hardships; least Emergency "Helicopter" services.
Thanks you guys for bringing back old memories. Never went where you just did but spent many weekends and such exploring much of Az. Hiked alot in the Sierra Anchas, Superstitions and mostly everywhere there. I now live in Iowa, where we don't have any mountains to block our view. Sarcasm. I was an archaeologist by passion. Spend a night in an old casa or ruin and it will help to awaken you in many ways. You seem respectful, keep up the journey and thanks from a fellow traveler.
Spending a night up there, WOW! I bet you have some stories to tell. Young people and their camera phones are doing amazing things. And we get to watch from the safety of our homes. Wonder video these young men made. I’m impressed. Thank you Pete
Y'all make a very difficult trail look easy, and in 100+ heat. I'm not able to hike anymore so thank you for showing me this beautiful area and the amazing views.
You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching
I’m getting too old to do a hard hike like this, therefore I really appreciate this video document you lads have produced. Thank you. What a trip it would be to spend the night up there… Take care you two and keep up the explorations. I’ll check out your book. Sincerely, Pete
Thanks Pete! I have more KZhead videos of hiking coming soon. I hope you enjoy the book!
I did that hike about 20 years ago. It was probably February are March. I could never imagine doing it in July I lived in Arizona from 96 to 08. Now I'm back in Florida again. I always regret not going to Pueblo runes Which is also in that same area
So I went in for the historic journey, but left with something deep & tender. Best moment at 38:40 when brother kind of taps his fingers on the beam. I watched it over and over. Says it all is full of wonder. I love little moments like that. And how they tell eachother to be careful and watch out for snakes...no macho bs. And didnt edit out. Its refreshing. Brotherhood outshines the actual cliffdwelling. But it was cool too.
Just as I was reading your comment about 38:40 I looked up and saw it! 😳😊🌹
You two are making wonderful memories. I’m old and the older I get the more I remember of my healthy years. I loving watching people do what I used to do outdoors.
That's a pretty gnarly hike... Walking out on that cliff ..dude.. You got balls that clank ..lol
One of my easiest hikes yet.. glad I joined you guys.
Thata boy! Watch for snakes
Best hike I've ever been on,wish we were friends when I was younger.
The water is sometimes running down that dry waterfall and you have to go on the left which is harder and it’s helpful to have the rope. When its dry you can go right up the middle or right with no rope.
Incredible how this was built out of nowhere and remains in such good condition now. It just takes your breath away! Thank you for putting in the time and work it took to hike there and sharing it! I’m a new sub today
amazing footage, thanks for making this. can't believe this hasn't gotten more views yet. the T shaped windows are so bizarre
Thank you! I appreciate that. This was one of my favorite hikes I have ever done!
When I was young, I had a little taste of hiking and mountain climbing, it was fun. However when you mention rattle snakes you lost me. I will let you have that hike. I am a 71 year old women, have trouble walking on level ground. I sure enjoy watching this, good luck.
That place looks like a snake sanctuary.
What an amazing hike! And the reward appears to be worth it. Just amazing that the ancients lived up there & traversed those very trails regularly. They must have been very strong & hardy people. Thanks for taking us along!
Thanks for taking us with you on this hike to Devils Chasm in Arizona. I am enjoying the scenery, streams, trees, cliffs, rocks, and dwellings.. Can hardly believe the steepness that you guys are climbing. Such master builders in these ancient structures. They might have built up there for safety from their enemies. Thanks guys
Wow, that is a beautiful and challenging hike. Think it's just beyond my ability at this stage, unfortunately. I've done several ancient ruin hikes, but that one is really amazing! and I had never heard of it before. The trail by the ruins looked scary!! Thanks for sharing the scenery!
I wish I knew guys like yourselves. People I know don’t like difficult hikes. Thanks so much for filming this. I absolutely love ruins and petroglyphs/pictographs. I will never probably see this one for sure. It seemed a bit out of my skill level. And the fact most of my hikes are solo. That was awesome!
You know your limits better than anyone but keep in mind we did this in the middle of summer (not recommended). If you took your time in the fall and really went at a pace you could handle, you could do it. Find someone to go with!
@@INCREDHISTORY I just came back from a month in Arizona and New Mexico. Wish I had stumbled on this video before my trip. I definitely would have checked it out and at least pressed as far as I could. You guys have a great little channel here. I love this stuff. I just started digging into the channel tonight. I just ordered your book.
You should have called this channel "WATCH OUT FOR SNAKES!" 😆🤣
I can certainly see why they went up there, the Safety, water, and hunting those mountains would’ve had plenty game, of all kinds
Thank you so much for making these videos! They are excellent for guys like me that can’t hike like this any longer. Well made👍
You’re welcome! I have a lot more videos if you would like to check them out :)
On a trip out west many years ago we visited ruins tours at several locations. I recall that the pueblo cliff style was so hot but a definite difference just ducking inside a chamber or room. Thru the centuries, people used ingenious methods to survive in their environments.
Going this weekend myself, then Roger's canyon the following. So many sites in this state. I wish I could still recall where all the little known (unknown to the government and it's history cleansing departments) sites I had the luck and fortune to visit a few years back. One was just south of Payson and there is a plateau in the middle of a canyon that requires actual climbing to slip into the crevice about 40 feet up. It leads into a virtually untouched dwelling with intact pottery and tools. If I manage to find it in the coming weeks I'll send you coordinates to it as long as you return from it with no more than you came with.
I would really appreciate that!!! Of course I would def not harm the site. Please keep me updated. Be safe on your hikes!
Amazing. Thank you so much for showing the hike. I can't imagine anyone raising kids in that place. Maybe it was a religious community or site? If not, whoever they were hiding from must have been really awful. But, also, it might have been an easier hike and surrounding area a thousand years ago. They may have cleared the trails, shifted rocks, made handholds of wood and generally made things easier. I wish we could take a peek back in time to see.
Awesome, I made the hike up in the early 80s.
It's no wonder Mount Whitney is so popular with its staging area near 8000 and the 14k peak taunting all as accessible😂... You took us on a very challenging hike, 😮 it presents all of the factors that get people lost, walking in circles and in over their head on a quest. ❤ Very inspiring videos, always.
When I went there about 11years ago that last steep climb was a real bitch for me, but made it. Excellent video ! I think fear drove them up there. - Happy Trails
It was definitely defensive in nature...
Thanks for this! Bizarre remote refuge in inaccessible place. Door ways and roof pole holes suggest a race of small people compared to modern people. Dwellings would be very difficult to provision. Dwellers must have been hated by numerous enemies to resort to this extreme form of refuge.
I don't think they were hated or filled with fear. But smart. Imagine what it was like with no rule of law. You would be thinking about food water and protecting your women and children. There have always been bad people since beginning of time. Thanks for sharing ❤
Absolutely beautiful ! But definitely a younger persons hike or a very fit older person’s hike ! Thank you for “taking us older folks along “ be very careful ! ❤❤🙀👵🏻😱🖖🏼👽🐲👍🏻
I thoroughly enjoyed your hike to a place we do not understand. I hope you spent time just sitting and absorbing your surroundings. Understanding does not come easily. What inspiring scenery! If you met the people who lived here, would they share their food with you, give you a place to sleep? Probably. Enjoy the journey.
This is one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen.
That rope on that side might be for when water flows, the way you went up seemed like where the lions share of the flow would be.
What a gorgeous place an amazing ruin. Thank you so much for sharing this. It’s one of the most beautiful places I’ve seen.
i cried tears watching this. thank you for sharing. those people worked hard! to survive. there must have been something going on to push them to such an extreme.
Thank you guys for doing this video. I've lived out here for 20 years and always wanted to do this hike/canyoneering trek. I'm too old to do it now so it was nice to see it here on your channel.
Crazy rock climbing dry waterfall area but great views but this is one tough canyon to hike, particularly in the heat of July in the afternoon. Stunning ruins, aptly named. The people who lived there were pretty tough to do this every day to get water and food.
My brother and I are some intrepid fellows!
So cool!!!! I couldn’t wait till you got to the ruins. And you had the place to enjoy just the two of you. No crowds.
Look at you dude cooking eggs and hamburgers LOL We did this hike back in the mid 80's and what a hike! One of the hardest I have ever done, it's a killer. We did dune buggy in as far as we could and packed lots of water. We spent 3 days exploring. We were looking for old outhouses to mine for old bottles believe it or not people actually lived out there at turn of the century. It has many rattle snakes because of the shade from the trees. There used to be lynx but I'm sure hunters have made them extinct. The stream was much bigger and fuller and you could swim in it.
I went there in early Nineties and I just remember how green and lush everything "looks" until you realize everything has thorns, is poisonous, or bites! I am glad I went! LOL
Epic doesn't even come close... OMG...Thank you both for sharing this video.
Enjoy you and your brother doing this for not only yourselves but also for us all. I’m 71 and no doubt couldn’t make that hike now.
Great video, 62 now and want to go hiking still. I need a pack mule ,because of knees , with luxury items, cot, ammo , tarp etc.
What you went threw to show this buetiful sight,thank you
At first my wife and I were all like why live so far up in the cliffs. Then we remembered about people. I am about to move into a cliff face.
The stream is why it's so full of life there. Can't homestead without it. In the middle of such an arid area, surprisingly green.
If you keep it up you might be still going strong in 50 years. Don't stop. I'm 77 this year.
Thanks for taking us along with you. Extraordinarily amazing
Thanks for taking us along. Hot hike but worth it .
Wow. Thats some place this old girl cant go. Wonderful to see. Thank guys.
Oh, to be that young again! Thank you for taking us along on that difficult trek! The waterfalls and bird calls were awesome, too. Hike on, bros!
You probably saved yourself a ton of people saying, It’s pronounced Kasm, lol. Great job! Keep them coming. I’m disabled and can’t explore anymore. I used to find Creek Indian places all the time growing up.
Great video, my friend. First time viewer and I'd really like to see more. I'm really into history of all sorts. I live in Utah so I'm familiar with the territory. Kudos for the respect you've displayed. Keep it up ! 👍
Thanks! Your videos are great and informative. Life Long hiker of Northern AZ. Bern off grid for 35 years.0nly in the southwest will you find these huge ruins in such a remote area; elevation 😊 of insane proportions. 😅
So glad you made this journey and shared it. Was very interesting! Makes you wonder if the people who built that structure spent more time going up-canyon to do their hunting/gathering on the more gently-sloped terrain of the Aztec Peak area, instead of going up and down the canyon (Devil's Chasm). Maybe they did that trek less frequently.
Jeff, this might be one of your best videos yet! The petroglyphs are so varied and many are up so high. Thank you for sharing your travels with us.
I think you commented on the wrong video! :)
I subscribe to several channels run by people who locate and explore ancient sites in the Desert Southwest. They all discourage anyone from squeezing through the small door openings in order to protect the ruins for others to see. This site was one of the most incredible ones I’ve seen, and I found it disheartening to witness the lack of care and respect for their fragility. I’m sure these gentlemen are very nice. They just need a little education on what not to do around these ancient historic structures.
I tried to tell him already and he just hit me back with some sas 😂
@@AdventuringwithTrevor I just read your comments and his response. While he doesn’t seem to take constructive criticism well, I’m hoping that with more time and experience they’ll both come to realize that they have a responsibility to be caretakers and guardians of these irreplaceable sites.
Man, I laid, chillin on my sofa, and I'm outta breath and sweating, just watching this!!! Thanks for makin the effort.
Incredible video! Thanks for all the high quality video of the hike! Pretty amazing to imagine a life like that up on the cliff side. Although I guess if kids were born up there, they really wouldn’t know any difference and would likely continue the tradition…incredible history indeed
My favorite shot is at the end from the narrow shelf looking back at the structure with you inside for scale.
Same! Love that shot. My brothers a bad a**.
I trusted my sister on a hike once and she didn’t realize it was a 14 mile round trip hike up and across 3 or 4 mountains. It was probably a once in a lifetime hike for me, I haven’t felt the need to go back since. When we came back down the mountain, 3 black bears followed us til we were out of site - THANKFULLY they didn’t pursue lol. Anyway, thanks for these videos, I don’t know that I’ll be making hikes ever again after that but I love to watch! 😅
I feel like I'm hiking with you and I need a rest! 😅 Hearing you breathe like that! I'm 68 and know I won't be hiking like that. Thank you for sharing. ❤
I love the looking down shot at 23+ I remember as I progressed as a skier, how much steeper it always looked down vs going up! Some brain hardwiring going on...
That's some real Indiana Jones stuff, lads! Well done!
Thank you for watching this all the way through! Much appreciated. One of my favorite hikes of all time
My calves are hurting just watching this!!!
Wow, thank you for sharing this amazing Ancients Ruins . Stay safe. God bless you 🙏
Incredible journey I must say. The structure is awe inspiring. Quite the hike as it were. Worth every step! Five stars. *****
That is a gorgeous mountain,
37:17 top middle right of screen on the wall, you can see finger marks from when they applied the fresh wet mud. What a fantastic tangible link to an ancient race!
That was awesome. Thank you for sharing your amazing hike
That was an epic gnarly trek, thank you!! Drew is a mountain goat 😅, and i think you also qualify after that hike!! I am 63, and it made me think, why the heck did i smoke??!!...because what you two just did, would be my happy place, climbing, hiking etc. Damn!!! 😊 Thx again xxx
Never too late! Thanks for watching!
Stunning hike guys!!! Thank you!
Thanks for charing. I enjoyed your video. ❤😊
WOW !!!!!!!! Great job . Cant believe you went out on that ledge !!!!!!!!!!!! THX FOR POSTING
This guy is me on every hike I have ever been on “watch out for snakes!” 😂😂🤣
Amazing !!! Stunning views and countryside,one of the best cliff dwelling videos I've seen.. thanks guys...australia
That was awesome what a experience. I wish I could but to old now I still get out anytime I can but nothing that wild thank you for this. I would love to have just sat in those rooms and felt the history . Thank you again
Thanks for making this video. At my age I could not make that hike, so your video allowed me to see that wonderful sight. Again, thanks so much.
Thanks for taking us along! What great views!
I am sweating and out of breath just watching .
Devil's Chasm (Kasam) Beautiful rugged area. There are other dwellings in the area also.
It is a place where you can commune with the spirits of the sky and the mountains.
I lived 6 years in Arizona, then in my late 20's, and felt fond memories from your video! 😊 Thanks for the trip! I'm enjoying it!
Wonderful, thanks for sharing!
Looks like a marvelous hike in the spring or fall, but potentially deadly at other times.
Yeah, I wouldn’t recommend most people do what we did in July. We are a little extreme.
What an interesting hike with beautiful ruins. Good job recording. Thank you.
This is beautiful. Love the dog with scenery backdrop. Thanks for video. Sierra Buttes & Sardine lake is a sweet place. But much easier to get too. Polywogs as big as softballs😂 dragonflies not mosquitoes like where you were at.
40 yrs in CO loving the high country like you guys. I will leave whats left of my knees on those beautiful mtns. Bro has bagged 30 14ers!! Cool!! Sanjuans are really beautiful. Sangres too Thanks for the great footage
A fascinating hike in a very beautiful place- thank you so much!
That would have been an outpost of the Ancient Anasazi is my guess. They were within 200 miles or more of the 4 corners or Chaco. Theey re may have been an inner war thats why they hid in these remote locations like Cedar Ridge Utah. That first hole in the wall was a look out for Defense. Another person said there was a small water fall or water source nearby. It probably took them a long time to build that (50 years) and only housed 2 families. Like your brother said "No one knows for sure"
This was actually made by the Salado people, which was a culture well south of the Anasazi. Thanks for watching!
What as cliff dwellings may have been where the water eroded cause a place where I was 17 growing up I went back from time to time and 20 twenty yrs ago what was a large creek was a creek but had washed out a goo 200 ft or more. thx for filming this cause I would never made it there,
Hay guys, referencing poison oak and ivey their is always 3 leaves on each stem or little branch.
The old saying is, "leaves of three, let it be".
What an incredible hike and adventure. Thank you for taking us along to a site I would have never seen or been able to get to myself.
Wow ,,, that was one crazy journey up. Amazing beauty.... You two rock!😊 The dwellings are absolutely gorgeous and death defying to the core! I would dread the descent back down, definitely gnarly