Five new videos this week from the outdoor YouTube channels we follow, from a bushcraft shelter in autumn rain to a storm night in a cot tent and an ultralight tent review.
Rain was the theme this week. Joe Robinet, the Canadian bushcraft and canoe-camping channel, built a bushcraft shelter in an autumn rain with his dog, Wolf. The Outdoor Gear Review spent a night in a cot tent as a thunderstorm rolled through, and TA Outdoors set up a cabin tent in non-stop rain and walked through a full rain-camping setup: tent, tarp, sleep system, cooking and fire.
On the gear side, Justin Outdoors, a backpacker from Calgary, reviewed the 3F UL Lanshan 1 Pro, a budget ultralight tent; he discloses that it was sent to him free for review. And Kendall Gray, on his vlog channel, tried out a see-through hunting blind, a sponsored product with a discount code in the video's description.
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Outdoor Tom, a YouTube channel with about 2.25 million subscribers that follows a young angler's fishing, camping and ATV trips with his family, posted its latest Alaska adventure on October 24. According to the video's description, Tom, his dad, his cousin and his grandfather flew to a lodge in the Katmai area on the Alaska Peninsula for four days of salmon fishing, caught close to 200 salmon, filmed 103 of them, and got close to seven grizzly bears.
Katmai is known for its brown bears, which gather along salmon streams in summer and fall; anyone planning a trip there should follow the National Park Service's bear-safety rules and fish with a guide or lodge that knows them. The channel's recent videos have stayed in Alaska, including surf fishing for cod and halibut from the Homer Spit and a float-plane trip to the remote Innoko River.
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Young Camping, a camping and backpacking channel based in California with about 100,000 subscribers, posted three new solo trips this week. The newest, from October 25, is a night in the California mountains with new gear; its description includes sponsored and affiliate links for some of the products shown, which the creator discloses. A shorter clip from October 24 follows a camp near a summit, and one from October 21 is set in the forest.
The channel's videos are mostly solo camping and backpacking trips that often feature the creator's setup and gear, including a first look at Snow Peak's Landlock X earlier this month. You can follow the channel on YouTube, and on Instagram at young2_camping.
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closedNC 12, Marc Basnight Bridge to Rodanthe; Hatteras Island to visitorsDare County, North CarolinaOne-lane detour targeted by noon Fri Oct 30; two lanes weeks awaychecked Oct 29
Crews were set to begin paving a one-lane detour on NC 12 at the Pea Island Visitor Center on Thursday, and the state transportation department is still aiming to open it to alternating one-way traffic by noon Friday, WCTI reports. Two-lane service is still weeks away, the Outer Banks Voice reports. Hatteras Island remains closed to visitors under Dare County's state of emergency, and the 24-hour emergency ferry from Stumpy Point to Rodanthe continues; anyone with a reservation should keep checking with their rental company and the county before traveling.
Correction, Oct. 30, 2026. Update: N.C. 12 reopened and Dare County lifted the visitor evacuation at 4 p.m. on October 29, a day earlier than the state's target, after this brief was published. Hatteras Island is open to visitors.
advisoryFlash flood watches: Big Bend and West Texas mountains, Sedona and Oak Creek, Superstitions, Sacramento MtnsArizona · New Mexico · West TexasThrough Fri Oct 30; burn scars and slot canyons most at riskchecked Oct 29
Tropical moisture is bringing storms to Big Bend, the Guadalupe and Davis mountains, Sedona's canyons, the Superstitions and New Mexico burn scars. Stay out of washes, slot canyons and swimming holes.
The National Weather Service has flood and flash flood watches across much of the Southwest's best hiking country as another surge of tropical moisture meets an incoming storm system. In West Texas and southeast New Mexico, a watch runs through Friday afternoon for areas including the Chisos Basin and Lower Brewster County in Big Bend, the Guadalupe and Delaware mountains, the Davis Mountains and the Marfa Plateau. In New Mexico's Sacramento Mountains, the Albuquerque office warned of storms repeatedly crossing burn scars Thursday afternoon and evening, with 1 to 1.5 inches of rain possible.
In Arizona, the Flagstaff office has a flash flood watch from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday for Yavapai County, including Oak Creek and Sycamore canyons around Sedona, and northern Gila County, where soils are still saturated from flooding last week; it warns of flooding in creeks, normally dry washes, swimming holes and recently burned areas, with half an inch to an inch of rain and up to two inches in storms. The Phoenix office has watches Friday for the Superstition and Mazatzal mountains, the Tonto Basin and the Phoenix metro area.
If you are headed out: skip slot canyons and narrow washes until the watch ends, since a storm miles away can send water through a dry canyon under clear sky. Camp well above creek beds, never drive or walk into water over a low-water crossing, and check the latest from the Weather Service and the park or forest before you go. Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains national parks post road and trail closures on their alerts pages.
A white shark estimated at 12 to 15 feet long swam within feet of surfers near Pier Avenue in Oceano, San Luis Obispo County, on Wednesday morning, October 28, then flicked its tail, splashed surfer Joel Hendrix and swam away, leaving everyone unharmed, Surfer magazine reports from drone video and the San Luis Obispo Tribune. Fall is a busy season for adult white sharks along the Central Coast. If you see one or a beach posts a warning, get out of the water calmly, tell a lifeguard if one is on duty, and give the area time; many California beaches post shark advisories for several days after a sighting.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation officers used a thermal-imaging drone to record six people fishing for salmon after dark along the Salmon River during an October 3 operation, leading to nine tickets for after-hours fishing, with two anglers also cited for fishing without a license and for using treble hooks illegally, Wired2Fish reports. The tickets are allegations for the local court to decide. The fall run into Lake Ontario's tributaries draws anglers from across the country; check the DEC's special regulations for fishing hours and gear before you go.
Black Diamond has refreshed its whole headlamp line for fall 2026, the company announced October 29, in what it calls its most significant lighting update in years. The new top model is the Megawatt, rated at 3,000 lumens. The Storm, Storm+ and Cosmo are redesigned, and the Spot is updated.
Across the range, Black Diamond says output goes up, USB-C charging becomes standard, the controls are easier to use in the field, and recycled materials are used in headbands and internal parts. The release did not list prices; check Black Diamond's site and retailers for pricing and availability. With clocks falling back on November 1, it is a good week to check that your own headlamp holds a charge.
Jeep is offering 35-inch tires from the factory on the Gladiator for the first time, through a 35-inch Tire Launch Edition on Willys, Rubicon and Rubicon X models, Off-Road.com reports; until now the package was only on the Wrangler. It pairs the tires with a matching suspension, performance brakes, heavy-duty Dana axles, 4.56 gears and a full-time 4:1 transfer case, raising ground clearance to 12.9 inches and the approach angle to 46.7 degrees, with breakover at 23.3 degrees and departure at 26.7. Pricing and on-sale timing are on Jeep's configurator.
Grand Canyon National Park is taking public comments through midnight November 11 on a plan to remove sections of the historic Trans-Canyon Telephone Line, which runs through the inner canyon along the Bright Angel and North Kaibab trails with a spur toward the South Kaibab. Rebuilt by Civilian Conservation Corps crews in 1935 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the line has loose, hanging and fallen wire that endangers helicopters during rescues and can entangle wildlife, the park says. It proposes removing wire where needed and marking what stays, while leaving the historic poles, cross-arms and insulators in place. Comments go through the National Park Service's planning website.
