I'm Alex, aka @AlexTheVagabond,

and you are watching Vagabrothers.

Right now I am just outside of Park City in Utah,

and I'm super excited because in this video,

I'm partnering with @Visit Utah

to show you the secret side of Sundance Film Festival,

but not just the festival.....

I'm also going to be highlighting

all the incredible activities you can do in the region,

and we're getting started right now here

at Wasatch Excursions

going on an epic snowmobiling adventure. Let's go

Snowmobiling is super fun,

but I've only done it a couple times in my life.

I do own a motorcycle and ride it quite frequently.

They're similar but different.

I'm excited.

It's been a long time since I've gone snowmobiling.

It's really, really fun and we are in a beautiful place for it.

We're right on the edge of the Wasatch Mountain State Park,

as you can see, back here behind me.

It snowed overnight,

so there's a little bit of fresh powder on the ground.

Can't ask for much more. It's a beautiful day,

and I'm excited to get on one of these snowmobiles.

Let's go.

This is Matt. He's going to be our guide today.

Yeah, you know, Wasatch Excursions.

What's the plan?

Today we're going to go up Pine Canyon Road.

We're going to head up to the top of the mountain.

We're going to do about 3000 feet of climb.

We're in.

We'll cover about 35 miles or so today,

show you guys some of the best spots that our mountain has to offer,

and hopefully get the mountain medicine that you guys are looking to get.

I'm all about that mountain medicine. Let's do this.

How are you feeling there Carrie ?

Why are you smiling?

Because you just look really cute in this outfit.

I like it

Have you ever gone snowmobiling before?

No, this is my first time,

and I think that this is a great place

to do it for my first time because it's gorgeous.

Enough talking. It's time to go snowmobiling.

Alright well we made it to the top.

Behind us you have Brighton, a resort over there.

On the backside over here, Deer Valley.

And we're just ripping around on snowmobiles

having a splendid time.

Super fun.

Riding snowmobiles in powder is a really unique experience,

and if you've never done it, then you need to try.

Come visit these guys here.

They're going to show you a great time.

How are you doing?

Just making sure everybody stays in line.

Stay safe. You've got the walkie-talkie.

I've got the walkie-talkie.

You've got the responsibility.

Everybody needs to come back to the base.

I'm in charge here, obviously. It's obvious, isn't it?

I'm in the back of this.

You look like a stormtrooper goes to the disco.

Well, that was so fun.

It's been so long since I've ridden a snowmobile,

but getting back up into the mountains

into that deep powder.....

really, really, really great time.

But I'm not going to lie, ripping around in the snow,

it does make you feel a little bit cold, so..

I think it's time we warm things up around here.

While it may not look like much,

but inside of this little dome shaped snow cone

is a thermal hot spring. We must investigate

We must find out more, and most importantly,

we must soak.

This is cool.

Well, that was totally unexpected and extremely unique.

I've never soaked in a hot spring quite like that one.

I've been in many hot springs in my days,

and if you're a subscriber, a longtime subscriber on this channel,

you probably know that I love hot springs.

That one was unique.. never been in one quite like that.

The thermal spring is actually 67 feet deep,

and it was really cool seeing the scuba divers going down

because they were doing some cave diving training.

We've done a lot today, but we're not quite done.

I think it's time to eat.

And I have a feeling it's going to be kind of a mission

to get to our meal, but it'll be fun. Let's go

[ Song]..."Throw me under water

If I don't swim I'll drive. I can dream in color.

Whenever you're around

I'm not too proud to say it over."

Well, we have done many things today,

but we're not quite done.

We still have to work for our dinner,

and we've thrown on snowshoes.

We're back in the State Park Wasatch Mountain.

I just want to say Sasquatch every time.

We're going to hike to a yurt

and have a four-course meal.

This is gastronomy, people. It's not just food, it's cuisine.

So that's what we're doing.

We have a hike. I'll shut up now.

It's time to start walking.

[Song]

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

It is bright and early. It's about 7:45 in the morning.

We've been up since 5:00 a.m. today

because we're going to Sundance Film Festival.

We have to arrive 30 minutes prior to the screening,

which is at 8:00.

So we're cutting it close, but we should make it.

Thank you

Okay. Well we have made it into the screening.

We're seeing Tesla starring Ethan Hawke.

It's a biographical drama, and it should be really good.

I'm extremely excited.

We'll check in with you guys afterwards, okay?

We really love this film.

We're always happy to have Michael Almereyda back at Sundance.

You're gonna meet him at the QA.

And in the meantime, please enjoy the film,

and if you could, turn off all your cell phones. Thanks

Well, that was a super interesting film about

a very peculiar and brilliant man,

one whose name is spoken pretty much every single day now with the car company

but of which we don't really know all that much about.

It was really interesting insight into

his life, his mind

the pros and the cons of being a brilliant inventor.

It's a film I highly recommend you go and see

when it comes out in theaters.

I really liked it.

I thought it was really well done. It was unexpected too.

The ending kind of had a fun twist to it that I really liked.

So we are taking a little stroll through Park City.

We're going to go get some brunch.

But I figured this is a good time to kind of share

a couple of practical tips about the festival.

Getting around in Park City proper, pretty easy.

There's a bunch of busses that are constantly running

I think until about 11:00 p.m

And your passes can get you on those.

There's a good little brunch spot here

called Five Seeds,

which we are going to go sample.

It's time for brunch.

So here's the condensed history of Park City.

In 1868 soldiers stationed in nearby Salt Lake City

traversed the mountains looking for riches.

They found it here in Park City, silver.

And in 1870,

the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

brought many more hopeful miners here to Utah.

But the most famous person to come to Park City was

George Hearst,

the father of media mogul William Randolph Hearst,

who paid thirty thousand dollars

for his Ontario Silver Mine,

which produced over fifty million dollars for him in his lifetime.

From its humble beginnings as a wild rambunctious mining town,

to its near disappearance,

it almost became a ghost town.

Park City has reinvented itself as one

of the premier ski resort destinations in the world.

It hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics,

and it's been hosting the annual Sundance Film Festival since 1981.

Walking around Main Street and the surrounding neighborhood,

it's really easy to see that western mining heritage.

And while much of Main Street still resembles that,

the stores have definitely changed.

They've become a little bit more upscale.

You're not going to find your general store.

This is so cool though.

Ever since I first visited Park City many, many years ago

with my family on a ski trip,

I've always wanted to come back

and attend Sundance Film Festival,

and thanks to all you awesome vagabonds out there,

we're making it happen. Let's go

[Song]

I'm particularly excited about this event.

We are going to be seeing

We Are Freestyle Love Supreme.

If you're familiar with Lin-Manuel Miranda,

the person behind In the Heights and Hamilton,

the hit Broadway musicals,

before all of that, he was in a freestyle group called

We Are Freestyle Love Supreme.

This is a documentary that kind of shows the ins and outs

of that whole journey, and then at the end,

there's going to be a live performance.

This is definitely a really popular event.

There's a lot of people waiting in line,

but this is going to be super fun, and I'm very excited.

If you've seen Hamilton or In the Heights,

let me know in the comments.

Are you excited?

So excited.

We've just finished watching

We Are Feestyle Love Supreme.

What an inspiring documentary.

It spoke to me in an interesting way...

a lot about the perseverance, the teamwork,

the realities of life, divergent paths,

but always coming back to the foundation.

For all of them it was the spoken word in the form of freestyle rap.

Unfortunately, it's time to leave Park City.

What a pity. It's time to go,

but at least we caught the show.

I don't think that this story is quite done.

There's still a lot more fun. I'm not sad.

I'm glad because this video is not even close to being finished.

My rhyming skills may have diminished

in the past few years,

but hey, I'm still here. So it's time to go.

That was a pretty bad flow, but we'll let you know.

Or maybe you'll let me know in the comment section down below. Let's go

Get in. Let's go. Let's go.

Good morning everybody and welcome to Salt Lake City,

the capital of Utah.

Our adventure here continues.

We have a super fun day lined up..

more movie screenings at the Sundance Film Festival,

a couple of local craft breweries,

but first let's learn a little bit more about the history of this city.

The modern state of Utah sits on the indigenous lands

of the Shoshone, Paiute, Goshute, and Ute Native American tribes.

That's actually where the name Utah comes from.

Spaniards were the first Europeans to pass through the area in the late 1700s,

but it wasn't settled by Europeans until the

mid-1800s when around 147 Mormon pioneers

settled the Salt Lake Valley in 1847.

These members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,

also known as Mormons,

wanted to establish an autonomous religious community,

and led by Brigham Young,

they settled here near the shores of the Great Salt Lake.

Since its foundation the city of Salt Lake and Utah in general

have moved towards modernity and a secular lifestyle

one step at a time.