When witnessing an avalanche, always a good idea to stand on the edge of land right next to hundreds of tons of heavy snow sliding by your feet. If lucky will get to experience both avalanche and landslide right in middle of action.
Seriously. You'd think people would realize "solid ground isn't as solid as you think" when millions of tons of otherwise solid-stuff are sliding past like water. standing that close on anything other than bedrock is basically rolling the dice w/ your life.
you did notice how they ran across from the riven that is obviously a regular occurrence, then they came back towards the slide. Only thing better that they could have done was wear a Pink helmet cause that is always the best color to stay safe no matter your experience level!😎🥱
This is amazing! Ie been watching as many avalanche videos as I can. After surviving a small avalanche here jan 1 here in Alaska getting totally buried I realized even the small ones are very powerful. Im glad my friends got me out in time.
Oh, scary. I’m glad you’re out safe, too. Just a few weeks ago, my cousins were the ones to find and extract a guy, and my uncle (a doctor) was the one to pronounce him dead. They were serendipitously up there for avalanche training and had all the gear on them already. Even though the guy’s group saw him get caught by the avalanche (& got it on video), it took many hours to find him, and it was a miracle my cousin’s pole contacted his snowmobile, since it was pointed at the ground, only had a 2-inch wide bumper to hit, and was feet below the surface. They removed a truck worth of snow to get to him. His neck had been broken on impact.
Absolutely amazing footage! It's strange how you feel safe late in the Spring when there are just a few patches of snow left from Winter. It's so easy to forget how much snow still remains several thousand feet above you and how quickly it can come down that mountain. It's never a bad idea to look UP occasionally when hiking under snow covered mountains. You never know when you could become a victim.
Looks like an avalanche happened earlier that year, and from the looks of it, it was the first time it had ever happened. If it happened all the time, it wouldn't look all scoured.
@@hiramlohr3125 Although snow is not as erosive as water, it did still pose a danger and I definitely noticed that was quite dumb of them. If the bank had given way, they would’ve been swept away, buried, and suffocating. Not a risk I would’ve personally been willing to take.
They also could've been hiking up that draw had nowhere to go when the avalanche started. But, yes, skiing would probably be totally done for the season after that.
Their timing is amazing. To not be in another spot where there are falling rocks is amazing. To capture this spot in particular is amazing. To not be skiing on it when the avalanche occured is amazing.
I'm speechless, it's looks so innocent yet so deadly in the same breath.... Thank you for sharing your amazing experiences and video with me,, I appreciate it sir.
That is an incredible avalanche. Must have taken all the snow off the mountain. Those guys are lucky they were in a safe zone when it happened. They could have been hiking up that cut or skiing in that snow.
Watch a huge wet slab avalanche completely fill its run out, then proceed to walk under another large slide path moments later. I'd say it was time to get out of there a while ago.
Glad to see them run - well firstly *run* (been watching people just STAND and film) - and run away to the *side* (not going to outrun that going _downhill_
Love the English expect the unexpected quote from the sign posted up as a precursor warning to all who goes tracking in the area, I seen many signs like this from other through the desert from ppl who never made it. An Erie reminder life is short and mother nature rules
I mountain a bit and I would definitely be thinking that more *could* give away, or the flow from above could greatly increase at any moment, taking out more of those trees. However, I would also be thinking that it would be shame to miss out on stacking this footy.
@@meg6205 Oh I didn't know I needed to supply my resume. Grew up in Revelstoke BC started in the BC at 16, moved to Canmore/Banff at 30 for 12 years where I skinned and climbed, hiked and packed a lot especially while I worked for the ACC and now back in Revelstoke at 44. So YA! I grew in in the mountains too and am very familiar with this terrain and have been involved in avi situations. And of course you know but Waddington and Coastal ranges are very different than the choosy soil and rock in the Rockies. I guess you know there are never exceptional events right?? like the 100 year flood in Canmore in 2013. I shouldn't question you though you were on a backpacking trip for a couple days, WOW.
@@MikeJones-rk1un And they stand watching that with all that load in their backs, and I was thinking, why don´t they leave the load somewhere and rest the poor backs? it hurt me to see it.
That is the coolest thing I've ever seen. It looks like water flowing. And when it took that tree, holy cow. I know they are extremely dangerous , but dang I wish I could have see it in person. That one girl made me mad tho. Totally risking her life to get a photo. Even her friends told her to move back.
Crazy to imagine this slide is probably just normal Avy activity. By looking at the landscape this Chute has definitely had some Monster Slides. Still cool to see and glad no one got buried. Thanks for sharing!
That is a cut channel. It is deliberately put there to capture avalanches and direct them to a safe place where the snow can accumulate. Obviously, by looking at the sides you can see it gets a lot of use! I do wish you could follow it down the mountain though. Every time they would pan down I was hoping you could see further... I would love to see it coursing through that channel and making a bit snow plume as it piles up at the bottom.
Did they say that? I always watch these kind of things without sound because the people´s exclamations and comments in the videos bore me. And why would they say that? LOL
Meh. That's clearly a recurring avalanche path. Probably a bit of a waterfall some of the year. The areas already carved out. Plus that's dense mud & rocks. Not sand. Lunatics free climb 4000 ft verticals.
Man they sure don't seem like they are as awed and humbled by this as they very much should be. Seeing this kind of power first hand deserves a bit more respect I think, maybe it's just me tho?
I don't know man. I wouldn't stand on a ledge right next to where a massive avalanche is sliding down. Could easily erode away, and away you go! I've had a few close calls in nature, so at the tender age of 53 I've developed a healthy respect for Nature and to expect the unexpected!! Btw, anyone know what language these hikers are speaking? At first I thought it was Spanish but I speak Spanish and couldn't understand a word they were saying? Romanian? EDIT: I just expanded the description and read that there was a sing in the video that said "Expect the Unexpected." I swear I did not see that!!
@@kojone77 Really? Well that would make sense. I couldn't understand any of it, yet it sounded surprisingly like Spanish. As it turns out I have two half sisters whose mother is Basque! But I've never heard them speak it, only Spanish....
@@stonew1927 you thought it was Spanish because they indeed said a few Spanish words like "alucinante" and "brutal". It's common in Basque-speaking people, especially those in Spain's side of the Basque Territory (which also extends to the other side of the border, to France).
At first I was thinking why are they running? it is so far away?...but they were not in a good place and needed to move quickly!it moves so fast. Like a river.
Greetings, fellow people who are in the avalance algorithm.
I rate this an 8/10.
“Oh, yeah. Oooh, ahhh, that's how it always starts. Then later there's running and screaming.” ~ Dr. Ian Malcolm Jurassic Park 😂
When witnessing an avalanche, always a good idea to stand on the edge of land right next to hundreds of tons of heavy snow sliding by your feet. If lucky will get to experience both avalanche and landslide right in middle of action.
Indeed! Notice the rather large tree being carried down...
Seriously. You'd think people would realize "solid ground isn't as solid as you think" when millions of tons of otherwise solid-stuff are sliding past like water. standing that close on anything other than bedrock is basically rolling the dice w/ your life.
Yeah...these guys were potential Darwin Award winners.
Bingo, cringing the whole time at them just obliviously laughing with no clue of the danger. Walk right up to the edge of unstable ground.
you did notice how they ran across from the riven that is obviously a regular occurrence, then they came back towards the slide.
Only thing better that they could have done was wear a Pink helmet cause that is always the best color to stay safe no matter your experience level!😎🥱
This is amazing! Ie been watching as many avalanche videos as I can. After surviving a small avalanche here jan 1 here in Alaska getting totally buried I realized even the small ones are very powerful. Im glad my friends got me out in time.
Wow.
Glad you're alive to tell the tale, bro. Scary as FUCK.
Glad you are alive! Now you have to get even and sometime somewhere you have to keep someone else alive and then you are even! God loves you, buddy!
Welcome back!🤗😇
Glad you’re still with us!
Oh, scary. I’m glad you’re out safe, too. Just a few weeks ago, my cousins were the ones to find and extract a guy, and my uncle (a doctor) was the one to pronounce him dead. They were serendipitously up there for avalanche training and had all the gear on them already. Even though the guy’s group saw him get caught by the avalanche (& got it on video), it took many hours to find him, and it was a miracle my cousin’s pole contacted his snowmobile, since it was pointed at the ground, only had a 2-inch wide bumper to hit, and was feet below the surface. They removed a truck worth of snow to get to him. His neck had been broken on impact.
Here in Canada, even our avalanches are polite😉🇨🇦
Sorry?
i'd say more gay than polite..........
luuke luketer takes one to know one
Just avoid the large cities.
Polite just down the mountain , if they where up they would be fucked
Can we just take a moment to appreciate he didn't film this in vertical 😄
Appreciate the fact that you have a good footage of a close avalanche dont be pathetic teenager living in snapchat tik tok mode
Quick tech question. How do I get the film into my smartphone? And where do I get it developed?
So true
What's in your ass? Lol
Human nature is like this. Walk very slowly away from danger, only to go back and be much closer than before and have a cool video.
Absolutely amazing footage! It's strange how you feel safe late in the Spring when there are just a few patches of snow left from Winter. It's so easy to forget how much snow still remains several thousand feet above you and how quickly it can come down that mountain. It's never a bad idea to look UP occasionally when hiking under snow covered mountains. You never know when you could become a victim.
A river of snow doesn’t sound very threatening...until you see it rip a tree out of the ground without even trying 😬
mother nature is mysterious and amazing & always in control
Perfect example of why people shouldn't have phones with cameras. It wipes out the survival instinct
Imagine how many years the snow has flowed down that path.
Ages, and flash floods and rock slides, and before all that I wouldn’t doubt a glacier was stuck in there
A lot of that erosion looks pretty recent
Looks like an avalanche happened earlier that year, and from the looks of it, it was the first time it had ever happened. If it happened all the time, it wouldn't look all scoured.
@delano62: Some times Mother Nature decides the snow must flow.
1:51 that embankment can go at anytime.
I don’t think you’re close enough. Get closer!!!
🤣
They are basques! They can scare the avalanch off
Maybe they can also ride the avalanche down the mountain on their skis 😄
:-)
@@korth26 I was trying to understand why I could only understand when they cuss
The volume and speed of that flow is amazing.
You should meet my wife
Nasty
Filming is more important than personal safety
Pat Haskell “snap chat first, safety second”
So incredibly dumb. That bank could have easily given out at anytime. Morons.
Natural selection
@@hiramlohr3125 Although snow is not as erosive as water, it did still pose a danger and I definitely noticed that was quite dumb of them. If the bank had given way, they would’ve been swept away, buried, and suffocating. Not a risk I would’ve personally been willing to take.
But, you know, RUclips!
Canadian cottage cheese factory explodes, uphill from hikers.
A million tons of feta cheese
Uuuugggghhhh, that would smell RANCID
Ugh hungry :(
Lmao
3 dead, reducing the population of canada to a low 142 people
I wonder if they ever realized how truly fortunate they were? Just amazing footage thank you.
Hey, Robin. Funny running into you over here on this channel! 😀👣
Possibly the most amazing video on RUclips! Most people don't understand how powerful these things really are....
Poor guys.... they're going to get to the top and there's not going to be a lick of snow left to ski on
SpellofFate better then getting engulfed by an avalanche
😂😂😂
They also could've been hiking up that draw had nowhere to go when the avalanche started. But, yes, skiing would probably be totally done for the season after that.
Lol
Lmao
I was waiting for one of you to jump on it and write it down LOL that would’ve been awesome!
Their timing is amazing. To not be in another spot where there are falling rocks is amazing. To capture this spot in particular is amazing. To not be skiing on it when the avalanche occured is amazing.
Truly amazing odds, given the chance of them being on the snow when the avalanche starts is relatively low, even though it looks like melting season.
Expect the unexpected! Hah! That's the forest service road out to Cerberus Falls... north of Golden, BC. No wonder they put that sign there.
I was thinking I’ve been here is this the road that used to connect across iob to Thompson? Got washed out few years back
@@danielmango5394 this is the Valenciennes River road. It was drivable last summer, but the last half is cut off by a washout.
hahaha seriously!
I instantly recognized it as being Golden area.
It followed a well beaten path.
I'm speechless, it's looks so innocent yet so deadly in the same breath.... Thank you for sharing your amazing experiences and video with me,, I appreciate it sir.
Amazing footage. Handsome men!
That is an incredible avalanche. Must have taken all the snow off the mountain. Those guys are lucky they were in a safe zone when it happened. They could have been hiking up that cut or skiing in that snow.
They are Young, Brave and Strong!!!!
They deserve to see this,
Very cool it has been shared for anyone to see!!!
one single ! is enough you dumpfuck^^
@@IIISentorIII kiss off asshatt
Yeah, when it disappears in the trees, walk back to the avalanche scar.
Most unique avalanche video I've seen, well done...happy climbing!
Watch a huge wet slab avalanche completely fill its run out, then proceed to walk under another large slide path moments later. I'd say it was time to get out of there a while ago.
The cameraman never dies.
Nature is just SOOOO COOL!
Yeah. Its is pretty cold.
Glad to see them run - well firstly *run* (been watching people just STAND and film) - and run away to the *side* (not going to outrun that going _downhill_
*Canadian subtitles:*
_"Yes, uh, thank you. You're welcome, thank you, no really you first, thank you, have a nice day."_
... Nature is Awesome .
I watched this with the closed captions on , really kinda funny to read while watching ...
"Blue metallic unloving citizen yeah I didn't go in the toilet hey get hola." Nice captions.
That is simply AMAZING, thank you so much for sharing!
Love the English expect the unexpected quote from the sign posted up as a precursor warning to all who goes tracking in the area, I seen many signs like this from other through the desert from ppl who never made it. An Erie reminder life is short and mother nature rules
I guess they don't realize that the embankment they're standing near the edge of could easily collapse.
I mountain a bit and I would definitely be thinking that more *could* give away, or the flow from above could greatly increase at any moment, taking out more of those trees. However, I would also be thinking that it would be shame to miss out on stacking this footy.
@@meg6205 I "mountain" a fair bit and in this area (live in the Canadian Rockies for 12 years) that slope is not as stable as you think.
@@meg6205 thats not a class 5 son.
@@meg6205 Oh I didn't know I needed to supply my resume. Grew up in Revelstoke BC started in the BC at 16, moved to Canmore/Banff at 30 for 12 years where I skinned and climbed, hiked and packed a lot especially while I worked for the ACC and now back in Revelstoke at 44. So YA! I grew in in the mountains too and am very familiar with this terrain and have been involved in avi situations. And of course you know but Waddington and Coastal ranges are very different than the choosy soil and rock in the Rockies. I guess you know there are never exceptional events right?? like the 100 year flood in Canmore in 2013. I shouldn't question you though you were on a backpacking trip for a couple days, WOW.
@@meg6205 that wasn't 5000m, there aren't even any 16500ft peaks in that area never mind prominence. Oh ya 'wet loose' like your mom?
Sign behind them says 'I expect the unexpected'. How profound!
1:28 "Expect the Unexpected sign"
Perfect Timing!!!!!!!!!! 🏴☠️
Wow, a sight of a lifetime. Beautiful
Let's see how close we can stand so we get great footage on our cellphones!
Thanks to all humankind for the change of climate
without you videos like this wouldnt be possible 👍
Mother Nature just passing by to remind some of us how small we really are.
Geez that was impressive on video I can only imagine what it would be like to witness it in real life.
Thanks for sharing.
This is amazing. It's almost mesmerizing to watch.
Almost ???
Pretty incredible- so fluid and powerful.
I'd be afraid that it would start eating away the earth from that part that they're standing on!
They are skiers. They have no common sense.
@@MikeJones-rk1un And they stand watching that with all that load in their backs, and I was thinking, why don´t they leave the load somewhere and rest the poor backs? it hurt me to see it.
@@LauRa-re9un You leave your packs and get hit by an avalanche you lose your beacon and all your rescue tools
Does any one else have the irrational urge to jump in and ride it down?
Multiply that by 1000s of years, the unstoppable force of nature , gouging away moutains
slightly longer than that.
So lucky to be alive and witness this first hand and so close and be so fortunate not have died.
That is the coolest thing I've ever seen. It looks like water flowing. And when it took that tree, holy cow. I know they are extremely dangerous , but dang I wish I could have see it in person. That one girl made me mad tho. Totally risking her life to get a photo. Even her friends told her to move back.
Looks like nature has been carving that path with a river of snow for many years.
Very cool that you were able to get this video. Thank you for posting this.
I am a geologist and skier, this is amazing footage!
Because so up close?
Even avalanches are polite in Canada. Avalanche: “Psst... I hope I won’t disturb anyone!”
That is amazing. A snow river. Great video
Franz I wonder why there are no trees growing here and what knocked all those other ones over, Must have been a strong wind or something.
Crazy to imagine this slide is probably just normal Avy activity. By looking at the landscape this Chute has definitely had some Monster Slides. Still cool to see and glad no one got buried. Thanks for sharing!
There's a legend the avalanche is still going today. 😂
Amazing. Their timing was world-class lucky!
Welp. The auto-generated subtitles are... Well, they're inaccurate, shall we say.
Almost everything they are saying is in Basque, Europes estrangest language.
create Colin Smith are we?
Hablan una mezcla de vascuence y blasfemias en español. Resulta lamentable.
That was an amazing video. Talk about being in the right place at the right time.
Imagine trying to run from an avalanche in ski boots
That is a cut channel. It is deliberately put there to capture avalanches and direct them to a safe place where the snow can accumulate. Obviously, by looking at the sides you can see it gets a lot of use! I do wish you could follow it down the mountain though. Every time they would pan down I was hoping you could see further... I would love to see it coursing through that channel and making a bit snow plume as it piles up at the bottom.
"We're Spanish, avalanche can't hurt us!"
I think I would run away as fast as possible.
Did they say that? I always watch these kind of things without sound because the people´s exclamations and comments in the videos bore me. And why would they say that? LOL
That is so amazing, how lucky you were to be there to capture it!!!
Total lunatics going that close to the sandy edge.
Meh. That's clearly a recurring avalanche path. Probably a bit of a waterfall some of the year. The areas already carved out. Plus that's dense mud & rocks. Not sand. Lunatics free climb 4000 ft verticals.
Moron
@@decayingconsciousness9366 I lived in the area for over 10 years... its not really that stable.
WOW! So that's what an avalanche looks like when it's running out of steam? Cool!
The guy in the red shirt had the right idea, RUN!
It's a fantastic capture. Bravo
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WOW!!! AMAZING VIDEO!!! One of the best avalanche caught on tape!! And you’re standing 2 feet away!!! Go figure 😃😃😃👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼⛷🏔⛷🏔
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That's amazing. Way cooler in slow motion.. thank you for sharing.. awesomeness.
That was normal speed.
No kidding.. lol
That isn't very spectacu...ohhhh!
hertzer2000
Ha! My thought exactly
@@Lady8D Mine too! lol
Jesus, the guys still lived. Thanks God
Euskaldunak diraaa!!! GORA EUSKADI
Don't be afraid guys, show them you're the boss. Ride the wild avalanche!
Yea.. why didn't they put their skis on???
Tree @ 2:15 is like, "I REGRET NOTHiiiiiinnnnnnngggg!" 🤘😫🤘
Man they sure don't seem like they are as awed and humbled by this as they very much should be. Seeing this kind of power first hand deserves a bit more respect I think, maybe it's just me tho?
they reacted like idiots.
@@667DOOM hear hear good sir or madam 👌
No clue what they said but that place looks wonderful!!
Where in the Canadian Rockies was this recorded?
Now that was fun to watch.
I’m curious where they were planning to ski - there being pretty much only bare dirt and rocks everywhere in sight.
hebneh for real, all the snow slid off the mountain
Wow, flows just like water, in slow motion.
When you ask for no lumps in your mashed potatoes and you get this.
I don't know man. I wouldn't stand on a ledge right next to where a massive avalanche is sliding down. Could easily erode away, and away you go! I've had a few close calls in nature, so at the tender age of 53 I've developed a healthy respect for Nature and to expect the unexpected!! Btw, anyone know what language these hikers are speaking? At first I thought it was Spanish but I speak Spanish and couldn't understand a word they were saying? Romanian?
EDIT: I just expanded the description and read that there was a sing in the video that said "Expect the Unexpected." I swear I did not see that!!
Speaking Basque
@@kojone77 Really? Well that would make sense. I couldn't understand any of it, yet it sounded surprisingly like Spanish. As it turns out I have two half sisters whose mother is Basque! But I've never heard them speak it, only Spanish....
@@stonew1927 you thought it was Spanish because they indeed said a few Spanish words like "alucinante" and "brutal". It's common in Basque-speaking people, especially those in Spain's side of the Basque Territory (which also extends to the other side of the border, to France).
At first I was thinking why are they running? it is so far away?...but they were not in a good place and needed to move quickly!it moves so fast. Like a river.
That was such a cool video! I loved it!
Soooo....were they on a nature hike in ski gear? or a ski resort with no snow?
Skitouring in spring often means to walk Up the Hill with all your Gear on, till there's enough snow to strap your Skis on.
wow that is amazing. I wonder what will be left of the road when this is over? And how did they get back?
Jesus. That's terrifying.
It is? I must've missed that part.
Nature in all of her perfect beauty!!!
This isn't that impressive! Oh....wait a minute!
I wonder how long that snow flow went on for❄❄
"Expect the unexpected"
*walks toward avalanche*
Mother Nature just doing her thing.
If that was in Australia there'd be a drunk bloke wearing budgie smugglers on a boogie board....
Fuck yeh there would.
@@aussieprincess Or a goon sack!!
@@gpetheri
Hahahaha!!!!! Or perhaps a goon raft 😉
Wow that was incredible!