At the 0:19 mark there is a beautiful hidden campsite in those trees (between) the River and the Highway. The road in is hard to see as it is down below the road grade that takes you in. I grew up fishing and camping in this area. Most do not know about it. The fishing in that pool (upper left) is also great as well. Cheers and thanks for sharing this. 😁
Yeah it's crazy how over the years the price of real estate has convinced idiots that it's worth the risk to develop here!?! Now people are suggesting to drain it and cut a channel, but they have no idea of how hard and dangerous that would be, or how expensive! Development below the barrier should have been banned and enforced! This is a disaster like the Frank slide just waiting to happen, and we KNEW it and built there anyway!
Thanks for sharing 😊😊Great History lesson. 4 decades plus in North Vancouver....with stints living in Squamish and Whistler....Now in Kelowna the past 5 years ....the fires were scary and heartbreaking 😢😢Scary to think about Squamish being flooded out.
Awesome video, I spend a lot of time on the other side of the highway up Chance Creek FSR. I look over there all the time at that slope. it's kind of crazy to think about the game you hardly know you're playing out there
Ah, the old crossover to Squamish Valley. I loved that ride. Too bad they blocked it. I bet it would be a good view of The Barrier. It is a very interesting game!
@AdventureMine2022 yeah it sucks, they really deactivated that section, I've seen some bike trails passing through there but someone had to be pretty damn brave to take that trail. Are you familiar with tricouni burg lake at the top?
@AdventureMine2022 slept there a few times..absolutely stunning and Just hiding up there, with an ADV you can get most of the work done and the rest is not bad, the worst incline is the deactivated fsr from probably the 70s
Wow. I backpacked Garibaldi Provincial Park last month, and even stopped by a viewpoint to check out the barrier. I had ZERO idea about the amount of danger present behind those walls that's looming to this day... capable of devastating tens of thousands
Yes it all looks so peaceful. Worth noting the first concern is landslides in the area. Probability of a full collapse of the barrier in our life times is small.
A very apropos topic on All Hallows Eve!!! 👻☠Have heard of the "Barrier" but never knew it was holding back Garibaldi Lake! Always thought it was just a huge landslide, waiting to happen without the cascading waters of the lake!!!! Thanks so much for the info! 👍Too bad about the town of Garibaldi!
Yes, a spooky tale. Another scary bit is that almost the entire volume of Rubble Creek runs UNDER the Barrier emerging as springs, further destabilizing the dam. Glad you enjoyed.
Nah... The people don't tell lies. That's for the realtors who say it will never happen. Yet all the value of Squamish is now on the hillsides where the flood water will not reach if the barrier gives way.
It is a little disturbing. I would run like hell if there was an earthquake. But the geologists point out The Barrier could go next year or it could hold a thousand years.
@@AdventureMine2022 You described it well lol. I was there from 1981 to 2005. I drove through there this August and drove around most the town for the first time in 6 or 7 years. Sure looks different and more crowded.
That is true. More crowded and trendier! I remember it as the last restaurant in BC I was in where people smoked! I do like all the trails and outdoor activity in the area.
I rode through Jordan River but don't remember anything about it. Ocean Falls I visited by boat 20 years ago and there was about 10 people there, mostly growing pot, with all the street lights blazing away to load up the power station's turbines. Bizarre!
My grandfather’s sister and husband, their son and his family lived in Garibaldi. They had been up there since the 1940’s I believe. First time I went up there in 1962 or 63 we walked across an old abandoned bridge across the river to watch the PGE Budd car come through in the early evening. I think B.C. Hydro bought some land off them for Daisy Lake dam construction and Highways did too when they moved the road from crossing the top of the dam to the present alignment below it. They had homes on both sides of the present highway and were bought out. I think calling Garibaldi a town was a bit of a stretch…I remember the lodge / general store and maybe some gas pumps and that’s about it. The road through there was basically a well used logging road at the time and had some pretty scary drop offs along Daisy Lake and in the Chekemus canyon. I do remember people talking about The Barrier too!
Thanks for the info--very interesting. Got any pics from back then? Yes, very hard to get info on the village. According to the Ombudsman's report there more than 50 properties within the evacuation zone in 1980 (found a map in his report which I will try to share).
@ I don’t think I’ve seen any pictures of back then around. We didn’t get up there often…we convoy with my grandparents with their 61 Chev half ton and Dad and I in our 61 VW van. Road was extremely rough and they were working on it in spots especially building the bridge south of the canyon…it’s still used! Once we went by Jeep up to Alta Lake as it was known then. The ski lift was there at current Creekside but very rudimentary. It was summertime and about 100F, very dusty and quiet! Just north of Daisy Lake dam they took us on a side road up to a concrete tunnel bored into the side of a hill. It was fenced off but half full of water and hundreds of tiny frogs. I assume it was part of the penstock pipe tunnel system…maybe a construction access tunnel?
I think you should check out the Ashlu Gold Mine in Winter. I guarantee you that it is one of the most interesting places you will ever see. I mine that comes out, into a Waterfall. The weirdest thing of beauty. Squamish River area. Ashlu River. If you have questions, just ask. I know this area, and can help. ELAHO River or West Squamish are things you must see in life. Im ordering you to check these to Rivers out and to respond. lol Your under orders young explorer. Spring in the Elaho is a must see. And so close to Squamish too.
Not heard of Ashlu Gold mine. Is this up the Ashlu A600 FSR? I've been up as far as Pokashaw Creek but never seen a mine. Elaho is a beaut. Been up there a few times and will go back soon.
HI. Do you know 50/50 waterfalls? It is 4 km past the Hydro Dam. Ashlu is a tributary of the Squamish River. The first tributary. Turn at 1KM on gravel road and head west for 15 km. Do you have an enduro Bike? The Gold mine is at the end of this road. This section of the road starts at the Dam area. Must see. Love your video and very interesting too. Im up the Squamish River, just past the reservation.
Living in Squamish. I can tell you for years people have been asking for years to drain that lake. They say if it burst the entire Squamish town would be scrubbed off the map. Debris at least 10m deep. Instead they building break water barriers up the valley. Dumb dumb people here.
Ah yes, the Cheekeye Fan project with a 'debris barrier' to protect 1215 new homes from debris flows from the Cheekeye River that pose an “intolerable risk” to human life. This is a separate risk and in addition to The Barrier. Like I've said, this is a challenging area for development. You can read about that project here: www.squamishchief.com/local-news/historic-milestone-for-squamish-1215-new-homes-massive-debris-barrier-approved-9090164
Its all speculation and imaginary risk, nobody can predict when or where it could happen or by how much, and even IF the barrier blew all at once the main force of water is hitting the other side of the mountain, and then flow for a good 10kms to dissipate. In reality if there is an earth quake it will crack and the flow will start slow and drain it. This videographer really over states the risk and maybe that alarmism is for the clicks. Otherwise consider it would wipe out the main highway and the hydro power for Vancouver and the Squamish power station long before hitting any homes. Also there is no way any run of river project would be built here for obvious safety reasons.
@@Redsr5 You mean the Cheekye barrier construction project which is different from the Garibaldi Lake natural barrier uh huh read this for risk assessments: squamish.ca/assets/IFHMP/1117/5dbb51bad9/20171031-FINAL_IFHMP_FinalReport-compressed.pdf
Geologists believe a total failure of the Barrier is unlikely in our lifetime--but they can't rule it out. The more immediate risk are landslides off the face of it. I have not seen any proposals to drain the lake.
Thank you. There was another one of those ruptures just up the interior/coast a few months ago, I recall. There were no towns. It was the collapse of the foot of a glacier, I think. Gravity at work.
Are you thinking of the Chilcotin River landslide in July? It blocked the river, then released it all into the Fraser a few days later. I want to get up there again next spring to have a look.
Yes. Weird how little is left of the town. It's like they went in and tore up the foundations, chimneys, etc. I've been in several ghost towns much older with a lot more remains.
From the rumor mill of a acquaintance who once lived at Garibaldi... Garibaldi was shut down to keep development from happening between Whistler and Squamish. This was the same time that Whistler had just boomed and then basically went belly up with the recession in the early 80's. So the provincial government bailed Whistler out. To help protect it's investment they wanted to make sure no development happened between Squamish and Whistler otherwise not as much investment would go into Whistler. Because like you say if the barrier goes then Squamish is toast. Maybe they would have 15 minutes of warning Garibaldi wouldn't? Look how many people are on the Sea to Sky highway everyday.
I am not much for conspiracy theories, however this is in interesting question. I have been in several ghost towns, but I have never seen once as completely wiped away as this one. There is nothing left. Odd. And there is very little about it online. After hours of searching I could only come up with six pictures in the video of the old town. Also odd. Some thought the eruption of Mt. St. Helens in March of 1980 inspired the government to move on the two year old geological reports (which are legitimate). There is more risk in the Rubble Creek Valley to landslides, whereas only a complete collapse of the Barrier would impact Squamish. The provincial Ombudsman looked into the evacuation and determined that it was handled badly, but he was not allowed to report on the government's decision to evacuate--only how that was handled.
They did not want the urban spawl to reach south as far as the Garibaldi River where; if the river collapsed the devastation would be one of the greatest in human History. One simply need to investigate the land values in Whistler... Then plonk another village in harms way just 7 km from Whistler /Blackcomb area.
I remember staying in a motel that was in the flood zone in 1979. We skied at Whistler and it was just a parking lot with a ticket booth for the Gondola. The liquor store was a trailer. One of the best trips of my life.
@@AdventureMine2022 There are many drone vids of the area. Just saying - as one who lived there for 30 years. It is not a new story, in fact it is so old you can barely see the asphalt roads of the town.
So what you are saying is that instead of giving money to goldilocks social issues the province should be building a siphon system to drain the lake. I quite agree.
What? Have you compared the property values? Perhaps just make a mental list of the Famous and Infamous who own Homes in Whistler area... Where is the sinking economy? The global economy due to the collapsing Russian economy? Or the Canadian economy where Canada is 9th best performer of all countries on Earth? That with only 41 million people... Or the sinking economy of real estate and the windfalls that gave way to unrealistic expectations of the market? Perhaps you are simply a doom and gloom soothsayer because you spent all your money on silly things?
Ya..good question. Initial look is equal to if not more than Vancouver. Some humans love to flirt with fate. Looking at the Carolinas it sounds like nobody wants to rebuild there because of what happened.Burnt once..twice shy.
I have been to Black Tusk and Garibaldi Lake. I have seen the signs at the parking lot at the trail head. I’m not sure that I buy your claim about the seriousness of this threat.
The government took it seriously. Geologists who have studied the mountain agree on the threat, but it could happen in a thousand years. One disturbing detail is how water runs under the Barrier, emerging as springs at its base, undermining the structure and increasing the potential impact of big melts, rains, and tremors.
YIKES. TBH I thought this video was a report on new data indicating a catastrophic decline in winter tourism due to global warming. This is only slightly less threatening.
Squamish was a scarey place to live .. large rockfall off the chief , threat of the dikes being breached on the squamish River. Slides off Garibaldi itself ( a debri torrent has gone through the Alice lake area ) and the Barrier with two lakes behind it ... the threats are real ... oh yeah. earthean dam on Daisy lake .. that if the barrier went so would Daisy lake.
Yes, lots of threats in the area. Did a video on the upper Lillooet and it is very unstable. Volcanos, raging rivers and earthquakes are a dangerous combo!
The barrier could and will let go. The flow will be high, but nothing like being exaggerated. Flash flooding will occur. The volume e of water will be spread out over the flow rate. The whole lake won't co e down at once, but it will come down at a high flashflood flow rate. Definitely not 300ft wave. Lol
The PGE used to be referred to as the "Prince George Eventually". I was having a look at some of your other videos and saw the ones on the Bridge River area. Most interesting. My parents first bought the old Tyax Lodge in about 1951. They sold it around 1960 and bought a cabin above Bralorne at Kingdom Lake around 1960. I've been going up there since I was born in 1955. We have a lot of old photos and video of that area. Here is one from 1963 : ruclips.net/video/9inxg3-mooQ/видео.html Have a look for a book called Bridge River Gold.
Haha. Love the PGE name. The Bridge River area is astonishing. I remember the first time a friend took me to Tyax Lodge after some wilderness riding--it seemed like a fantasy stuck down in the middle of the forest. You look pretty happy up on that horse.
I just did a series of vids on riding the Columbia. I missed Mica--such a long ride up and back. But is was amazing seeing that river and all those dams from headwaters to Astoria.
That seems irresponsible. Drain the lake, safely remove the barrier or make a permanent trench through it. Then let the creek flow again. Why risk it?!
The comparison with site C is a bit wild. The Peace River drains an area of 101,000 square kilometers vs Rubble Creek at 74.1 kms2. The Peace River discharges around 1,100 cubic meters of water per second vs Rubble Creek's 5 m3/s, so the potential power generation is, well, magnitudes of difference.
At the 0:19 mark there is a beautiful hidden campsite in those trees (between) the River and the Highway. The road in is hard to see as it is down below the road grade that takes you in. I grew up fishing and camping in this area. Most do not know about it. The fishing in that pool (upper left) is also great as well. Cheers and thanks for sharing this. 😁
Hidden gems all over BC. Thanks for the info!
Ohhh well. Developers knew that and still continue to build without care. Lived in Whis for 26 years and very happy to get out of that valley.
Yeah it's crazy how over the years the price of real estate has convinced idiots that it's worth the risk to develop here!?! Now people are suggesting to drain it and cut a channel, but they have no idea of how hard and dangerous that would be, or how expensive! Development below the barrier should have been banned and enforced! This is a disaster like the Frank slide just waiting to happen, and we KNEW it and built there anyway!
Nice video, thanks. The Sea to Sky is a great drive but I will now be thinking of this every time I go down!
Glad you enjoyed it! That barrier could hold for a thousand years. Enjoy your ride!
This is the reality of most mountain towns! One day the mountain comes down
I have camped ,fished and found some buried treasure there.Wasn't aware of the history,thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it
Still making videos, awesome. I am still riding, too.
Thanks for sharing 😊😊Great History lesson. 4 decades plus in North Vancouver....with stints living in Squamish and Whistler....Now in Kelowna the past 5 years ....the fires were scary and heartbreaking 😢😢Scary to think about Squamish being flooded out.
Glad you liked it.
Thanks for this little gem of local history!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Interesting, I hadn't heard about "The Barrier" before. Makes me glad I didn't buy in Squamish! :P
Awesome video, I spend a lot of time on the other side of the highway up Chance Creek FSR. I look over there all the time at that slope. it's kind of crazy to think about the game you hardly know you're playing out there
Ah, the old crossover to Squamish Valley. I loved that ride. Too bad they blocked it. I bet it would be a good view of The Barrier. It is a very interesting game!
@AdventureMine2022 yeah it sucks, they really deactivated that section, I've seen some bike trails passing through there but someone had to be pretty damn brave to take that trail. Are you familiar with tricouni burg lake at the top?
New to me. Looks cool on the map, but a bit of a hike.
@AdventureMine2022 slept there a few times..absolutely stunning and Just hiding up there, with an ADV you can get most of the work done and the rest is not bad, the worst incline is the deactivated fsr from probably the 70s
Wow. I backpacked Garibaldi Provincial Park last month, and even stopped by a viewpoint to check out the barrier. I had ZERO idea about the amount of danger present behind those walls that's looming to this day... capable of devastating tens of thousands
Yes it all looks so peaceful. Worth noting the first concern is landslides in the area. Probability of a full collapse of the barrier in our life times is small.
Still remember stopping at the Alpine Lodge when riding the PGE back in the 50's before Whistler was ever thought of.
Got pics? There is very little online (or at Whistler Museum) about Garibaldi. Would love to see that.
Nice video! There was also a fishing lodge and cabins on Lucille Lake that was removed.
Thanks. The 'civil defense zone' extended across the river. They also removed a campground from there.
Very cool history lesson love it.
Suprised me when I found out about it. Glad you liked!
Thank you friends, nature vlogs are very calming and we look forward to them
A very apropos topic on All Hallows Eve!!! 👻☠Have heard of the "Barrier" but never knew it was holding back Garibaldi Lake! Always thought it was just a huge landslide, waiting to happen without the cascading waters of the lake!!!! Thanks so much for the info! 👍Too bad about the town of Garibaldi!
Yes, a spooky tale. Another scary bit is that almost the entire volume of Rubble Creek runs UNDER the Barrier emerging as springs, further destabilizing the dam. Glad you enjoyed.
Wonderful video. thank you
Hey, thanks. Glad you liked it.
It's always nice to see my hometown (squamish) in youtube videos.
Ya. More BC content!
Great little vid. Well researched and well presented. Too bad there is nothing left to look at.
Thanks. Ya, nothing there but the main road.
I've lived in BC my whole life and never heard of this. A little scary for anyone around Squamish.
Nah... The people don't tell lies. That's for the realtors who say it will never happen. Yet all the value of Squamish is now on the hillsides where the flood water will not reach if the barrier gives way.
It is a little disturbing. I would run like hell if there was an earthquake. But the geologists point out The Barrier could go next year or it could hold a thousand years.
I grew up in Squamish. It was great back then. Totally different town now.
Lots of changes for sure. I remember s as a rough resource town.
@@AdventureMine2022 You described it well lol. I was there from 1981 to 2005. I drove through there this August and drove around most the town for the first time in 6 or 7 years. Sure looks different and more crowded.
That is true. More crowded and trendier! I remember it as the last restaurant in BC I was in where people smoked! I do like all the trails and outdoor activity in the area.
@@AdventureMine2022 ya can't take away the amazing outdoor recreation there it's pretty unmatched. What restaurant was it?
Woke people and tweakers
Jordan River , Ocean Falls and plenty of others in BC . I've seen large Abandoned farms also , throughout North Eastern BC
I rode through Jordan River but don't remember anything about it. Ocean Falls I visited by boat 20 years ago and there was about 10 people there, mostly growing pot, with all the street lights blazing away to load up the power station's turbines. Bizarre!
My grandfather’s sister and husband, their son and his family lived in Garibaldi. They had been up there since the 1940’s I believe. First time I went up there in 1962 or 63 we walked across an old abandoned bridge across the river to watch the PGE Budd car come through in the early evening. I think B.C. Hydro bought some land off them for Daisy Lake dam construction and Highways did too when they moved the road from crossing the top of the dam to the present alignment below it. They had homes on both sides of the present highway and were bought out.
I think calling Garibaldi a town was a bit of a stretch…I remember the lodge / general store and maybe some gas pumps and that’s about it. The road through there was basically a well used logging road at the time and had some pretty scary drop offs along Daisy Lake and in the Chekemus canyon. I do remember people talking about The Barrier too!
Thanks for the info--very interesting. Got any pics from back then? Yes, very hard to get info on the village. According to the Ombudsman's report there more than 50 properties within the evacuation zone in 1980 (found a map in his report which I will try to share).
@ I don’t think I’ve seen any pictures of back then around. We didn’t get up there often…we convoy with my grandparents with their 61 Chev half ton and Dad and I in our 61 VW van. Road was extremely rough and they were working on it in spots especially building the bridge south of the canyon…it’s still used! Once we went by Jeep up to Alta Lake as it was known then. The ski lift was there at current Creekside but very rudimentary. It was summertime and about 100F, very dusty and quiet!
Just north of Daisy Lake dam they took us on a side road up to a concrete tunnel bored into the side of a hill. It was fenced off but half full of water and hundreds of tiny frogs. I assume it was part of the penstock pipe tunnel system…maybe a construction access tunnel?
Ah cool. I want to do a vid on that Daisy Lake power system. Thanks for the memories.
Used to walk up the trail easily heard the rocks tumbling down the barrier
Scary
I think you should check out the Ashlu Gold Mine in Winter. I guarantee you that it is one of the most interesting places you will ever see. I mine that comes out, into a Waterfall. The weirdest thing of beauty. Squamish River area. Ashlu River. If you have questions, just ask. I know this area, and can help. ELAHO River or West Squamish are things you must see in life. Im ordering you to check these to Rivers out and to respond. lol Your under orders young explorer. Spring in the Elaho is a must see. And so close to Squamish too.
Not heard of Ashlu Gold mine. Is this up the Ashlu A600 FSR? I've been up as far as Pokashaw Creek but never seen a mine. Elaho is a beaut. Been up there a few times and will go back soon.
HI. Do you know 50/50 waterfalls? It is 4 km past the Hydro Dam. Ashlu is a tributary of the Squamish River. The first tributary. Turn at 1KM on gravel road and head west for 15 km. Do you have an enduro Bike? The Gold mine is at the end of this road. This section of the road starts at the Dam area. Must see. Love your video and very interesting too. Im up the Squamish River, just past the reservation.
Living in Squamish. I can tell you for years people have been asking for years to drain that lake. They say if it burst the entire Squamish town would be scrubbed off the map. Debris at least 10m deep. Instead they building break water barriers up the valley. Dumb dumb people here.
Ah yes, the Cheekeye Fan project with a 'debris barrier' to protect 1215 new homes from debris flows from the Cheekeye River that pose an “intolerable risk” to human life. This is a separate risk and in addition to The Barrier. Like I've said, this is a challenging area for development. You can read about that project here: www.squamishchief.com/local-news/historic-milestone-for-squamish-1215-new-homes-massive-debris-barrier-approved-9090164
Its all speculation and imaginary risk, nobody can predict when or where it could happen or by how much, and even IF the barrier blew all at once the main force of water is hitting the other side of the mountain, and then flow for a good 10kms to dissipate. In reality if there is an earth quake it will crack and the flow will start slow and drain it. This videographer really over states the risk and maybe that alarmism is for the clicks. Otherwise consider it would wipe out the main highway and the hydro power for Vancouver and the Squamish power station long before hitting any homes. Also there is no way any run of river project would be built here for obvious safety reasons.
@@surreyslurreyI actually am In charge of the barrier project and it could easily wipe out the whole town
@@Redsr5source: trust me bro
@@Redsr5 You mean the Cheekye barrier construction project which is different from the Garibaldi Lake natural barrier uh huh read this for risk assessments:
squamish.ca/assets/IFHMP/1117/5dbb51bad9/20171031-FINAL_IFHMP_FinalReport-compressed.pdf
I'm glad there's no scary music or I'd be crappin' my pants about now. 😟
Haha. Some people don't seem to appreciate my Halloween tale.
Good lord. I had no idea. I live in Vancouver and plan to buy waterfront in Howe Sound. Makes you think.
Question? Can't the lake be drained over time and the Barrier safely destroyed to keep the lake reforming and any new water would continue downstream?
Geologists believe a total failure of the Barrier is unlikely in our lifetime--but they can't rule it out. The more immediate risk are landslides off the face of it. I have not seen any proposals to drain the lake.
Thank you. There was another one of those ruptures just up the interior/coast a few months ago, I recall. There were no towns. It was the collapse of the foot of a glacier, I think. Gravity at work.
Are you thinking of the Chilcotin River landslide in July? It blocked the river, then released it all into the Fraser a few days later. I want to get up there again next spring to have a look.
Wow I have lived in bc all my life I guess I didn’t read up on history thank you 🇨🇦🥰👍
Amazing, right? I learned lots making it. Thanks for watching.
Nothing remains but the paved roads of Garibaldi... And the other Parks in the area that are well used.
Yes. Weird how little is left of the town. It's like they went in and tore up the foundations, chimneys, etc. I've been in several ghost towns much older with a lot more remains.
Very interesting. Subbed !! :)
Thanks for the sub!
Very interesting. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
I guess if one intends to live close to Squamish, it would be wise to learn how to swim.
I used to party up there back in the mid 70’s.
In the town or up towards the lake?
From the rumor mill of a acquaintance who once lived at Garibaldi...
Garibaldi was shut down to keep development from happening between Whistler and Squamish. This was the same time that Whistler had just boomed and then basically went belly up with the recession in the early 80's. So the provincial government bailed Whistler out. To help protect it's investment they wanted to make sure no development happened between Squamish and Whistler otherwise not as much investment would go into Whistler.
Because like you say if the barrier goes then Squamish is toast. Maybe they would have 15 minutes of warning Garibaldi wouldn't? Look how many people are on the Sea to Sky highway everyday.
I am not much for conspiracy theories, however this is in interesting question. I have been in several ghost towns, but I have never seen once as completely wiped away as this one. There is nothing left. Odd. And there is very little about it online. After hours of searching I could only come up with six pictures in the video of the old town. Also odd. Some thought the eruption of Mt. St. Helens in March of 1980 inspired the government to move on the two year old geological reports (which are legitimate). There is more risk in the Rubble Creek Valley to landslides, whereas only a complete collapse of the Barrier would impact Squamish. The provincial Ombudsman looked into the evacuation and determined that it was handled badly, but he was not allowed to report on the government's decision to evacuate--only how that was handled.
They did not want the urban spawl to reach south as far as the Garibaldi River where; if the river collapsed the devastation would be one of the greatest in human History. One simply need to investigate the land values in Whistler... Then plonk another village in harms way just 7 km from Whistler /Blackcomb area.
I remember staying in a motel that was in the flood zone in 1979. We skied at Whistler and it was just a parking lot with a ticket booth for the Gondola. The liquor store was a trailer.
One of the best trips of my life.
Cool memory.
This doesn't effect Whistler, but it could destroy Squamish.
Are there any computer simulations of the Barrier collapse? Good video. Thanks.
Not that I found. But now the world has my Google Earth animation so all good ;0)
@@AdventureMine2022 There are many drone vids of the area. Just saying - as one who lived there for 30 years. It is not a new story, in fact it is so old you can barely see the asphalt roads of the town.
Why not start emptying the Lake now if it will one day wipe out Squamish?
I did not know that. Thanks
Crazy, right?
Very interesting!
Right? There is some weird stuff in BC.
So what you are saying is that instead of giving money to goldilocks social issues the province should be building a siphon system to drain the lake. I quite agree.
Vail Resorts killed the buzz in the Whistler area? Sinking economy means no one can afford 160 dollar lift tickets?
What? Have you compared the property values? Perhaps just make a mental list of the Famous and Infamous who own Homes in Whistler area... Where is the sinking economy? The global economy due to the collapsing Russian economy? Or the Canadian economy where Canada is 9th best performer of all countries on Earth? That with only 41 million people... Or the sinking economy of real estate and the windfalls that gave way to unrealistic expectations of the market? Perhaps you are simply a doom and gloom soothsayer because you spent all your money on silly things?
3:04 yep I’m cooked if that dam collapses 💀
Any yet the realestate people are still pushing the area like nothing is wrong. What is the average property value in Squamish?
They do not push down stream from the Barrier! Nothing is allowed to be built there! PERIOD!
Ya..good question. Initial look is equal to if not more than Vancouver. Some humans love to flirt with fate. Looking at the Carolinas it sounds like nobody wants to rebuild there because of what happened.Burnt once..twice shy.
I doubt most realtors have heard of it--I hadn't.
🤔 how is development allowed downstream, knowing the risk…?
I have been to Black Tusk and Garibaldi Lake. I have seen the signs at the parking lot at the trail head. I’m not sure that I buy your claim about the seriousness of this threat.
The government took it seriously. Geologists who have studied the mountain agree on the threat, but it could happen in a thousand years. One disturbing detail is how water runs under the Barrier, emerging as springs at its base, undermining the structure and increasing the potential impact of big melts, rains, and tremors.
I believe the threat is real and abandoning the town makes sense. It could give away tomorrow or 10,000 years from now, who knows.
YIKES. TBH I thought this video was a report on new data indicating a catastrophic decline in winter tourism due to global warming. This is only slightly less threatening.
...or boomers aging out of skiing. (I'm a boomer so I can say that)
The narrative is not clear if the flood would cause damage in Squamish.
If the Barrier let go it would be catastrophic for Squamish.
@ Right you are.
Buh bye... Squamish. Buh-bye...
Squamish was a scarey place to live .. large rockfall off the chief , threat of the dikes being breached on the squamish River. Slides off Garibaldi itself ( a debri torrent has gone through the Alice lake area ) and the Barrier with two lakes behind it ... the threats are real
... oh yeah. earthean dam on Daisy lake .. that if the barrier went so would Daisy lake.
Yes, lots of threats in the area. Did a video on the upper Lillooet and it is very unstable. Volcanos, raging rivers and earthquakes are a dangerous combo!
Your videos are getting better. Narration is awesome. Lose the background music.
The barrier could and will let go. The flow will be high, but nothing like being exaggerated. Flash flooding will occur. The volume e of water will be spread out over the flow rate. The whole lake won't co e down at once, but it will come down at a high flashflood flow rate. Definitely not 300ft wave. Lol
Why not build a dem and release the water ?
You would create power and release the water gradually
It's a win win
The PGE used to be referred to as the "Prince George Eventually".
I was having a look at some of your other videos and saw the ones on the Bridge River area. Most interesting. My parents first bought the old Tyax Lodge in about 1951. They sold it around 1960 and bought a cabin above Bralorne at Kingdom Lake around 1960. I've been going up there since I was born in 1955. We have a lot of old photos and video of that area. Here is one from 1963 : ruclips.net/video/9inxg3-mooQ/видео.html Have a look for a book called Bridge River Gold.
Haha. Love the PGE name. The Bridge River area is astonishing. I remember the first time a friend took me to Tyax Lodge after some wilderness riding--it seemed like a fantasy stuck down in the middle of the forest. You look pretty happy up on that horse.
well they did pave Duffy Lake road to make it easier to get to whistler from the Interior. The old gravel road was actually pretty good .
@@edwardmacnab354 I remember driving that in the 70's when it wasn't much more than a poorly maintained logging road.
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Thanks!
Just like The 2024 Jasper fires. Time bomb waiting to happen.
Well this is not good news major earthquake in Vancouver could cause this to also let loose O boy
As the geologists have pointed out, The Barrier could hold for a thousand years. But I'd run for the hills if there is an earthquake!
@ I know scary glad
I’m inland my only issue is mica dam :) great content
I just did a series of vids on riding the Columbia. I missed Mica--such a long ride up and back. But is was amazing seeing that river and all those dams from headwaters to Astoria.
Rubble creek... Erosion in real-time
Yes, was cool to walk it and think this has all been swept down miles from the barrier.
That seems irresponsible. Drain the lake, safely remove the barrier or make a permanent trench through it. Then let the creek flow again. Why risk it?!
I did not come across any materials that suggested anyone has considered such possibilities. It would be a monumental task.
Hey while you're at it, drill down a bit and nudge that upper tectonic plate to prevent The Big One from occuring. EZ fix.
Cool idea.
Humans are so smart! Lol. 😂
Dog damn get me off this planet if you think thats a good idea! Bubble wrap the earth now too not just the kids
Exactly
The power generation potential....yet we built site C.
Seems like we need to act on this
The comparison with site C is a bit wild. The Peace River drains an area of 101,000 square kilometers vs Rubble Creek at 74.1 kms2. The Peace River discharges around 1,100 cubic meters of water per second vs Rubble Creek's 5 m3/s, so the potential power generation is, well, magnitudes of difference.
IF, IF, IF, the BARRIER FAILS !!! "IF" IS JUST WHAT IT SAYS , "IF" MORE FEARMONGERING, GET a LIFE
This is over exaggerated