The Science of Michigan's Ancient Mountain | Sugarloaf Mountain, Michigan
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2021
- Michigan isn't known for having mountains, but one mountain near the city of Marquette sits right at the heart of the entire continent. Recently, I climbed to the top and learned more about the story of this place along the way. It's a part geology, part personal story time kind of video.
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General geology information on cratons and the Canadian shield:
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Information on Sugarloaf Mountain specifically:
The trail signs on the hike
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I want you to know how much I enjoyed your video. Having met my wife at N.M.U. and having climbed Sugarloaf with her innumerable times, I think I can remember every step of the way up to its peak. We are now 71 and 70, living our retirement in New Zealand, and are unlikely to return to Marquette. It still calls to me though, and should we make it back at some point, seeing your video makes it imperative that we climb the mountain one more time.
It's been a long time since I looked across to Hogsback too. Thanks.
So interesting that you landed in New Zealand, congratulations! That country is certainly on my bucket list.
@@falconquest2068 it’s on my bucket list, as well, but there is ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE I’d ever live there: I’d rather go to Central America, where neither regions have “rights” 😂
As a 70 year resident I've sailed lake superior,lake Michigan and torch lake. visited a copper mine in the Kewanaw pennisula
Skied at Sugarloaf, Boyne Mt. and the other ski slope on Michigan west coast. Visited Tahquamenon Falls many times.
I have enjoyed your geological visits in Michigan.
I always love the content on this channel, I have been to Sugarloaf before but had no clue it was part of the Canadian shield, or how it was formed. Thanks for the great information, and the wholesome content near the end.
Thanks, Kyle! ☺️ I appreciate it. And I had the same experience! I'd been to Sugarloaf before, but this was the first time I really wondered about the place. I was so pleasantly surprised!
In addition to shining light on yet another fascinating geological feature in Michigan, you also made me think about life from a new perspective. I love this format. Thank you so much for making these videos!
Thanks, Tarun! That's really encouraging. I don't often have enough to say to make more blended videos like this (part thoughts, part cool science thing), so I always feel like I'm taking a risk when I put something out there. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I am incredibly grateful you and your husband are getting to have this experience. I live in Wisconsin but Da Yoop is my second home. It's a magical place for this human. I appreciate your content very much. Namaste.
Life is So wonderful. Thanks for framing it in the way you do.
So wholesome! I grew up in a place similar to this, with ancient mountains, lakes, and forests all around. Hiking through all this is the best.
Bout 30 years ago I claimed up and down it the extremely hard way; no trail or steps. It was a blast.
You do such GREAT videos. Thank you.
Lately I've been fascinated by the interconnectedness of things. Biology and geology and even astronomy. Awesome, thoughtful work again, thank you.
Thanks, Rae! And I hear you on that. I'm realizing that so many things are linked, even if I learned about them as being in separate categories!
What a great way to put billions of years into perspective tive!
Always interesting. A unrelated fact. In San Bernadino county of California is Sugarloaf Peak at 9,952 feet, it is the highest peak in the San Bernadino Mountains. I live in the community of Sugarloaf, California at 7,050 feet Onward!
You are a wonderful storyteller. You should do a piece on the Sleeping Bear sand dunes. You would do it justice.
You make really good videos. I love Sugar Loaf. My sister lives in Marquette so I visit there quite often. It's a great town.
Thank you! I really appreciate that. ☺️ And agreed! Marquette is a gem.
I blundered onto your site a few hours ago. My son is a graduate of Michigan Tech. Geo Engineering. Thank you for the detailed information. I am a retired EE interested in Michigan geology especially of the UP.
Did it in August. Went to NMU and climbed it all the time: there were no stairs then.😉 A treat to be back after 13 years and 30 before that. Love Sugarloaf.
I was a tree climber in Michigan. Not sure why, but I'd always climb to the top of the biggest trees. It was so peaceful up there, which was probably the hook. The views in your videos remind me of the views from the treetops,
You're a great storyteller. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and research with us. Great job with everything involved in creating these videos (also saw the copper smelter video).
I'm a transplant from Michigan to California, and when a Michigander posts an awesome photo about a mountain or a waterfall, it's usually laughable. Cue the Australian dude saying, "That's not a knife. This is a knife". It's all good. I love these Michigan videos. They go way beyond the superficial, and that's what makes them great and memorable.
Thanks for the words of wishing kind things for us on our journey through life. I'm about 40 years older than you and have often sat, took in nature and contemplated my life and my family's. Thank you for your shows. They are appreciated.
Nice sandals! When you talked about Sugarloaf Mountain - I went back in time. I was born in Wash DC and grew up in Rockville MD & just a short distance away we also had a Sugar Loaf Mountain. As a teenager & a Cadet Civil Air Patrol we practiced locating a downed aircraft with injured passengers and evacuating the injured to the bottom of the mountain. I learned to fly at Embry Riddle Aeronautical Collage in FL & when I came home - I used to fly over Surgarloaf Mountain regularly; it looked like an ant hill even when flying at low altitude. When you mentioned the hieght of your Sugarloaf Mountain - it was a spot description of my Sugarloaf Mountain. If, you ever get to fly over your mountain in a small plane - I'd bet your mountain would look like an ant hill also. NOTE: Now that I know how old your mountain rocks are - I'm doomed to find out how old my mountain rocks are - Gloom, Dispair & Agony on me! I apologize for any mis-spelled &/or for any extra letters in a words. Hopefully, my train of thoughts did not jump the tracks. I was not able to sleep last night - when I have nights like this - play on the computer or surf the web. Great Video!
Thanks for sharing a bit of your story, Steven! Being able to fly over your hometown/home region like that sounds like such a cool experience. A few years back, a pilot friend took me for a flight over our college town, and it was a blast!
I'd also be curious to see how old your Sugar Loaf Mountain is! That might be something you can Google easily enough. I'd guess that it might be a bit younger than the one in Michigan, but maybe not by much!
@@AlexisDahl Curiosity is killing me - I agree your mountain is older. Hopefully, soon I'll get better sleep - my nights have become my days and my nights my day. I live alone, my 4 & 6 grand-children are scattered accross the US. At 70 y.o. a disabled VET since 2012,, and just diagnosed Type 2 - it's bad enough news, but the COVID risk factors along with the isolation has been severely affecting when I sleep - be it during the day or night. i'm fully vaccinaded and had the booster shot, but with the new COVID variants & my current health risk factors - I am forced to remain solitary. I had a friend who died from COVID-19, not the FLU. I caught the FLU in 1987, which "later" turned into Pneumonia that brought me close to death. COVID- 19 killed my friend within a couple of days. If, I traveled all across the country to visit my children & grand-children and became infected by COVID - I would not want to leave them in a position where they would go on a Guilt Trip! NOTE: I have two sons & two daughters (Mary Andre' or as she likes it, just Andre' AND Stephanie) Your personality reminds me of them! You should visit my facebook page to see them! I have not been on my facebook page in ages - That doesn't mean I am a dead man typing! Love your videos 🤭
Sorry for missing your response, Steven! It got flagged as spam for some reason, so I'm just now seeing your message. I hope you're sleeping a little better these days, though; that sounds genuinely really tough. I'm glad to see that case numbers nation-wide are going down at least a little bit... so fingers-crossed you'll get to make some trips to see family in the next few months.
This was such an interesting video, Alexis. Thanks for sharing it with us all.
I grew up in Michigan and never knew we had mountains at all. I found a job out West just because I wanted to be closer to the mountains.
The Midwest is considered flat-and most of it definitely is-but there are these pretty amazing, out-of-the-way spots that give you a taste of the West. Forests, mountains, “ocean” (well, sort of, the Great Lakes are pretty big…). Aside from the miserable climate and terrible economy Michigan isn’t that bad 💙💛.
Just found out about your channel recently. I've also spent most of my life around Metro Detroit throughout different areas of Oakland County. Every time I've gone up through the UP, I've always really enjoyed my time. It really is such a beautiful place, and I look forward to going back this year! In the meanwhile, it's good to watch some interesting bits on your channel from someone who also spent a lot of time in Metro Detroit.
LOVEE sugarloaf. Didn't know much of this! keep killin it
You do really great videos well informed and explained well. Keep up the good work
Good video, really nice work. Thank you.
Sorry to repeat myself, but all this talk about rocks and Marquette has gotten me to binge Joe Pera again and I still think you should check out that show.
Awesome video as always! Thanks for the wholesome outro :)
Ha, that seems fair! It's still on my list! ☺️ (I am probably slower than average to get around to watching TV shows.)
So beautiful can’t wait to visit.
Love a good Sugarloaf Hike, Great content. ❤
What a lovely journey through a billion years.
Don’t be so quick to assume there will be anything “unbroken” about the upcoming stretch of years ahead of you. (I won’t insert a comment about your toes and slipping on those rocks, but I’ve broken multiple toes and leg bones, and it’s not fun.) I’m more than twice your age, and did SO MUCH during those years. Please, please, do everything. Take chances. Act on whims. Travel with no itineraries. See as much as you can, while you can. The unbroken stretch of years ahead of me is chock full of memories of doing things my body can no longer do, and I relish each and every one of them.
And keep up this fascinating content!
(And I look forward to your take on the lense! 😆)
Oh, I hear you! For me, I think the lack of predictable change is a key thing - it's not that I expect no change, but moreso that I don't see any coming down the road for the first time in ages. 🙂 I'm excited for what this chapter holds! (Also, thank you for caring about my toes, ha! It figures that the one time I don't wear my hiking boots is the one time I film a video. 🤦🏻♀️)
This was the first year in 7 years I didn’t get to visit my second Home.
Marquette,MI.
This almost made me cry.
Can’t wait to return.
Fantastic video ❤️
Nice introspection.
Very personally familiar with the Shield - have spent many summer breaks in the granite-sided lakes of northern Ontario, canoeing around and taking in the tenacious life that springs up in the cracks. Every once in a while you get a promontory like this; didn't hike them much, but it's good to see there are some that do get regularly climbed and appreciated.
So back in my collage days at NMU I would climb Sugarloaf on a regular basis, One day me and some friends climbed it to watch the sunset, just after the sun dipped below the horizon and we turned around to start heading down, just to see a full moon just starting to rise into the night sky, it was perfect timing and my most memorable visit to this mountain.
Wow. I used to go up on Sugarloaf when I attended Northern. I recognized Hogsback too in the video. Good video.
Years ago I took a geology class in college( in the UP). It was my favorite class. Learned all about the pre Cambrian/ Canadian Shield, among the oldest rocks in the world.
I'm a Wildcat and loved my visits to Sugarloaf! 🥂
Beautiful.
I just broke a long unbroken stretch to move to Keweenaw. ❤
4:00 flip flops?!?!?!?!?! Maniac
I forgot how beautiful the upper peninsula is! Thank you for your insight!
My pleasure, truly! It's a gorgeous place.
I climbed this mountain in 1973. Whew!!! An credible view then and now.
Thanks for this! I love your geological material, but this piece was more of a spiritual and philosophical nature. I must have needed that, too. Anyway, thanks and subscribed!
Was born and raised in marquette MI and have climbed this beauty milluons of times it seems theres a path off of there you have to scale the cliffside and it'll bring you to a secret beach on both ends are huge rock boulders but beforr thst you go there a bamboo jungle of trees if you will with lush grees whrrr the sunshines on places which you expect to find a pot of gold very relaxing
Such an easy hike for such a nice view of Lake Superior, and that was a nice bit of life philosophy as someone in their early 30s
Its interesting to think that Sugarloaf grew because the land around it fell. It kinda puts into perspective how humans don't even see the first second of eternity tick by in an individual lifetime.
Right? I had that thought, too. I'm so used to hearing about mountains forming by the land rising that this took me by surprise. And it's true, yeesh. Time stretches on for so long behind us!
I want to check that place out... (the previous video on the NA 'failure' faultline was very cool too...)
> Talks about hiking up a mountain (even a small one).
> Wears sandals.
This is a fair point! Those are hiking sandals with good traction, and I was familiar enough with the path to know that it's pretty relaxed terrain - but overall, yeah, I am a big supporter of hiking books with ankle support. Thanks for flagging this!
Oh honey, your toes! 😳
When we visited the UP, I was glad we got the chance to visit Sugarloaf Mountain. The view of the lake from the top was beautiful. I could have spent hours up there, just contemplating the world, much like you did.
I love it! It really is such an incredible view. I'm glad you got to experience it, too!
Sugarloaf isn’t in the UP
@@thomasrudder9639 ..your thinking of the ski slope by Boyne. Ya, there is two Sugar Loaf's. Not sure which is older both in time & name.
@@shirleybalinski4535 well glory be
Marquette my hometown didn't know it was that old never heard of this before even from any of my uncles dad or grandpa they knew alot of Marquette s history ..
Hope some day to make it up that way!
Been there many times when attending Northern.
Been to Marquette a couple of times, but haven't made the hike up Sugarloaf (yet.) If you get to Porcupine Mountains, Summit Peak is about 2000 (plus another 50 for the observation tower). Those are some great views. Lake of the Clouds is a given, as well. Thanks for the incentive to do more things our next time in town! :)
Oh, awesome! Thanks for the recommendation. We did a trip to the Porkies last year but pointedly skipped a lot of the more crowded places like Lake of the Clouds. I'll add Summit Peak to my list for when we go back!
@@AlexisDahl Check out the Lake of the Clouds sometime. It's spectacular! Someday, we're hiking down to it. But the view was worth the trip.
Fingers crossed for a video about Jasper Knob in Ishpeming.
I was there at almost the same time last year!
Excellent videos, thanks for sharing! Another random idea for investigation-- ever heard of Leland Blue rocks?
Thanks, Grant! And ooh, interesting idea! I have heard of Leland Blue rocks, but I hadn't looked into the story behind them until about five minutes ago. The next time I'm in that area, I'll try and track one down: That sounds like it could be a really cool video, genuinely.
Also a good place to ponder how the landscape was reshaped by the last glaciation as the ice advanced and receded, and as the resulting meltwater rushed over the land. Are those drumlins in and near the lake’s edge? Maybe just lumps of granite that re-accumulated enough soil to support trees. Hard to tell from a video.
I kinda get where you are coming from. For the first time in like a decade I feel like there are no significant changes coming. I recently moved to where my best friend is living and found a wonderful company to work for. After all those tumultuous times, as interesting as they might have been, it feels like I can finally settle and build myself an environment to enjoy for the next decade and hopefully beyond. :)
Totally unrelated: Even though that place is only 1000 feet above sea level the view is fantastic thanks to the rest of the land being so flat. I recently visited Austria but we didn't climb on the top of any mountain there so we "only" had a restricted view of mountains all around. It was still very nice though and I can only recommend visiting the alpes if you get the chance.
That's wonderful! And sounds like such a relief, too, to finally have the opportunity to settle like that (and be near your best friend!). I totally empathize with that.
Also, that sounds beautiful. My husband and I were half-planning a Switzerland/Austria trip before COVID happened, so fingers-crossed it happens someday!
Marquette is where I went skiing on my honeymoon, gosh they get bunches of snow there!! LoL
I’m curiously envious. I live in the Pikes Peak region, so you think I could feel proud of how tall Pike’s Peak is, but geologically speaking, it’s late to the game compared to Sugarloaf Mountain and the Canadian Shield.
That was beautiful 🥲
Aw, shucks, thank you!
They level of security one must acquire to have such a long stretch is envious. Even at 40, I haven't had it. Maybe someday. But I won't hold my breath.
I completely hear you on that - and you're right! I'm definitely grateful to be in this spot and recognize I'm fortunate in about a thousand ways. For whatever it's worth coming from a stranger on the internet, I genuinely wish you the best, and hope you someday get to prove yourself wrong.
I grew up on the north shore of Lk Superior, and I always thought geology was insanely hard because the rocks around there are: not typically in nice layers, don't have macroscopic fossils, tend to be sheared and mineralized, etc...! Understanding cratons is a huge step in understanding deep time. And our planetary deep time ain't even the half of it LOL! Enjoy the autumn foliage, winter is coming! LOL!!! Cheers!
You're a Yooper! :-) I've never visited the upper peninsula, and hence, have never visited Sugarloaf mountain, though I have heard of it. Lake Superior is gorgeous (and clean enough to drink, last I knew).
I guess this also is at least a partial answer to my implied question about the impact crater. The land around it was likely not so different because of the lack of any real plate tectonics in that part of the world.
Ha ha, sort of! I've lived up here less than a year, so I'm still hesitant to claim that title. 😂 But it's definitely a lovely place to live!
And that's probably a safe assumption, from what I know!
Would Hogsback Mountain and Marquette Mountain also contribute to the Canadian Shield? Cuz this is really cool. It only makes my little old alma mater town that much cooler. Sometimes I miss MQT.
The North american craton is some of the oldest basement rock on Earth.
Just north of where you are in this video is one of the oldest known LIPs on Earth.
On top of that LIP is something much more interesting, though.
The largest Beaver dam on Earth!
You can see it On Google Earth.
Now that is really cool.
That is a difficult realization.
My wife and I were in that moment when we suddenly became parents...lol
Oh, boy, ha ha! That'll change things up for sure! 🙂 And for me, at least, I'm grateful to say it hasn't felt difficult. Just different!
Sugar loaf! ;-)
Awesome video Alexis! You should do a collaboration with Up North Adventures with CCC, she is in your area and is super cool!
Oh, cool! I hadn't heard of their channel at all, but I'll look forward to checking it out. Thanks!
Ragnar, you're everywhere!
@@MichiganRocks It's true, I like to make the rounds and absorb all the info I can!
I'm guessing you live near Marquette. My 83 year old father in law is finally moving from the Curtis area, he retired to there from Antrim County ,Mi. 18 years ago. I live in Charlevoix MI. in Charlevoix County about straight south of Naubinway in da UP . I've lived in this area my whole life( 69 years) never been to sugar loaf , that was also a type of hard candy a couple hundred years ago, and if you ever miss lots of people or crowds Traverse City in summer is the place to be ,but you probably already know that.
There's another channel that is owned by some one that sounds like you her looks are a bit off but her voice is pretty close but not exact, she has several channels along with her husband ,but the one I can think of is Shoe on head. She's quite political, I haven't commented on her channel in a while, I really like your channel and it's content, does your husband do RUclips?
Have you climbed Castle Rock north of St Agnes
3:00 Whhhaaaaat????? You're not waiting for zombies to come shambling down the alleys of America? Wild. I just shared that thought, with my dog, earlier today. I was like , "Max, who d'you think would be more excited about the aforementioned scenario, me or you?" I mean, she's a dog so, she can't respond in any intelligible way to the question. Nor did I use the phrase, "aforementioned scenario" with her, that'd just be silly.
Anyway, huge fan of science!!!
well, if you're going to be in the great UP for a while I hope you're planning to read Jim Harrison's "Brown Dog" stories
Thanks for the recommendation! I hadn't heard of those stories yet, but I'll check them out!
I re-watched this accidentally because I forgot to upvote it the last time. Suddenly the phrase "start of a long unbroken stretch" jumped out to me. All I can do is sigh.
I now have a way to explain the place I am at in my life.
My backyard, I live 13 miles away.
Now is that time in your life when you aren't expected to jump through any particular hoops--you get to decide for yourself what you want to achieve and how to achieve it, including any time frame necessary to achieve it.
That's true! Maybe another way of framing these thoughts would've been through a lens of freedom, ha.
😁👍👍
glad the earth changed
Oh I like rocks because they are pretty rocks
I don't know how I missed this until 2024. How has your long unbroken stretch of time going? 😊
I always wonder what the Natives called it before it became "sugarloaf".
THANK MY SON IS DOING A ROPORT AND IT HELP'T HEM ALOT ' '
🙂🙂🙂
Old ex-Michigan guy here. I'm glad you've hit a long boring part of your life, or so you hope. As a kid, I had 8 different schools before I got to college, so yeah, I understand wanting to live in one place for a while. HAVING SAID THAT, the single most convincing argument that I can think of for the Existence of God is that God has other ideas when we think we can see into the future. No more than we have things settled, life gets weird. And the "weirdness" usually isn't fun and welcome -- but after it all, you won't be able to image life otherwise. (hugs).
Can't wait until they install an escalator at Sugarloaf. Then I'll "hike" Sugarloaf.
We don't have mountains, we have bluffs :(
Sugarloaf mountain huh, I wonder is everything there "edible" 😆
A mountain 2.7 billion years old? I'd feel guilty walking on it. It seems like mistreating an older person.
Romans 14:11 Context
8For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. 9For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. 10But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 12So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
Sorry sweetie, but the world is only around 6000 yrs old.
If you had went about. Half mile further on the west side of the road there is a parking lot where a trail starts going up hogback mountain,it’s a longer and harder hike to the top but well worth it!!
I used to ski there when I was a kid
Do you know anything about the Porcupine Mountains ? I heard it was the first Mountains in North America but, now is eroded down, now ?
glad the earth changed