My Chaffey College geology class in 1957 went up Lone Pine Road and we stood somewhere in that gouge gorge. None of us had cameras but the picture of us there as remained engraved in my mind ever since. Thank you for taking me back in time.
After experiencing the '71 Sylmar earthquake, the '89 Whittier quake, and the '94 Northridge quake, I really appreciate your excellent presentation here, so much so, that I found it "faultless".
Thank you! I experienced all those quakes too, the Sylmar quake being my first. I remember driving around the northern end of the SF Valley seeing all the destruction. But you know, none of that was San Andreas' fault....
Victoria BC Canada 🇨🇦, likely 1975, in my student room reading c.3:20 am: a strong shake erupted. I recall crackling nervous energy as I stood wondering, 🤔what next?
SC here, with fault line and Charleston earthquake history. Have read about San Andreas over the years but this video is Killer! I feel like I was just on vacation after viewing. Thank you for the time spent creating this. I'd come out tomorrow if it wasn't on the other side of the continent. Peace to all!
Thanks for the kudos Walter! I'm delighted that the video left you feeling like you returned from vacation. It really is fun drive. Hopefully you can make it out there some day.
My family is from this area. I remember seeing all this stuff as a kid. Kind of bizarre to see someone give a tour of what is kind of like your back yard.
Born and raised in So Cal. It’s impossible NOT to know about the San Andreas...that said, I don’t know anyone who could have provided the information you have. Super, super interesting. TY !
I lived in the area 15years. Have driven this route many times. Been to all the lakes never knew any of the details I have just learned. Thank you soo much !
Many years ago, My friend Linda and I went to Jackson lake with our kids for some snow play. A young lady went down the hill on an innertube and broke through the ice near the edge of the lake. She was in the water for over 5 minutes until we got her out. Some guys helped us to get her in my car where we warmed her up. They took her up the road a little ways to a forest service station. She suffered from hypothermia but she lived!
When I was pregnant, my ex and I took a mini road trip and inadvertently hit a lot of these spots. The Appletree campground has a nice spot that's secluded just across the road. All of the "lakes" we visited briefly because we were looking for swimming/fishing spots were sag ponds you mentioned. Had I known I was traveling right on the San Andreas fault, I would have appreciated it more. Near where the ranches are, we had to come to a stop because a lot of baby goats were crossing the street 😂 And we were able to take video too.
I went camping with friends near Point Reyes, Ca. Next morning I told them we had camped directly on top of the segment of the San Andreas fault that slipped horizontally 16 feet in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
near Palm Springs, it comes out of the Salton Sea and into the Coachella Valley into Desert hot springs, comes up through the city at a angle across through buildings , neighborhoods and across the Mission Lakes Country Club just under the Country Club and out through another development and then onto San Bernardino . I was looking at homes in Desert Hot Springs and discovered if the house wasn't on it it was next to it
Thank you for your comments. Yes, it is a great road trip. My knowledge of this area came from just that, going on many road trips through here and a few field trips.
Very informative. Iin the 1970s, I worked at the JPL test facility at Table Mountain above Big Pine. We commuted up from San Bernardino and saw many of the fault features, including driving up Lone Pine Canyon. You added much insight into the places we saw. Thanks
I was born in 1953 I lived in Ontario California, but I was born in Upland, but I was raised in Southern California. I know exactly where all of these places are. I’ve been to every one of them living here for almost 75% of my whole life. I was in a Selmore quake in 1971 also Hector mine quake in 1998 I believe, I lived in Louisiana with my wife for seven years five years in Texas and she passed away and I moved back out here with my dad. I druther deal with earthquakes and hurricanes and tornadoes or severe hail storms that tear of the hell out of everything I’m glad I am back here where the weather is warm, and the winters are mild, I think I can tolerate the earthquakes until maybe the big one hits but when it does I may not even be alive after all I am almost 70 I heard people say that this big one will not occur for maybe another 30 years but when it does, it’s going to be hell to pay and sometimes I stop him, saying the word if this happens as a little word with a big meanie thanks for the video have a great day you have educated me very well👍🏼😀
This is truly one of the best videos about the San Andreas Fault! Well done, and much gratitude and appreciation. Really enjoyed this. Thank you very much. I have lived I’m both sides of the fault. My childhood on the west side. My adult life on the east side. About 15 miles away! Very enjoyable
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Grew up in the los Angeles, Riverside/San Bernardino area, while in high school, my friends and I went many times to Wrightwood, and the surrounding area to see the spectacular views. Thanks for sharing. It's been 50 years since I graduated from high school and this bring many fond memories.
A sag pond is a body of fresh water collected in the lowest parts of a depression formed between two sides of an active strike-slip, transtensional or normal fault zone.
Well done video. I have lived in this very area sense 1973 and have personal been to all these locations (on the road) and now I can check some of the fault lines up close thanks to your video.
Beautifully done! And appreciated the classical background music! Also, the speaker had a clear, friendly, enthusiastic way of presenting his subject! Thank you!
Took me over an hour (going back and forth between this video and Google Maps of the route) to truly get the appreciation of the things to see along this trip. I have traveled the route before but never realized I was tracing the San Andres Fault. Living along the fault all my life, I am fascinated by it. Thank you for another fabulous adventure.
A very well researched and informative video, thanks! I first became acquainted with the region while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail back in '91. What I like best about this video is that it allows you to connect what you are seeing when you are there with the topography you see on a map. Also, the notes about how the fault has affected human land usage (sag ponds, wells) are very interesting.
Thanks for saving me thousands of dollars and personal safety and car breakdowns and other hazards of going over there. Great video. Just like being there.
I have driven those roads so many times. I used to give visitors guided tours of the fault features from San Bernardino to the Punchbowl. Been away a long time.
Oh my God. Lake Hughes is a sag pond, Elizabeth Lake is a sag pond, Lake Palmdale is a sag pond... it's all so clear now. I've passed through there and never once realized I was straddling the San Andreas fault.
Yup, lots of sag ponds all marking the fault. And just think of all the sag ponds that no longer exist because human development has sucked them dry. I wish I had the time to create a video tour covering the fault from Palmdale to Lake Hughes.
I’ve been through numerous natural disasters in very different places. You can’t seem to escape it entirely. Disasters love me. In a way, they are fascinating, but I realize people (and animals) get hurt. That of course includes all manner of buildings and infrastructure and is very humbling. I’ve spent most of my life in the Pacific Northwest and the terrain reflects these gigantic forces everywhere you look. It makes for some beautiful but potentially dangerous country. Now, I live where I want and am reasonably prepared to either leave at a moments notice or hunker down and live without power, city water and possibly travel, communications or even banking, gasoline or groceries. It takes some research, planning and investment and you hope you’ll never need it. I’ve been able to help my neighbors and community before with some simple preparation and it feels good. There’s nothing like a natural disaster to bring people together. A lot of folks can be great under duress. All my love and appreciation for those individuals and of course emergency services. Take care and be safe.
Visited the town of Wrightwood, once upon a time, in the mid-1980's. Didn't know I was basically on the fault line then. Traveled from Redondo Beach to Fontana, visiting family, and made a day trek up to Wrightwood. I was amazed at the expanse of land and the wilderness. Later, in 1989, I was in the Loma Prieta 'quake. I was at work in Cupertino when that happened. Whoa!. Wild times. Superb video - loved the commentary and history. Thanks so much!
I recently asked a friend to accompany me to see the fault. Flat out refused. I'm going to follow your guide. Sounds like fun and I'd say, there's nice places to visit. THANK YOU.
I moved from the San Andreas to the Hurricane. North America’s most active to the second most active. I love that you did this tour near Wrightwood. I used to spend a ton of time in that area.
To funny, me too. Our back window has a beautiful view of La Verkin and the Hurricane Fault, which really is much different than the SF Fault and not nearly as active with its relation to the Colorado Plateau - th-cam.com/video/9Tfrpo94vKY/w-d-xo.html
@Just Looking I've got a soft spot for Huell Howser. My grandfather was the epitome of what made Mr. Howell so great. Cheesy, but wonderful. Anything you said to my grandpa was the most genuinely interesting thing he had ever heard. He was not an educated man, but he was no fool. He used his ignorance to help other people feel important, special. He would pay rapt attention to the tiniest trivial detail, no matter the subject, because he felt if you deemed it worthy of discussion, he felt it deserved his undivided attention. Not with indignation, impertinence or impatience. Nope. With modesty, humility and a genuine passion about whatever intrigued you. And, it didn't matter if you were family or someone he had just met that very moment. So many of his characteristics were played out on the TV screen by Mr. Howser. It would have been amazing to see them meet in real life.
Love your word graphics with the video, the explanatory detail of the science behind the fault and and its effects. So much info from a trip that is relatively short compared to most trips I've watched on TH-cam. Thank you, this is a trip I'd like to take someday.
The Angeles national forest visitors center grassy hollow has a yearly presentation and short hike to the fault zone presented by one of our Volenteers who is also a professional educator
Im the guy who's been reading comments for the last 25 mins, thats pretty cool that im commenting on a TH-cam video right now thanks to me that im thanking myself because im thankful you read this
Outstanding post. I've been to alot of the areas you covered, but never knew til know what it all meant. Now I can go back and actually understand more ! Thank you for your time putting this together!
I took a ride on the SanAndreas when I was 10-years old living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Scared the crap out of me for days after our entire apartment building shifted from side to side. It felt like being on a boat. Fascinating, but very frightening.
BRW1, thank you for taking the time to produce this video, and thank you for the folksy, Huell Howser voice over! Those of us who knew and loved him miss him very much. It is my hope that, perhaps in a future installment, you might consider back-tracking the San Andreas Fault System south, through Riverside and Imperial counties. I know that a 20 minute video can contain only so much information, but there is a beautiful sight in Palmdale [SR 14] that should not be missed.
Hi Joaquin, thanks for your comment! Ah ha, you recognized the Huell Howser narration style - only people from So Cal would recognize it. However, it's something I stopped doing in our videos because people write too many bad comments about it. So I'm back to being me. You can check out our work at www.backroadswest.com/blog On the subject of other segments of the fault, I have material ready to go, now I just need the time. Yes, I do have pictures of the road cut at SR 14 and Ave S. I would like to do a video tour of where I left off on this video and go all the way thru Leona Valley & Lake Elizabeth to Gorman, but I have little material from there. Where I do have material ready to go is from I-5 to SR 166, then SR 66 to SR 58 (Carrizo Plain).
Well done! Thank you so much for your time and effort in producing this most interesting vid. Have always wanted to see those back roads and more about the SA Fault and you made it possible from the comfort of my home.
Great video! I was stationed at George AFB and Norton AFB and went to School at CSUSB. Passed through here hundreds of times. I used to get some dirt near there in buckets and then go to Lytle Creek and pan it out.....just found little flecks but it was fun! Thanks for posting and for the detail!
Thank you for a most interesting....journey..I have driven from Inglewood to Palms Springs and enjoyed the scenery very much...not realizing being British.. that I was journeying through one of Mother Nature's less stable landscapes.
Don't trip over the gulch, when you are walking to the scarp or you might fall into the sag pond where we'll have to fish you out with a chaparrel yucca! Whoever did the map and pics even with Google's help did a great job..Thanks for posting! Who would have really liked growing up in one of these towns? Me me me!
Love this video I used to go up and down this beautiful place going to wrightwood I used to live in Hespiria incredible and interesting passing the San Andreas.
Great video! Traveled this route many times...I thought I knew a lot about the area, but I have learned so much more. Looking forward to traveling it again and visit all the spots from this video. Keep the videos coming. Thanks.
It's more obvious on the 14 freeway approaching Palmdale, the Vasquez Rocks show the buckling of the land, and cuts through hills where the freeway passes through, show how different layers of earth have twisted and turned.
I live in Devore (shown at beginning of video) now just below all this. I had no idea about lost lake. Going to check it out. Thank you so much for this video. Very informative.
The music sounds like it was from a silent film, kept expecting an evil man in a topcoat, top hat and handlebar mustache to appear. But I did love the tour, thanks.
The music is from composer Frédéric Chopin, similar to famous composers Mozart and Beethoven. Chopin specialized in piano compositions. I'm using it simply for consistent background music. It's up to the individual to visualize what the music implies, such as an evil man in a topcoat. I'm visualizing a leisurely drive up a mountain road as shown in the tour.
Thank you for this viideo. It was very educational especially now that we here in the Philippines particularly in Mindanao had experienced strong earthquakes which I haven't had encountered before in my almost 69yrs of existence.
We lived in Devore in the 60's not too far from the fault. Occasionally there would be a quake that would crack the plaster walls. Thanks for the tour.
Thank you for the excellent tour. Never knew all this existed on this route. Just added to my bucket list. Hope I am around for the “Big One” to see what changes are made.
Thank you so much for your efforts. One can tell you spent a lot of time producing this video. Excellent job and very helpful with the odomoter readings. Will take the tour next time when I'm in the area.
I used to drive my truck up and around all of these areas, and on fire roads there. My favorite sign is "Pavement Ends"! You can connect with Wrightwood from the opposite way by going through Big Tujunga Canyon to Angeles Crest and then to Wrightwood. Sometimes we would just find a place along side of the road to slide our snow sleds down the slope. I did a lot of camping at Big Rock Creek, sometimes by myself. I love it there and it is so close to the San Fernando Valley. Thank you so much for this video! What about Vasquez Rocks for a future video? Great rock formations there too.
I remember local legend saying Lost lake was "bottomless" because it was on the fault...That myth got proved false during the last drought.I went out there and it was bone dry.
That was very interesting. Thank you for doing this. I grew up in LA and have gone through many earthquakes. When I was in school we did not have computers or the internet so this was fascinating to me. Because of earthquakes though I have moved out of California. I do still have family there so I do go back at least once a year.
I'M from Europe and have read about S.A. Fault many times. This nice and well done video makes it all very visible to me thank you for the work efforts you putt in to it. I keep a watch on your channel for a next time .........thnxss again.[28-7-2019] Greetzzz from Holland.
Back in the 1970s, my sister and I liked to drive through the Valyermo and San Gabriel Mountain areas to see traces of fault lines. There was one fault line (San Gabriel fault?) where there were two types of rock juxtaposed against each other. We could hike up a short trail to see one part of it, then get back in the car, drive down the road, go around a curve, and see the other side of that juxtaposition coming down the hill on the other side. When skiing at the Holiday Hill ski area, while riding the main lift up the "Face" (a steep run in front of the lodge), you can turn around and look back and see the San Andreas fault line running through Wrightwood below. Devil's Punchbowl was an amazing area to explore, as well. We learned of all these places to visit from a Sunset book I had called "Earthquake Country". If you like to explore fault lines, it's a great quide.
@@BackRoadsWest1 Your Welcome 🖐. Yes, the famous one here in Turkey is the "North Anotolian Fault Line". The biggest in the past had been the Mw 7.9 Erzincan Earthquake in 1939. 1999 Mw 7.4 Gölcük had been the last destroying one killing about 20.000 citizens... 🙁
Really informative. I have chased down some of the fault points east of Cherry Valley and east of Indio where it crosses the ten then along to the southeast. Fun trips, looking forward to more of you videos.
Been interested in this fault line for quite sometime. Can't think of any better way to share the info than what's in this video. Excellent descriptions & interpretations. The yellow fault line overlay really puts the line into perspective of where it's actually located. Thank you.
Thank you that was super interesting! I grew up in California but live in the midwest now and I can remember hearing about the big one since I was a child! So it was really interesting to see a visual of the San Andreas
Excellent video! I am a very detail-oriented person and you made me very happy with your very thorough directions! ... Thanks so much! ... Darla in Minnesota
How fascinating. As a season snowboarder, Ive been through Wrightwood to the Mt High Resort more time than I can remember as well as to traverse the Cajon Pass to travel to LV. I never knew that the fault and its geological features are in such plain sight. Pretty certain Ive cross paths with many unusual rock formations in this area but had no idea it were result of the fault movements. Very interesting information. Thank you. Cant wait until my next trip to the ski resort with friends to give them a random geology lesson of various features of the San Andreas fault and see the look on their faces. lols
You're welcome and thanks for commenting. LOL - I skied for the first time at Mtn High West back around 1982 - just above the fault line. Enjoy your travels!
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My Chaffey College geology class in 1957 went up Lone Pine Road and we stood somewhere in that gouge gorge. None of us had cameras but the picture of us there as remained engraved in my mind ever since. Thank you for taking me back in time.
After experiencing the '71 Sylmar earthquake, the '89 Whittier quake, and the '94 Northridge quake, I really appreciate your excellent presentation here, so much so, that I found it "faultless".
Thank you! I experienced all those quakes too, the Sylmar quake being my first. I remember driving around the northern end of the SF Valley seeing all the destruction. But you know, none of that was San Andreas' fault....
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Victoria BC Canada 🇨🇦, likely 1975, in my student room reading c.3:20 am: a strong shake erupted. I recall crackling nervous energy as I stood wondering, 🤔what next?
Your level of information/guidance/detail is absolutely amazing. The best!
Thank you very much and taking the time to comment! Best is what we're aiming for!!!
SC here, with fault line and Charleston earthquake history. Have read about San Andreas over the years but this video is Killer! I feel like I was just on vacation after viewing. Thank you for the time spent creating this. I'd come out tomorrow if it wasn't on the other side of the continent. Peace to all!
Thanks for the kudos Walter! I'm delighted that the video left you feeling like you returned from vacation. It really is fun drive. Hopefully you can make it out there some day.
Fascinating. I used to drive through this area and never knew what I was looking at.
My family is from this area. I remember seeing all this stuff as a kid. Kind of bizarre to see someone give a tour of what is kind of like your back yard.
You're all over my childhood stomping grounds with this one. Lots of memories.
Born and raised in So Cal. It’s impossible NOT to know about the San Andreas...that said, I don’t know anyone who could have provided the information you have. Super, super interesting. TY !
I lived in the area 15years. Have driven this route many times. Been to all the lakes never knew any of the details I have just learned.
Thank you soo much !
cutchya me too but I only lived here for 10 years not 15
@@KeyonWasTaken Me too. For about 30 years. Hiked over most of it. Crossed ice on Jackson Lake snow camping with Boy Scouts.
All the mountains are melted buildings.
Many years ago, My friend Linda and I went to Jackson lake with our kids for some snow play. A young lady went down the hill on an innertube and broke through the ice near the edge of the lake. She was in the water for over 5 minutes until we got her out. Some guys helped us to get her in my car where we warmed her up. They took her up the road a little ways to a forest service station. She suffered from hypothermia but she lived!
When I was pregnant, my ex and I took a mini road trip and inadvertently hit a lot of these spots. The Appletree campground has a nice spot that's secluded just across the road. All of the "lakes" we visited briefly because we were looking for swimming/fishing spots were sag ponds you mentioned. Had I known I was traveling right on the San Andreas fault, I would have appreciated it more. Near where the ranches are, we had to come to a stop because a lot of baby goats were crossing the street 😂 And we were able to take video too.
Amazing virtual trip, two👍👍 I grew up on and around this awesome fault zone.
I remember exploring the San Andreas Fault in this area with a Geology class in college -- fascinating.
I and my classmates did as well but unfortunately we only did so inside the classroom listening to the lecturer. #Nigeria 😂 😂 😂
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I went camping with friends near Point Reyes, Ca. Next morning I told them we had camped directly on top of the segment of the San Andreas fault that slipped horizontally 16 feet in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
I lived in this exact area for approx 30 years. Thank you for this super informative video. Now I know what sag ponds and blue cuts are. 😊
near Palm Springs, it comes out of the Salton Sea and into the Coachella Valley into Desert hot springs, comes up through the city at a angle across through buildings , neighborhoods and across the Mission Lakes Country Club just under the Country Club and out through another development and then onto San Bernardino . I was looking at homes in Desert Hot Springs and discovered if the house wasn't on it it was next to it
So, where did u end up buying? I can see that lots of development on or near SA fault?
@@intanbaharuddin2703 I stayed in northern California, if I ever do it would be cathedral city or Palm desert
This is so detailed. Thank you…makes me want to take a road trip. We are not too far away. This will be a nice drive for a weekend day trip.
Thank you for your comments. Yes, it is a great road trip. My knowledge of this area came from just that, going on many road trips through here and a few field trips.
It makes me want to take a road trip to visit too...and I live in England.
Very informative. Iin the 1970s, I worked at the JPL test facility at Table Mountain above Big Pine. We commuted up from San Bernardino and saw many of the fault features, including driving up Lone Pine Canyon. You added much insight into the places we saw. Thanks
I find it crazy that people literally live on the fault line. Great video.
If you have ever seen a fault map of southern California it's a spiderweb.
I was born in 1953 I lived in Ontario California, but I was born in Upland, but I was raised in Southern California. I know exactly where all of these places are. I’ve been to every one of them living here for almost 75% of my whole life. I was in a Selmore quake in 1971 also Hector mine quake in 1998 I believe, I lived in Louisiana with my wife for seven years five years in Texas and she passed away and I moved back out here with my dad. I druther deal with earthquakes and hurricanes and tornadoes or severe hail storms that tear of the hell out of everything I’m glad I am back here where the weather is warm, and the winters are mild, I think I can tolerate the earthquakes until maybe the big one hits but when it does I may not even be alive after all I am almost 70 I heard people say that this big one will not occur for maybe another 30 years but when it does, it’s going to be hell to pay and sometimes I stop him, saying the word if this happens as a little word with a big meanie thanks for the video have a great day you have educated me very well👍🏼😀
Simple yet amazing documentary! Thank you for making it so good for us to watch!!!!!!!!!!
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for commenting.
This is truly one of the best videos about the San Andreas Fault! Well done, and much gratitude and appreciation. Really enjoyed this. Thank you very much. I have lived I’m both sides of the fault. My childhood on the west side. My adult life on the east side. About 15 miles away! Very enjoyable
"... I've lived on both sides of the fault."
Marriage teaches you this lesson, whatever happens, it's always your fault ;-)!
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Grew up in the los Angeles, Riverside/San Bernardino area, while in high school, my friends and I went many times to Wrightwood, and the surrounding area to see the spectacular views. Thanks for sharing. It's been 50 years since I graduated from high school and this bring many fond memories.
A sag pond is a body of fresh water collected in the lowest parts of a depression formed between two sides of an active strike-slip, transtensional or normal fault zone.
I live in Palm Springs, CA. While watching this video, I can glance out my window and see where the San Andreas passes by..just a few miles North.
Well done video. I have lived in this very area sense 1973 and have personal been to all these locations (on the road) and now I can check some of the fault lines up close thanks to your video.
Beautifully done! And appreciated the classical background music! Also, the speaker had a clear, friendly, enthusiastic way of presenting his subject! Thank you!
Took me over an hour (going back and forth between this video and Google Maps of the route) to truly get the appreciation of the things to see along this trip. I have traveled the route before but never realized I was tracing the San Andres Fault. Living along the fault all my life, I am fascinated by it. Thank you for another fabulous adventure.
You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed the experience I've garnered from traveling that road so many times and reading up on the geology it passes.
That was significantly more interesting than I thought it would be.
Just found this. It is very interesting and informative.
A very well researched and informative video, thanks! I first became acquainted with the region while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail back in '91. What I like best about this video is that it allows you to connect what you are seeing when you are there with the topography you see on a map. Also, the notes about how the fault has affected human land usage (sag ponds, wells) are very interesting.
Thanks Chris!
It smells so good there in the summertime wind blows up that canyon
An interesting learning curve. I had no idea of it’s visible impression on the land.
Thanks for saving me thousands of dollars and personal safety and car breakdowns and other hazards of going over there. Great video. Just like being there.
You're welcome. I save lots dollars by watching my videos over again!! I've driven that road from Wrightwood down to Pearblossom so many times.
Very interesting, educational, and informative video. Looking 👀 forward to the next video. Watching in Dallas, Texas! 👏🙏
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for commenting.
E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T !!!! VERY well done ! Video is dramatic, and narration is excellent in every respect. Thanks for offering this up.
Thank you! More SA Fault tours to come...
I have driven those roads so many times. I used to give visitors guided tours of the fault features from San Bernardino to the Punchbowl. Been away a long time.
I used to lead physical science field trips along that region a couple of decades ago. Nice to see it again.
Edward Lulofs I want to set off 500 pounds of tannerite in a deep narrow spot of fault to kick California into the ocean
Oh my God. Lake Hughes is a sag pond, Elizabeth Lake is a sag pond, Lake Palmdale is a sag pond... it's all so clear now. I've passed through there and never once realized I was straddling the San Andreas fault.
Yup, lots of sag ponds all marking the fault. And just think of all the sag ponds that no longer exist because human development has sucked them dry. I wish I had the time to create a video tour covering the fault from Palmdale to Lake Hughes.
I’ve been through numerous natural disasters in very different places. You can’t seem to escape it entirely. Disasters love me. In a way, they are fascinating, but I realize people (and animals) get hurt. That of course includes all manner of buildings and infrastructure and is very humbling.
I’ve spent most of my life in the Pacific Northwest and the terrain reflects these gigantic forces everywhere you look. It makes for some beautiful but potentially dangerous country. Now, I live where I want and am reasonably prepared to either leave at a moments notice or hunker down and live without power, city water and possibly travel, communications or even banking, gasoline or groceries. It takes some research, planning and investment and you hope you’ll never need it. I’ve been able to help my neighbors and community before with some simple preparation and it feels good. There’s nothing like a natural disaster to bring people together. A lot of folks can be great under duress. All my love and appreciation for those individuals and of course emergency services. Take care and be safe.
Visited the town of Wrightwood, once upon a time, in the mid-1980's. Didn't know I was basically on the fault line then. Traveled from Redondo Beach to Fontana, visiting family, and made a day trek up to Wrightwood. I was amazed at the expanse of land and the wilderness. Later, in 1989, I was in the Loma Prieta 'quake. I was at work in Cupertino when that happened. Whoa!. Wild times. Superb video - loved the commentary and history. Thanks so much!
You're welcome! Thanks for taking the time to comment.
I recently asked a friend to accompany me to see the fault. Flat out refused. I'm going to follow your guide. Sounds like fun and I'd say, there's nice places to visit.
THANK YOU.
ToomanyJ's ToomanyR's I’m down to go lol why not?
This was an awesome video! Thanks so much!! ❤❤
You are so welcome!
I moved from the San Andreas to the Hurricane. North America’s most active to the second most active. I love that you did this tour near Wrightwood. I used to spend a ton of time in that area.
To funny, me too. Our back window has a beautiful view of La Verkin and the Hurricane Fault, which really is much different than the SF Fault and not nearly as active with its relation to the Colorado Plateau - th-cam.com/video/9Tfrpo94vKY/w-d-xo.html
I feel like I am listening to Huell Howser... and it makes me very happy!
Love good ole Mr. Huell Howser :) California Gold !
@Just Looking I've got a soft spot for Huell Howser. My grandfather was the epitome of what made Mr. Howell so great. Cheesy, but wonderful. Anything you said to my grandpa was the most genuinely interesting thing he had ever heard. He was not an educated man, but he was no fool. He used his ignorance to help other people feel important, special. He would pay rapt attention to the tiniest trivial detail, no matter the subject, because he felt if you deemed it worthy of discussion, he felt it deserved his undivided attention. Not with indignation, impertinence or impatience. Nope. With modesty, humility and a genuine passion about whatever intrigued you. And, it didn't matter if you were family or someone he had just met that very moment. So many of his characteristics were played out on the TV screen by Mr. Howser. It would have been amazing to see them meet in real life.
Thanks for the comment. Yes, that is my Huell voice - but only people in So Cal know what a great tour guide Huell was.
@@BackRoadsWest1 He's a real legend. I miss him and new adventures, but there's always TH-cam to bring back some memories.
Thanks, it takes a lot of effort to put this together. I appreciate it.
My pleasure! Thanks for commenting.
Love your word graphics with the video, the explanatory detail of the science behind the fault and and its effects. So much info from a trip that is relatively short compared to most trips I've watched on TH-cam. Thank you, this is a trip I'd like to take someday.
The Angeles national forest visitors center grassy hollow has a yearly presentation and short hike to the fault zone presented by one of our Volenteers who is also a professional educator
I'm the guy who's been caretaker of the Clyde Ranch for 25 years that's pretty cool that we're in a TH-cam video right on thank you
Im the guy who's been reading comments for the last 25 mins, thats pretty cool that im commenting on a TH-cam video right now thanks to me that im thanking myself because im thankful you read this
Wow, no kidding? I'm sure that ranch can tell lots of stories of those walls could talk... Thanks for dropping a line.
Outstanding post. I've been to alot of the areas you covered, but never knew til know what it all meant. Now I can go back and actually understand more ! Thank you for your time putting this together!
I took a ride on the SanAndreas when I was 10-years old living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Scared the crap out of me for days after our entire apartment building shifted from side to side. It felt like being on a boat. Fascinating, but very frightening.
BRW1, thank you for taking the time to produce this video, and thank you for the folksy, Huell Howser voice over! Those of us who knew and loved him miss him very much. It is my hope that, perhaps in a future installment, you might consider back-tracking the San Andreas Fault System south, through Riverside and Imperial counties. I know that a 20 minute video can contain only so much information, but there is a beautiful sight in Palmdale [SR 14] that should not be missed.
Hi Joaquin, thanks for your comment! Ah ha, you recognized the Huell Howser narration style - only people from So Cal would recognize it. However, it's something I stopped doing in our videos because people write too many bad comments about it. So I'm back to being me. You can check out our work at www.backroadswest.com/blog
On the subject of other segments of the fault, I have material ready to go, now I just need the time. Yes, I do have pictures of the road cut at SR 14 and Ave S. I would like to do a video tour of where I left off on this video and go all the way thru Leona Valley & Lake Elizabeth to Gorman, but I have little material from there. Where I do have material ready to go is from I-5 to SR 166, then SR 66 to SR 58 (Carrizo Plain).
BRW, can't wait for the next installment!
I miss Huell too! Met him once, loved his shows, they always made me smile! Ohhh boyyy....
Flame...you are most fortunate! It was soooo easy to see what a kind a gentle man he was. He has left a great void in PBS programming.
Well done! Thank you so much for your time and effort in producing this most interesting vid. Have always wanted to see those back roads and more about the SA Fault and you made it possible from the comfort of my home.
Very Cool...been down that way many times as a teen...has a whole new meaning with a background in Geology. ..thanks guys ❤
Great video! I was stationed at George AFB and Norton AFB and went to School at CSUSB. Passed through here hundreds of times. I used to get some dirt near there in buckets and then go to Lytle Creek and pan it out.....just found little flecks but it was fun! Thanks for posting and for the detail!
I'll bet there are people panning for gold in Cajon or Lytle Creek this weekend. Thanks for commenting.
Thank you for a most interesting....journey..I have driven from Inglewood to Palms Springs and enjoyed the scenery very much...not realizing being British.. that I was journeying through one of Mother Nature's less stable landscapes.
Don't trip over the gulch, when you are walking to the scarp or you might fall into the sag pond where we'll have to fish you out with a chaparrel yucca! Whoever did the map and pics even with Google's help did a great job..Thanks for posting! Who would have really liked growing up in one of these towns? Me me me!
Just another awesome feature of my beloved San Gabriel Mountains. Very informative!
Crystal clear enunciation. Easy to understand.
Excellent! Thanks for taking the time to comment.
This video is amazing when played at 2x speed. Even the piano music is a dream!
What a most interesting and well-produced video, as it gives one an on-the-ground view of what's going on with the fault. Well done.
Love this video I used to go up and down this beautiful place going to wrightwood I used to live in Hespiria incredible and interesting passing the San Andreas.
Great video! Traveled this route many times...I thought I knew a lot about the area, but I have learned so much more. Looking forward to traveling it again and visit all the spots from this video. Keep the videos coming. Thanks.
Michael San Filippo I wanna set off 500 pounds of tannerite in a deep narrow spot in the fault
It's more obvious on the 14 freeway approaching Palmdale, the Vasquez Rocks show the buckling of the land, and cuts through hills where the freeway passes through, show how different layers of earth have twisted and turned.
In the old days, many western and science fiction movie scenes were shot at Vasquez Rocks!
I live in Devore (shown at beginning of video) now just below all this. I had no idea about lost lake. Going to check it out. Thank you so much for this video. Very informative.
This was SO surprisingly enjoyable I just had to thank you! Great job!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
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Was expecting to come round a corner & see Lois lanes red car poking out of the road 🤣
Very very interesting. I gotta catch up on your other videos
Very interesting video. I live near Coachella valley. Get tremors from the fault all the time.
Wow, this video took a LOT of work, great job!
Thanks! Yes, lots of work, but lots of fun.
Very vivid and clear. Thank
The music sounds like it was from a silent film, kept expecting an evil man in a topcoat, top hat and handlebar mustache to appear. But I did love the tour, thanks.
The music is from composer Frédéric Chopin, similar to famous composers Mozart and Beethoven. Chopin specialized in piano compositions. I'm using it simply for consistent background music. It's up to the individual to visualize what the music implies, such as an evil man in a topcoat. I'm visualizing a leisurely drive up a mountain road as shown in the tour.
This video is perfectly done and is super informative
Thank you for this viideo. It was very educational especially now that we here in the Philippines particularly in Mindanao had experienced strong earthquakes which I haven't had encountered before in my almost 69yrs of existence.
Masterfully done. Thanks for the guided trip.
I used to go camping by Jackson Lake and skiing at Wrightwood. Beautiful area year-round. Good memories.
I know what it is like to live on a fault. My granddaughter constantly reminds that it's "my fault"
Could be worse....
she could be telling you it's Trump's fault :(
@@MADDLADO1 lol
Lol
It's not the faults fault.Its trump's fault.
This scratches a very specific, very big itch I have. Thank you so much.
We lived in Devore in the 60's not too far from the fault. Occasionally there would be a quake that would crack the plaster walls. Thanks for the tour.
Great job. I've been along this area a lot. It's awesome there.
Thank you for the excellent tour. Never knew all this existed on this route. Just added to my bucket list. Hope I am around for the “Big One” to see what changes are made.
Thank you so much for your efforts. One can tell you spent a lot of time producing this video. Excellent job and very helpful with the odomoter readings. Will take the tour next time when I'm in the area.
Quite assertive at my endeavor
I used to drive my truck up and around all of these areas, and on fire roads there. My favorite sign is "Pavement Ends"! You can connect with Wrightwood from the opposite way by going through Big Tujunga Canyon to Angeles Crest and then to Wrightwood. Sometimes we would just find a place along side of the road to slide our snow sleds down the slope. I did a lot of camping at Big Rock Creek, sometimes by myself. I love it there and it is so close to the San Fernando Valley. Thank you so much for this video! What about Vasquez Rocks for a future video? Great rock formations there too.
I remember local legend saying Lost lake was "bottomless" because it was on the fault...That myth got proved false during the last drought.I went out there and it was bone dry.
I guess it really was lost then.
There is another local legend at lost lake. It's said be cursed because of multiple deaths there.
You mighta been lucky, too.
cory arnold I dived in there and I can assure u there is a bottom haha
I guess you didn't give enough money to save it
Thank you for the excellent and educational vlog!
You're welcome and thanks for commenting.
That was very interesting. Thank you for doing this. I grew up in LA and have gone through many earthquakes. When I was in school we did not have computers or the internet so this was fascinating to me. Because of earthquakes though I have moved out of California. I do still have family there so I do go back at least once a year.
Thank you for your comments. My first one was the 1971 Sylmar quake. I was living in Burbank at the time.
Smart people 🙂
You make the best videos of this type. Hands down. You win sir. Thank you.
Thank you!
stunning revelations about the fault zone, wow, thank you
yeah thought so too, have to visit!
I'M from Europe and have read about S.A. Fault many times.
This nice and well done video makes it all very visible to me thank you for the work efforts you putt in to it.
I keep a watch on your channel for a next time .........thnxss again.[28-7-2019]
Greetzzz from Holland.
You're welcome and thank you for commenting! Been to Holland many times - my family is from Groningen - no earthquakes there!
Back in the 1970s, my sister and I liked to drive through the Valyermo and San Gabriel Mountain areas to see traces of fault lines. There was one fault line (San Gabriel fault?) where there were two types of rock juxtaposed against each other. We could hike up a short trail to see one part of it, then get back in the car, drive down the road, go around a curve, and see the other side of that juxtaposition coming down the hill on the other side. When skiing at the Holiday Hill ski area, while riding the main lift up the "Face" (a steep run in front of the lodge), you can turn around and look back and see the San Andreas fault line running through Wrightwood below. Devil's Punchbowl was an amazing area to explore, as well. We learned of all these places to visit from a Sunset book I had called "Earthquake Country". If you like to explore fault lines, it's a great quide.
Hi everyone, from Istanbul... A very absorbing study scientificly performed. 👏👏👏
Hello Selcuk
Merhaba nasılsın good luck to Turkey
@@idw9159 🖐teşekkürler. Türkçe biliyor musun? 😮
Thank you! The San Andreas is known as a "strike-slip" type of fault. They are actually quite rare on Earth. However, in Turkey, there are several.
@@BackRoadsWest1 Your Welcome 🖐. Yes, the famous one here in Turkey is the "North Anotolian Fault Line". The biggest in the past had been the Mw 7.9 Erzincan Earthquake in 1939. 1999 Mw 7.4 Gölcük had been the last destroying one killing about 20.000 citizens... 🙁
Really informative. I have chased down some of the fault points east of Cherry Valley and east of Indio where it crosses the ten then along to the southeast. Fun trips, looking forward to more of you videos.
I live in Wrightwood and my old house sat on top of the fault between Oak street and Linnit street.
Been interested in this fault line for quite sometime. Can't think of any better way to share the info than what's in this video. Excellent descriptions & interpretations. The yellow fault line overlay really puts the line into perspective of where it's actually located. Thank you.
Thank you that was super interesting! I grew up in California but live in the midwest now and I can remember hearing about the big one since I was a child! So it was really interesting to see a visual of the San Andreas
Excellent video! I am a very detail-oriented person and you made me very happy with your very thorough directions! ... Thanks so much! ... Darla in Minnesota
You're welcome Darla and thank you for the comment!
Excellent tour and production values. I really appreciate these types of You Tube videos. Keep up the good work.
Very interesting. I live in Wrightwood
Excellent research, thank you for posting. I'll have to take this drive when the snow melts.
Excellent work watched it here downunder in Australia
How fascinating. As a season snowboarder, Ive been through Wrightwood to the Mt High Resort more time than I can remember as well as to traverse the Cajon Pass to travel to LV. I never knew that the fault and its geological features are in such plain sight. Pretty certain Ive cross paths with many unusual rock formations in this area but had no idea it were result of the fault movements. Very interesting information. Thank you. Cant wait until my next trip to the ski resort with friends to give them a random geology lesson of various features of the San Andreas fault and see the look on their faces. lols
You're welcome and thanks for commenting. LOL - I skied for the first time at Mtn High West back around 1982 - just above the fault line. Enjoy your travels!