This channel is what makes a video platform such as TH-cam and others such an incredible invention of our times. Simply a man with great knowledge and a camera, along with the drive to produce great content gives us so much entertainment and takes us to places that we may never see in our own lifetimes.
Excellent stuff, Nick. I know there's a lot of effort to put this out, but, at 80 yrs old I'm still learning and I could be in your classroom all day every day, Thanks, Nick. Pete on the Isle of Wight.
Serpentine shows prominently in road cuts along the Motherlode hwy49 in Mariposa...but wow, seeing it literally everywhere on your Beverly Creek walk, makes me want to go there and see it.
What a fabulous hike! Of all the covid backyard programs this beats them all. Absolutely staggering scenery and instruction! Will send it on to Tara my niece who lives on the Sacramento Delta. It will blow her away. Amazing scenery! Will alert my adult kids in Mendocino who will revel in this substantive program! Thank you.
Even for a non-geologist, that rock that was blue with white streaks in it was gorgeous. Also the scenery + geology of the whole area is breathtaking. Wow.
ARISE, SIR PENTANITE...jeezo, whatta dump. I AM JOKING, PUT DOWN THE PITCHFORKS AND TORCHES. It is, in all seriousness, nothing short of breathtaking. Thank you, Nick, for taking us there. Please be careful: we 50somethings have to be diligent not to snap a hip on ye olde hiking trail, more so if one’s eye is glued to a viewfinder and/or screen. I, for one, am eternally grateful for your kindness in sharing such a gorgeous vista. Many, many thanks.
Eau Claire, WI here! Thanks for your last lecture I listened to on the drumlins, excellent! just excellent! thank you! Now this...I have always wanted to go with a geologist who could explain the rocks I was looking at...Oh to learn some thing and hike such a beautiful trail... what more could a person ask for in this lifetime 😻😻. Thank you so very, very much for your knowledge in such a wonderful digestible classroom!!
Just a couple of days before your hike my son and I hiked to Ingalls Pass. Wonderful samples of serpentinite and beautiful wild flowers. Then we followed the Roadside Geology guide you recommended to explore Ancient Lakes and Crystalline Core. Beautiful country for hiking and camping. Thanks for the live streams that taught us how to appreciate it!
Fun fact: Serpentine is the state rock of CA. In some areas of the Sierra foothills, and many places in the Trinity / Klamath mountains we have green, white, black and red serpentine. An interesting phenomenon we also see are "serpentine barrens" where the high amounts of iron, chromium, nickel and cobalt in the eroded serpentine prevent many plants from growing and stunt the growth of everything else.
TheLawDawg there is a Serpentinite Barren in Nottingham Pennsylvania, nearby the Herr’s potato chip factory and in Amish country, watch out for the buggies!
Question. Would serpentinite be so common in NorCal that it would be used for road and/or landscaping gravel? Noticed greenish looking gravel similar to what's in Nick's video along the Johnny Cash Bike Trail near Folsom a couple of years back.
@@antoniodelrio1292 Can't say that it is used in either case. Chemistry and strength might make it unsuitable for construction. Also, chemistry is similar to asbestos and talc--both are harmful to humans. Sierra foothill's housing developments have stirred up dust of these minerals causing potential problems. Like a serpent, looks pretty but could be dangerous.
My ears are cold just listening. Lovely stuff. Such beautiful and interesting country. Thanks again, Nick. Your entertaining and educational videos have me seeing the world around me in a new light and are tempting me to study this sort of thing.
Wow Nick, that is no small hike. Plan to be there this weekend. Good to see the wild flowers are still in bloom and will expound to my friends about serpentinite.
Thanks for sharing such a beautiful place! The Stuart Range is nothing short of breathtaking. And imagine such a beautiful place also having such fine examples of Serpentinite, excellent.
Im sorry, i gotta confess that I’ve been watching your videos for years and just today I subscribed. Thanks for the hard work you put into this channel.
This video is a jewel, revisited because I cant wait to start hiking and I'm planning ahead. Serpentinite, Stuart complex, older Ingalls, young feeder dikes, gosh what fortunate people we are. This country!! Thanks so much for keeping these available. ❤
Hey there, Nick! I have been watching for about a month, and I want to thank you for your videos. I try to watch all that I can. I haven't been able to get into any of the live streams, but I have seen a lot of the more recent episodes, and I can't believe how much I have learned. Thank you and your guests for making more people aware and continuing the science into the particulars. Greetings from the Puget lobe!
From Humble, TX 95F hot & humid here... Felt cooler just watching your awesome hike. Thanks, I will relive on my treadmill... the color and clarity and pace of your hike was super, especially where you slowed down and paused a bit. Close-ups of rocks and flora much appreciated.
Thanks for the tour Nick !! we live on a property we call Serpentine Ridge, at Widgee, in Queensland, Australia with beautiful serpentine rock !! That Scenery is so spectacular!!
The thin scraggly alpine firs, the twisted wind swept wood, the craggy rocks, all give you a sense of deep time as if 🦕 dinosaurs might show up around the bend 🦖🦖 at any time... what a beautiful place to visit!
Where you are walking the trees what happened to them . . . fire? and yet all the new growth . . . . STUNNING!!!! AND THE FRESH SERPENTINITE . . . .AWESOME . . . . THANK YOU!!! YOU ARE A GREAT TEACHER WHAT A GIFT YOU HAVE . . . .
Nick, there is a place on the west branch of the Feather River down off of Dean Road in Paradise, California where there is Serpentinite. It is a beautiful sight to see. Light green and very smooth!
Thanks for the vicarious hike up one of my favorite trails! I snuck peaks from my work bench in a factory Mill Creek, WA. I have nice samples of that rock on my patio at home.
Nick. I so enjoyed you taking me along on this hike. Do you ever think of wild animal attacks. Sneaking up on you. Like a cougar maybe? Do you carry? Boy this is so interesting to see the beauty of mother nature. The wild flowers. The rocks. I can just smell the fresh sir. You see my husband was from Seattle. Pugent sound west Seattle. On his ten year class reunion he took me up there. I was like a child the first time to Disney world. Flat Florida then to there. So you dint know how much I am enjoying your classes your hikes.. I loved it do Much I went back by bus to Portland Oregon. The mountains kept me there 15 years. Took road trips to mt St Helens. And around cougar was. Thru the ape mountain. I miss them.if I had family up there I would have stayed longer.its purely Gods Country. You can't make this stuff up. Never saw big foot. Thank you for your teachings of whats and whys. Your such a good teacher.!! Thank you
Loved this pilot of "Nick On The Fly". Love the pace and balance of face-time explanation and respites of hiking. I think if you invest in a clip-on microphone, you'll be all set. I loved the off-the-cuff/not canned or over-produced feel to the video; just like your live-streams. Great work! Looking forward to the next episode.
Dr. Zentner does it again. He reminds me very much of my profs at Western, at about the same time all that serpentinite was produced. Aside from the awesome education I'm getting from his videos, he takes me back to a very happy and much-missed time of my life.
Absolutely stunning. Does not get closer to be there self.. as I wish. Thank you for sharing & take care! Oh, guessed serpentinite correct thanks to your motivating teaching 😊
I can’t walk very well, and hiking isn’t something I can’t do anymore. I’ve never been in that part of the country, either. Watching you walk through such a gorgeous landscape, and having you pause periodically to explain the highlights, is such an incredible experience. Thank you for being my virtual legs and eyes, Nick. I really hope you do more of these great hiking trips!
I live in California in northern Santa Barbara county and there is an area here around Figueroa Mountain that is serpentine rock. About 20 miles from the ocean. The terrain and trees look very similar to Beverly Creek. My neighbor is a sculptor and he works with the serpentine rock. He says he uses it because it is relatively soft and easy to work with yet stays together very well. I really enjoy your videos.
I am so glad you covered this stone. It is everywhere here in the mountains of Southern Oregon and I have brought many nice specimens home to decorate my gardens. Varying from blue to almost every shade of green it is very pretty to have around the house. Wow! I had to come back and tell you what a beautiful place that is!! Thanks for sharing those views!!
Thanks Nick! I loved the walk on the mountain trail. Origin of serpentinite is so interesting. Great video! i hope you will do more hiking videos so we can see rock formations in situ while enjoying the magnificent scenery of Washington! You're making me homesick for northwest Wyoming but that's okay.
Thanks for showing us such phenomenal terrain. Evidence of those powerful forces at work in the past makes one wonder why geological events are so calm now.
Thanks for taking us on a walk, Nick. It's been years since I've been to the mountains.... I don't think I'll be making any trips this year, but maybe next year .... crazy to still see snow on the slopes in July ... and the flowers are beautiful!
Wowwwww Nick what a treat showing us such an incredible place. I just to be able one day to hike and visit all those places you had shown us I keep adding them to my list. 🙏
Thank you for sharing and braving the elements for us your viewers. This was made in 2020 but I am just now seeing it and it is gorgeous and as always informative. Thank you again Nick :D
i understood that these serpentinite lenses were pieces of the mantle [ olivine] pushed up and altered . lots up here in BC too. thanks for the interesting video
Thank you, Nick, for continuing to share your incredible geologic knowledge and the wonderful scenery with us during what is supposed to be your “downtime”. I was amazed at the 5x5 you were able to get in a fairly remote area. Hope Liz doesn’t mind sharing you with us. Phil from Spokane
Nick, if you can focus on the flowers, we'll surely identify them for you! Thanks for taking a walk and bringing us along! I like hiking that doesn't hurt my knees! God bless you!
Thanks Nick... i really enjoyed the walk.. but that forest... was great too.. spruce and white pine mixed as far as i could tell from afar. but i am probably wrong. grew up surrounded in Pinion pines with Ponderosa pines growing higher above the Big Pine fault in lockwood valley.
I’m never going to be able to get there Nick and I cannot thank you enough for taking me on this journey. Your stories are always interesting and I am loving these little excursions you’re taking into the wilderness. So hoping I get to meet you if you come up into the Okanogan I think you are remarkable and you are also an extremely entertaining teacher.
Fantastic number of views Nick in just a few hours. I visited a rock quarry with my daughter today and we smashed rocks looking for crystals inside. It was fun. There was a lot of greenschist there. I lot of HUGE boulders full of serpentinite
Love this idea to demonstrate how you can find geological info even on a hike thru the hills of everyday places. THANKS, THOUGHT I’D LEARNED ALL ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL COUNTRY OF OURS. I’VE LIVED ON THIS EARTH, AND THROUGH YOUR LECTURES I REALIZE I NEED TO LEARN NEW THINGS.
There’s lots of Serpentinite in south eastern Pennsylvania & northern Delaware. Probably elsewhere too, but I’ve seen it myself in PA & DE. There’s old houses & barns made from it that are still standing & in use, some as old as 1790. It’s beautiful when the sun hits it.
At some point in the early 90s, I hiked a trail in that area and saw nothing but that serpentinite. I loved it! I am sure I collected a few pieces, but where they are now, I do not know. I really enjoyed the feeling of hiking along with you. Because of Covid, I am staying at home, except for work. I can do a little hiking on trails near where I live, but no traveling. It's nice to see something different! Thanks!
It’s carvable like soapstone, but has fracture planes. So, it can be unpredictable. My mother made us boys haul tons of that stuff for her ponds she built.
I grew up roaming the forests near mount Orford, Quebec and these rocks were all over the place, especially chrysotile - serpentine asbestos. I was fascinated by this type of rock as a teenager.
Nick, I so enjoy your work online. I try to follow your various topics. I suggest you take a look at the geology of GROS MORNE in Newfoundland. All sorts of basement peridotite and gabbro in filled with wonderful serpentine. Uniquely pale green and almost fibrous. Vast stretches of the crust flipped upside down revealing a Mars like orange bare substrate with serpentine infilled cracks, as quartz does elsewhere. Uniquely stunning. Can send pics of samples. Cheers.
Thanks for your videos! The Serpentinite has me very interested. I saw it all over the place in Humboldt/ Trinty County California In the Lassic's Wilderness. I have pictures of snow-covered Serpentinite in the mountains there. Thiers 3 different types of rocks in that area. And there are native American artifacts in the stone, as wells as endemic species. Black lassic looks like in extinct cone volcano just under 6k feet, but is actually mudstone. I got to snowboard from the peak. I could clearly see Lassen trinity alps, the pacific ocean, and Shasta from the top. It was kind of my little tase of Cascadia when I was living in California for a little bit. I have my heart set on climbing some of the major cascade peaks now. I spend two separate weeks in the Wasatch range this year snowboarding at the resorts and that was a cool experience. They got hit with an earthquake just a few days after I got home. If you are ever in the area I highly recommend checking it out.
Central Washington is beautiful! Thanks Nick!
Thank you, professor! What breathtaking scenery!!!!
This channel is what makes a video platform such as TH-cam and others such an incredible invention of our times. Simply a man with great knowledge and a camera, along with the drive to produce great content gives us so much entertainment and takes us to places that we may never see in our own lifetimes.
The scenery is achingly beautiful!
"I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty, And on Your wondrous works." Psalm 145 Stunning. Thanks for taking us hiking with you.
I really enjoyed the virtual hike. I can't physically do the hike, so for me, it is a real treat! Thanks Nick!
Excellent stuff, Nick. I know there's a lot of effort to put this out, but, at 80 yrs old I'm still learning and I could be in your classroom all day every day, Thanks, Nick. Pete on the Isle of Wight.
Serpentine shows prominently in road cuts along the Motherlode hwy49 in Mariposa...but wow, seeing it literally everywhere on your Beverly Creek walk, makes me want to go there and see it.
What a fabulous hike! Of all the covid backyard programs this beats them all. Absolutely staggering scenery and instruction! Will send it on to Tara my niece who lives on the Sacramento Delta. It will blow her away. Amazing scenery! Will alert my adult kids in Mendocino who will revel in this substantive program! Thank you.
Even for a non-geologist, that rock that was blue with white streaks in it was gorgeous. Also the scenery + geology of the whole area is breathtaking. Wow.
ARISE, SIR PENTANITE...jeezo, whatta dump. I AM JOKING, PUT DOWN THE PITCHFORKS AND TORCHES. It is, in all seriousness, nothing short of breathtaking. Thank you, Nick, for taking us there. Please be careful: we 50somethings have to be diligent not to snap a hip on ye olde hiking trail, more so if one’s eye is glued to a viewfinder and/or screen. I, for one, am eternally grateful for your kindness in sharing such a gorgeous vista. Many, many thanks.
Eau Claire, WI here! Thanks for your last lecture I listened to on the drumlins, excellent! just excellent! thank you! Now this...I have always wanted to go with a geologist who could explain the rocks I was looking at...Oh to learn some thing and hike such a beautiful trail... what more could a person ask for in this lifetime 😻😻. Thank you so very, very much for your knowledge in such a wonderful digestible classroom!!
Just a couple of days before your hike my son and I hiked to Ingalls Pass. Wonderful samples of serpentinite and beautiful wild flowers. Then we followed the Roadside Geology guide you recommended to explore Ancient Lakes and Crystalline Core. Beautiful country for hiking and camping. Thanks for the live streams that taught us how to appreciate it!
When you were walking along the path among the trees, I honestly felt like I was in the middle of a Bob Ross painting. What a wonderful view.
Fun fact: Serpentine is the state rock of CA. In some areas of the Sierra foothills, and many places in the Trinity / Klamath mountains we have green, white, black and red serpentine. An interesting phenomenon we also see are "serpentine barrens" where the high amounts of iron, chromium, nickel and cobalt in the eroded serpentine prevent many plants from growing and stunt the growth of everything else.
TheLawDawg there is a Serpentinite Barren in Nottingham Pennsylvania, nearby the Herr’s potato chip factory and in Amish country, watch out for the buggies!
TheLawDawg Fun fact: Not found south of the Transverse Range except on Santa Catalina Island
Question. Would serpentinite be so common in NorCal that it would be used for road and/or landscaping gravel? Noticed greenish looking gravel similar to what's in Nick's video along the Johnny Cash Bike Trail near Folsom a couple of years back.
Antonio del Rio i am just amazed that there’s a bike trail named after The Man In Black near Folsom!!
@@antoniodelrio1292 Can't say that it is used in either case. Chemistry and strength might make it unsuitable for construction. Also, chemistry is similar to asbestos and talc--both are harmful to humans.
Sierra foothill's housing developments have stirred up dust of these minerals causing potential problems. Like a serpent, looks pretty but could be dangerous.
Thanks so much Dr. Nick for finding new ways to share your love and knowledge of geology!
My ears are cold just listening. Lovely stuff. Such beautiful and interesting country. Thanks again, Nick. Your entertaining and educational videos have me seeing the world around me in a new light and are tempting me to study this sort of thing.
Brilliant ,thanks for these informative walks Nick ,much appreciated .
❤ fun! Thank you, Nick! Amazing views...precarious looking sometimes.. along that ridge. Be safe to all!!
Thank you for taking me on this ride. so wild and the wind is whistling, sounds cold.. awesome.
Wow Nick, that is no small hike. Plan to be there this weekend. Good to see the wild flowers are still in bloom and will expound to my friends about serpentinite.
Thanks for sharing such a beautiful place! The Stuart Range is nothing short of breathtaking. And imagine such a beautiful place also having such fine examples of Serpentinite, excellent.
Im sorry, i gotta confess that I’ve been watching your videos for years and just today I subscribed. Thanks for the hard work you put into this channel.
This video is a jewel, revisited because I cant wait to start hiking and I'm planning ahead. Serpentinite, Stuart complex, older Ingalls, young feeder dikes, gosh what fortunate people we are. This country!! Thanks so much for keeping these available. ❤
Hey there, Nick! I have been watching for about a month, and I want to thank you for your videos. I try to watch all that I can. I haven't been able to get into any of the live streams, but I have seen a lot of the more recent episodes, and I can't believe how much I have learned. Thank you and your guests for making more people aware and continuing the science into the particulars. Greetings from the Puget lobe!
From Humble, TX 95F hot & humid here... Felt cooler just watching your awesome hike. Thanks, I will relive on my treadmill... the color and clarity and pace of your hike was super, especially where you slowed down and paused a bit. Close-ups of rocks and flora much appreciated.
I come for the geology but the views are stunning.
Thanks for the tour Nick !! we live on a property we call Serpentine Ridge, at Widgee, in Queensland, Australia with beautiful serpentine rock !! That Scenery is so spectacular!!
Most BEAUTIFUL walk ever...willd flowers were a most perfect way to start the walk!! So appreciate u, Nick- brenda-charleston SC
The thin scraggly alpine firs, the twisted wind swept wood, the craggy rocks, all give you a sense of deep time as if 🦕 dinosaurs might show up around the bend 🦖🦖 at any time... what a beautiful place to visit!
Where you are walking the trees what happened to them . . . fire? and yet all the new growth . . . . STUNNING!!!! AND THE FRESH SERPENTINITE . . . .AWESOME . . . . THANK YOU!!! YOU ARE A GREAT TEACHER WHAT A GIFT YOU HAVE . . . .
Nick, there is a place on the west branch of the Feather River down off of Dean Road in Paradise, California where there is Serpentinite. It is a beautiful sight to see. Light green and very smooth!
What a breathtakingly beautiful walk
Thank you Nick for the breath taking hike. Id sure love a sample of that cool serpentinite
I'm in NJ, and am enjoying the virtual hike in beautiful Washington state
Prof Nick, "Nick on the Fly", Thanks for the learning opportunity about the rocks of Washington. Beautiful trail in the back country.
I'm a flower person as well as a rock person...I spied some Lewisia in bloom. Beautiful scenery! Thanks so much for sharing!
Yay Lewisia
Dear god, this is beautiful. Thank you.
This is great! Love the beautiful view and learn what serpentinite looks like on the trail. Very helpful. Thank you!
Beautiful country sir, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the vicarious hike up one of my favorite trails! I snuck peaks from my work bench in a factory Mill Creek, WA. I have nice samples of that rock on my patio at home.
Thanks for this walk. From Ridgefield, Washington.Love all the wildflowers too.
Nick. I so enjoyed you taking me along on this hike. Do you ever think of wild animal attacks. Sneaking up on you. Like a cougar maybe? Do you carry? Boy this is so interesting to see the beauty of mother nature. The wild flowers. The rocks. I can just smell the fresh sir. You see my husband was from Seattle. Pugent sound west Seattle. On his ten year class reunion he took me up there. I was like a child the first time to Disney world. Flat Florida then to there. So you dint know how much I am enjoying your classes your hikes.. I loved it do Much I went back by bus to Portland Oregon. The mountains kept me there 15 years. Took road trips to mt St Helens. And around cougar was. Thru the ape mountain. I miss them.if I had family up there I would have stayed longer.its purely Gods Country. You can't make this stuff up. Never saw big foot. Thank you for your teachings of whats and whys. Your such a good teacher.!! Thank you
Such fabulous scenery. Thx so much. Excellent vid Prof
Loved this pilot of "Nick On The Fly". Love the pace and balance of face-time explanation and respites of hiking. I think if you invest in a clip-on microphone, you'll be all set. I loved the off-the-cuff/not canned or over-produced feel to the video; just like your live-streams. Great work! Looking forward to the next episode.
Thanks Todd!
Dr. Zentner does it again. He reminds me very much of my profs at Western, at about the same time all that serpentinite was produced. Aside from the awesome education I'm getting from his videos, he takes me back to a very happy and much-missed time of my life.
Absolutely stunning. Does not get closer to be there self.. as I wish. Thank you for sharing & take care! Oh, guessed serpentinite correct thanks to your motivating teaching 😊
I can’t walk very well, and hiking isn’t something I can’t do anymore. I’ve never been in that part of the country, either.
Watching you walk through such a gorgeous landscape, and having you pause periodically to explain the highlights, is such an incredible experience.
Thank you for being my virtual legs and eyes, Nick. I really hope you do more of these great hiking trips!
The scenery has amazing colours!!
man that is beautiful Nick.. I can't wait until next summer to get back up in that area.. Need a trip to the east..
I live in California in northern Santa Barbara county and there is an area here around Figueroa Mountain that is serpentine rock. About 20 miles from the ocean. The terrain and trees look very similar to Beverly Creek. My neighbor is a sculptor and he works with the serpentine rock. He says he uses it because it is relatively soft and easy to work with yet stays together very well. I really enjoy your videos.
Thank you for exploring possibilities, we love anything we can get!
An absolutely gorgeous view!
I am so glad you covered this stone. It is everywhere here in the mountains of Southern Oregon and I have brought many nice specimens home to decorate my gardens. Varying from blue to almost every shade of green it is very pretty to have around the house. Wow! I had to come back and tell you what a beautiful place that is!! Thanks for sharing those views!!
The 7 thumbs down were from students in Nicks class who were sleeping in class and got bad grades.
Who got bad grades???
Thanks for taking me along for the hike. I did not want it to stop. I can’t wait to visit Central Washington some day. Thanks Nic!
Wow Nick what a gorgeous picture looks like 3D on my phone. That area looks wild looks like prime Sasquatch habitat.
Just ridiculously stunning scenery.
Lovely hike up Beverly Creek. Thank you!!
Thanks Nick! I loved the walk on the mountain trail. Origin of serpentinite is so interesting. Great video! i hope you will do more hiking videos so we can see rock formations in situ while enjoying the magnificent scenery of Washington! You're making me homesick for northwest Wyoming but that's okay.
Thanks for showing us such phenomenal terrain. Evidence of those powerful forces at work in the past makes one wonder why geological events are so calm now.
Thanks for taking us on a walk, Nick. It's been years since I've been to the mountains.... I don't think I'll be making any trips this year, but maybe next year .... crazy to still see snow on the slopes in July ... and the flowers are beautiful!
Excellent info and rocks ... beautiful views! 👍👍
Wowwwww Nick what a treat showing us such an incredible place. I just to be able one day to hike and visit all those places you had shown us I keep adding them to my list. 🙏
I just found out about Nick, great videos! The walk was worth it, beautiful shots! -Cathi from LV, NV.
Love the wind sound when angled to keep the buffing out, sure enjoyed this hike
Thank you for sharing and braving the elements for us your viewers. This was made in 2020 but I am just now seeing it and it is gorgeous and as always informative. Thank you again Nick :D
i understood that these serpentinite lenses were pieces of the mantle [ olivine] pushed up and altered . lots up here in BC too. thanks for the interesting video
Thanks for sharing such a beautiful place with us. Great format, hope to see more!
Thank you, Nick, for continuing to share your incredible geologic knowledge and the wonderful scenery with us during what is supposed to be your “downtime”. I was amazed at the 5x5 you were able to get in a fairly remote area. Hope Liz doesn’t mind sharing you with us. Phil from Spokane
Beautiful scenery
Nick, if you can focus on the flowers, we'll surely identify them for you! Thanks for taking a walk and bringing us along! I like hiking that doesn't hurt my knees!
God bless you!
was it just me or did that footage look 3D to anybody else. Beautiful country.
Thanks Nick... i really enjoyed the walk.. but that forest... was great too.. spruce and white pine mixed as far as i could tell from afar. but i am probably wrong. grew up surrounded in Pinion pines with Ponderosa pines growing higher above the Big Pine fault in lockwood valley.
Thanks for letting us go with. Very informative and fun.
Thanks for sharing. This is so interesting! Looking forward to more videos like this.
Absolutely love that high altitude Englemann Spruce. i surely miss hiking the high country
Beautiful views. Thank you. Steepness of hillside would make me nervous. Glad I can watch your streaming video and enjoy the sights.
thank you Nick for sharing with us....peace upon you
Wow, high elevation landscape. Really beautiful.
Also wondering if their is anything worth mentioning about Pine Canyon on the way up to Waterville from Orondo.
The Mountain View at 6:17 "is to die for". It might be worth a trip from Oregon in the summer just for that view.
Pretty scenery. Thx, Nick!
Great video. Enjoyed the peaceful and beautiful hike and as always your 'yammering".
We loved this one about the Beverly Creek serpentinite , Nick. What a beautiful place! Laurene and Bob in Blodgett, OR
I like the tree too. Very uniquely adapted to their environment.
Great video, Nick! I hiked up to Long’s Pass last week, and we couldn’t help but wonder about all the green rock we saw!
I’m never going to be able to get there Nick and I cannot thank you enough for taking me on this journey. Your stories are always interesting and I am loving these little excursions you’re taking into the wilderness. So hoping I get to meet you if you come up into the Okanogan I think you are remarkable and you are also an extremely entertaining teacher.
Felt like a real-time walk-along! Beautiful site, thanks for the voice-over - just the right amount! Do more, please :-)
Fantastic number of views Nick in just a few hours. I visited a rock quarry with my daughter today and we smashed rocks looking for crystals inside. It was fun. There was a lot of greenschist there. I lot of HUGE boulders full of serpentinite
Love this idea to demonstrate how you can find geological info even on a hike thru the hills of everyday places. THANKS, THOUGHT I’D LEARNED ALL ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL COUNTRY OF OURS. I’VE LIVED ON THIS EARTH, AND THROUGH YOUR LECTURES I REALIZE I NEED TO LEARN NEW THINGS.
You lucky thing walking through that beautiful countryside!
that is some beautiful country Nick.
There’s lots of Serpentinite in south eastern Pennsylvania & northern Delaware. Probably elsewhere too, but I’ve seen it myself in PA & DE. There’s old houses & barns made from it that are still standing & in use, some as old as 1790. It’s beautiful when the sun hits it.
At some point in the early 90s, I hiked a trail in that area and saw nothing but that serpentinite. I loved it! I am sure I collected a few pieces, but where they are now, I do not know. I really enjoyed the feeling of hiking along with you. Because of Covid, I am staying at home, except for work. I can do a little hiking on trails near where I live, but no traveling. It's nice to see something different! Thanks!
What amazing views and wild flowers. Incredible juxtaposition of rock/mountain movements & stories. Serpentinite nice also😄🤟
It’s carvable like soapstone, but has fracture planes. So, it can be unpredictable. My mother made us boys haul tons of that stuff for her ponds she built.
I grew up roaming the forests near mount Orford, Quebec and these rocks were all over the place, especially chrysotile - serpentine asbestos. I was fascinated by this type of rock as a teenager.
Nick, I so enjoy your work online. I try to follow your various topics. I suggest you take a look at the geology of GROS MORNE in Newfoundland. All sorts of basement peridotite and gabbro in filled with wonderful serpentine. Uniquely pale green and almost fibrous. Vast stretches of the crust flipped upside down revealing a Mars like orange bare substrate with serpentine infilled cracks, as quartz does elsewhere. Uniquely stunning. Can send pics of samples. Cheers.
Cool! I stumbled across this channel. I know him from his past lecture videos. 😊 More great videos please!
Thanks for your videos! The Serpentinite has me very interested. I saw it all over the place in Humboldt/ Trinty County California In the Lassic's Wilderness. I have pictures of snow-covered Serpentinite in the mountains there. Thiers 3 different types of rocks in that area. And there are native American artifacts in the stone, as wells as endemic species. Black lassic looks like in extinct cone volcano just under 6k feet, but is actually mudstone. I got to snowboard from the peak. I could clearly see Lassen trinity alps, the pacific ocean, and Shasta from the top. It was kind of my little tase of Cascadia when I was living in California for a little bit. I have my heart set on climbing some of the major cascade peaks now. I spend two separate weeks in the Wasatch range this year snowboarding at the resorts and that was a cool experience. They got hit with an earthquake just a few days after I got home. If you are ever in the area I highly recommend checking it out.