Mountaineers Capture Spectacular Avalanche in Canada's Rocky Mountains

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A small group of mountaineers were visiting the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia, Canada, when they unexpectedly witnessed a large avalanche up close.
Skiier and mountaineer Jurek Ziemkiewicz captured the avalanche on camera. The footage shows the moment the group spot the avalanche approaching from above. They then rush to a safe location, just off its path and right next to a sign saying “Expect the Unexpected.” After a few quiet moments, a torrent of snow and debris appears just a few feet away from the group, barreling down the mountain as they stand and watch in awe.
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@tboards71 3 года назад

“Oh, yeah. Oooh, ahhh, that's how it always starts. Then later there's running and screaming.” ~ Dr. Ian Malcolm Jurassic Park 😂

@jarnolehtinen2269 3 года назад

When witnessing an avalanche, always a good idea to stand on the edge of land right next to hundreds of tons of heavy snow sliding by your feet. If lucky will get to experience both avalanche and landslide right in middle of action.

@butchphaneuf9675 3 года назад

Indeed! Notice the rather large tree being carried down...

@ceounicom 3 года назад

Seriously. You'd think people would realize "solid ground isn't as solid as you think" when millions of tons of otherwise solid-stuff are sliding past like water. standing that close on anything other than bedrock is basically rolling the dice w/ your life.

@queenbunnyfoofoo6112 3 года назад

Yeah...these guys were potential Darwin Award winners.

@nick68231 3 года назад

Bingo, cringing the whole time at them just obliviously laughing with no clue of the danger. Walk right up to the edge of unstable ground.

@jugaloking69dope58 3 года назад

you did notice how they ran across from the riven that is obviously a regular occurrence, then they came back towards the slide. Only thing better that they could have done was wear a Pink helmet cause that is always the best color to stay safe no matter your experience level!😎🥱

@philipdove1705 4 года назад

This is amazing! Ie been watching as many avalanche videos as I can. After surviving a small avalanche here jan 1 here in Alaska getting totally buried I realized even the small ones are very powerful. Im glad my friends got me out in time.

@justinklenk 3 года назад

Wow. Glad you're alive to tell the tale, bro. Scary as FUCK.

@ingeborgm6147 3 года назад

Glad you are alive! Now you have to get even and sometime somewhere you have to keep someone else alive and then you are even! God loves you, buddy!

@seanmanwill2002 3 года назад

Welcome back!🤗😇

@jim_again2245 3 года назад

Glad you’re still with us!

@sunnylilacs 3 года назад

Oh, scary. I’m glad you’re out safe, too. Just a few weeks ago, my cousins were the ones to find and extract a guy, and my uncle (a doctor) was the one to pronounce him dead. They were serendipitously up there for avalanche training and had all the gear on them already. Even though the guy’s group saw him get caught by the avalanche (& got it on video), it took many hours to find him, and it was a miracle my cousin’s pole contacted his snowmobile, since it was pointed at the ground, only had a 2-inch wide bumper to hit, and was feet below the surface. They removed a truck worth of snow to get to him. His neck had been broken on impact.

@biologychic7292 3 года назад

A river of snow doesn’t sound very threatening...until you see it rip a tree out of the ground without even trying 😬

@az956 5 лет назад

Here in Canada, even our avalanches are polite😉🇨🇦

@alohathaxted 5 лет назад

Sorry?

@luukeluketer1024 5 лет назад

i'd say more gay than polite..........

@az956 5 лет назад

luuke luketer takes one to know one

@shanehaney2121 5 лет назад

Just avoid the large cities.

@gerard4039 5 лет назад

Polite just down the mountain , if they where up they would be fucked

@rafacoronel4993 5 лет назад

Human nature is like this. Walk very slowly away from danger, only to go back and be much closer than before and have a cool video.

@alexanderpedersen1401 Год назад

Greetings, fellow people who are in the avalance algorithm. I rate this an 8/10.

@KobraVR 3 года назад

Can we just take a moment to appreciate he didn't film this in vertical 😄

@yaouG1 3 года назад

Appreciate the fact that you have a good footage of a close avalanche dont be pathetic teenager living in snapchat tik tok mode

@fredmagruder9822 3 года назад

Quick tech question. How do I get the film into my smartphone? And where do I get it developed?

@koharumi1 3 года назад

So true

@cccEngineer Год назад

What's in your ass? Lol

@delano62 5 лет назад

Imagine how many years the snow has flowed down that path.

@This.is.dumb. 3 года назад

Ages, and flash floods and rock slides, and before all that I wouldn’t doubt a glacier was stuck in there

@counterfit5 3 года назад

A lot of that erosion looks pretty recent

@klubstompers 3 года назад

Looks like an avalanche happened earlier that year, and from the looks of it, it was the first time it had ever happened. If it happened all the time, it wouldn't look all scoured.

@nerblebun 3 года назад

@delano62: Some times Mother Nature decides the snow must flow.

@bernieweber4663 3 года назад

1:51 that embankment can go at anytime.

@GrnXnham 5 лет назад

Absolutely amazing footage! It's strange how you feel safe late in the Spring when there are just a few patches of snow left from Winter. It's so easy to forget how much snow still remains several thousand feet above you and how quickly it can come down that mountain. It's never a bad idea to look UP occasionally when hiking under snow covered mountains. You never know when you could become a victim.

@gregh3248 3 года назад

The volume and speed of that flow is amazing.

@symbio-genesis2745 3 года назад

You should meet my wife

@STEEPPOW 4 месяца назад

Nasty

@eyeonit469 3 года назад

Perfect example of why people shouldn't have phones with cameras. It wipes out the survival instinct

@wadeparker8695 3 года назад

I was waiting for one of you to jump on it and write it down LOL that would’ve been awesome!

@cvn6555 4 года назад

That is an incredible avalanche. Must have taken all the snow off the mountain. Those guys are lucky they were in a safe zone when it happened. They could have been hiking up that cut or skiing in that snow.

@forestyforest 3 года назад

Expect the unexpected! Hah! That's the forest service road out to Cerberus Falls... north of Golden, BC. No wonder they put that sign there.

@danielmango5394 3 года назад

I was thinking I’ve been here is this the road that used to connect across iob to Thompson? Got washed out few years back

@forestyforest 3 года назад

@@danielmango5394 this is the Valenciennes River road. It was drivable last summer, but the last half is cut off by a washout.

@muirgirl 3 года назад

hahaha seriously!

@Captain_MonsterFart 3 года назад

I instantly recognized it as being Golden area.

@fernfreeman1729 3 года назад

It followed a well beaten path.

@teslafarts6402 3 года назад

Canadian cottage cheese factory explodes, uphill from hikers.

@rickcruz3382 3 года назад

A million tons of feta cheese

@HowdyItLovll 3 года назад

Uuuugggghhhh, that would smell RANCID

@Applesandfries 3 года назад

Ugh hungry :(

@debbieweahkee3820 3 года назад

Lmao

@skie6282 3 года назад

3 dead, reducing the population of canada to a low 142 people

@umlax45 3 года назад

Their timing is amazing. To not be in another spot where there are falling rocks is amazing. To capture this spot in particular is amazing. To not be skiing on it when the avalanche occured is amazing.

@umlax45 3 года назад

Truly amazing odds, given the chance of them being on the snow when the avalanche starts is relatively low, even though it looks like melting season.

@Mark-hu9tf 3 года назад

Sign behind them says 'I expect the unexpected'. How profound!

@matthewbacque1622 4 года назад

*Canadian subtitles:* _"Yes, uh, thank you. You're welcome, thank you, no really you first, thank you, have a nice day."_

@nn431xru1 6 лет назад

I don’t think you’re close enough. Get closer!!!

@MyLifeRideorDie 5 лет назад

🤣

@korth26 5 лет назад

They are basques! They can scare the avalanch off

@JamesTenis 4 года назад

Maybe they can also ride the avalanche down the mountain on their skis 😄

@MegaSnow121 3 года назад

:-)

@Thomasalbertini 3 года назад

@@korth26 I was trying to understand why I could only understand when they cuss

@juliaconnell 3 года назад

Glad to see them run - well firstly *run* (been watching people just STAND and film) - and run away to the *side* (not going to outrun that going _downhill_

@mlitzinger1398 3 года назад

Amazing footage. Handsome men!

@Hardrock1a 6 лет назад

Nature is just SOOOO COOL!

@ZS6JMP 6 лет назад

Yeah. Its is pretty cold.

@PatHaskell 5 лет назад

Filming is more important than personal safety

@Alwaysgotthemunchies 4 года назад

Pat Haskell “snap chat first, safety second”

@hiramlohr3125 4 года назад

So incredibly dumb. That bank could have easily given out at anytime. Morons.

@shaunr5450 3 года назад

Natural selection

@JesusFriedChrist 3 года назад

@@hiramlohr3125 Although snow is not as erosive as water, it did still pose a danger and I definitely noticed that was quite dumb of them. If the bank had given way, they would’ve been swept away, buried, and suffocating. Not a risk I would’ve personally been willing to take.

@jerrymiller276 3 года назад

But, you know, RU-vid!

@danb.709 3 года назад

Watch a huge wet slab avalanche completely fill its run out, then proceed to walk under another large slide path moments later. I'd say it was time to get out of there a while ago.

@abelstrd 3 года назад

Mother Nature just passing by to remind some of us how small we really are.

@richardkey4289 3 года назад

Multiply that by 1000s of years, the unstoppable force of nature , gouging away moutains

@DavePreissl 3 года назад

slightly longer than that.

@crosshair64 5 лет назад

I'm speechless, it's looks so innocent yet so deadly in the same breath.... Thank you for sharing your amazing experiences and video with me,, I appreciate it sir.

@susanjaeger5645 5 лет назад

That is simply AMAZING, thank you so much for sharing!

@SW-jw6il Год назад

mother nature is mysterious and amazing & always in control

@SpellofFate 5 лет назад

Poor guys.... they're going to get to the top and there's not going to be a lick of snow left to ski on

@elihart1931 4 года назад

SpellofFate better then getting engulfed by an avalanche

@chrisemerson7743 3 года назад

😂😂😂

@cvn6555 3 года назад

They also could've been hiking up that draw had nowhere to go when the avalanche started. But, yes, skiing would probably be totally done for the season after that.

@Hfgv281 3 года назад

Lol

@debbieweahkee3820 3 года назад

Lmao

@RobinLynnGriffith 3 года назад

I wonder if they ever realized how truly fortunate they were? Just amazing footage thank you.

@mariannesouza8326 3 года назад

Hey, Robin. Funny running into you over here on this channel! 😀👣

@amandagrace7300 3 года назад

That is the coolest thing I've ever seen. It looks like water flowing. And when it took that tree, holy cow. I know they are extremely dangerous , but dang I wish I could have see it in person. That one girl made me mad tho. Totally risking her life to get a photo. Even her friends told her to move back.

@SUVRVing 7 лет назад

This is amazing. It's almost mesmerizing to watch.

@faithrada 5 лет назад

Almost ???

@shable1436 3 года назад

Love the English expect the unexpected quote from the sign posted up as a precursor warning to all who goes tracking in the area, I seen many signs like this from other through the desert from ppl who never made it. An Erie reminder life is short and mother nature rules

@russman109 6 лет назад

Possibly the most amazing video on RU-vid! Most people don't understand how powerful these things really are....

@oier2936 4 года назад

Euskaldunak diraaa!!! GORA EUSKADI

@MN-br5nb 3 года назад

Wow, a sight of a lifetime. Beautiful

@SuperKasper333 3 года назад

Pretty incredible- so fluid and powerful.

@raylars752 4 года назад

... Nature is Awesome . I watched this with the closed captions on , really kinda funny to read while watching ...

@sushimamba4281 3 года назад

"Blue metallic unloving citizen yeah I didn't go in the toilet hey get hola." Nice captions.

@carolynryals4776 3 года назад

I'd be afraid that it would start eating away the earth from that part that they're standing on!

@MikeJones-rk1un 3 года назад

They are skiers. They have no common sense.

@LauRa-re9un 3 года назад

@@MikeJones-rk1un And they stand watching that with all that load in their backs, and I was thinking, why don´t they leave the load somewhere and rest the poor backs? it hurt me to see it.

@Amperland 2 года назад

@@LauRa-re9un You leave your packs and get hit by an avalanche you lose your beacon and all your rescue tools

@11happychap 5 лет назад

Geez that was impressive on video I can only imagine what it would be like to witness it in real life. Thanks for sharing.

@grand372 3 года назад

1:28 "Expect the Unexpected sign" Perfect Timing!!!!!!!!!! 🏴‍☠️

@bobwarren3898 6 лет назад

Yeah, when it disappears in the trees, walk back to the avalanche scar.

@cryptonite8495 3 года назад

Let's see how close we can stand so we get great footage on our cellphones!

@TrailRunnerLife 3 года назад

Most unique avalanche video I've seen, well done...happy climbing!

@wemcal 5 лет назад

That is so Kool.... I know this was amazingly beautiful

@NewStreamLine 3 года назад

"We're Spanish, avalanche can't hurt us!" I think I would run away as fast as possible.

@LauRa-re9un 3 года назад

Did they say that? I always watch these kind of things without sound because the people´s exclamations and comments in the videos bore me. And why would they say that? LOL

@callumsumsion9261 3 года назад

Imagine trying to run from an avalanche in ski boots

@MustangsTrainsMowers 3 года назад

Looks like nature has been carving that path with a river of snow for many years.

@amandawilcox9638 3 года назад

Amazing. Their timing was world-class lucky!

@speeddrawfactory3618 3 года назад

Even avalanches are polite in Canada. Avalanche: “Psst... I hope I won’t disturb anyone!”

@vanPoll 5 лет назад

If you get caught in this, you have no chance. These guys seem to not quite understand the danger.

@Loooppp 3 года назад

Totally, when all trees are falling down, its too late and you die badly. Dont think it never happen, same with flood.

@johnsmith1304 3 года назад

Crazy to imagine this slide is probably just normal Avy activity. By looking at the landscape this Chute has definitely had some Monster Slides. Still cool to see and glad no one got buried. Thanks for sharing!

@rlh888 3 года назад

They are Young, Brave and Strong!!!! They deserve to see this, Very cool it has been shared for anyone to see!!!

@IIISentorIII 3 года назад

one single ! is enough you dumpfuck^^

@rlh888 3 года назад

@@IIISentorIII kiss off asshatt

@engelatoo 6 лет назад

Aupa esos vascos!!! De eso no hay en el Amboto, jaja. Vaya espectáculo!! Seguro que alguien se quedó con las ganas de surfear. Greetings from RIOJA.

@HaikuAutomation 6 лет назад

So lucky to be alive and witness this first hand and so close and be so fortunate not have died.

@Sterlinglwood 5 лет назад

Wow that was incredible!

@jeaniebird999 5 лет назад

WOW! So that's what an avalanche looks like when it's running out of steam? Cool!

@dr_dunkel 3 года назад

There's a legend the avalanche is still going today. 😂

@animusadvertere3371 3 года назад

I guess they don't realize that the embankment they're standing near the edge of could easily collapse.

@drqazlop 3 года назад

I mountain a bit and I would definitely be thinking that more *could* give away, or the flow from above could greatly increase at any moment, taking out more of those trees. However, I would also be thinking that it would be shame to miss out on stacking this footy.

@DavePreissl 3 года назад

@@meg6205 I "mountain" a fair bit and in this area (live in the Canadian Rockies for 12 years) that slope is not as stable as you think.

@DavePreissl 3 года назад

@@meg6205 thats not a class 5 son.

@DavePreissl 3 года назад

@@meg6205 Oh I didn't know I needed to supply my resume. Grew up in Revelstoke BC started in the BC at 16, moved to Canmore/Banff at 30 for 12 years where I skinned and climbed, hiked and packed a lot especially while I worked for the ACC and now back in Revelstoke at 44. So YA! I grew in in the mountains too and am very familiar with this terrain and have been involved in avi situations. And of course you know but Waddington and Coastal ranges are very different than the choosy soil and rock in the Rockies. I guess you know there are never exceptional events right?? like the 100 year flood in Canmore in 2013. I shouldn't question you though you were on a backpacking trip for a couple days, WOW.

@DavePreissl 3 года назад

@@meg6205 that wasn't 5000m, there aren't even any 16500ft peaks in that area never mind prominence. Oh ya 'wet loose' like your mom?

@enjoynature2827 3 года назад

That is so amazing, how lucky you were to be there to capture it!!!

@hughezzell10000 3 года назад

That was an amazing video. Talk about being in the right place at the right time.

@siriosstar4789 5 лет назад

The guy in the red shirt had the right idea, RUN!

@UnitSe7en 5 лет назад

Welp. The auto-generated subtitles are... Well, they're inaccurate, shall we say.

@complexreality6551 3 года назад

Almost everything they are saying is in Basque, Europes estrangest language.

@joeysplats3209 3 года назад

create Colin Smith are we?

@chisperodemadrid3395 3 года назад

Hablan una mezcla de vascuence y blasfemias en español. Resulta lamentable.

@johnprentice2546 5 лет назад

Mother nature carving out the landscape. Great video. 👌👏😎

@pennypink3759 3 года назад

That is amazing. A snow river. Great video

@seanmullan8527 7 лет назад

Where in the Canadian Rockies was this recorded?

@66flamer 5 лет назад

Very cool that you were able to get this video. Thank you for posting this.

@woop2235 4 года назад

WOW!!! AMAZING VIDEO!!! One of the best avalanche caught on tape!! And you’re standing 2 feet away!!! Go figure 😃😃😃👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼⛷🏔⛷🏔

@AGDinCA 5 лет назад

That scour mark is amazing!

@EEsmalls 5 лет назад

Man they sure don't seem like they are as awed and humbled by this as they very much should be. Seeing this kind of power first hand deserves a bit more respect I think, maybe it's just me tho?

@667DOOM 5 лет назад

they reacted like idiots.

@EEsmalls 5 лет назад

@@667DOOM hear hear good sir or madam 👌

@Hunkerbunker346 3 года назад

When you ask for no lumps in your mashed potatoes and you get this.

@bobbucks 3 года назад

Road gone in 10 seconds. Good thing they weren't driving back the way they came. Lol Great video!!

@VixenAurora 5 лет назад

Wow, that was amazing!

@kentneumann5209 5 лет назад

Jesus. That's terrifying.

@craniostomy 3 года назад

It is? I must've missed that part.

@user-wu7gh6mp2q 6 лет назад

*AXUITELNO!*

@fredhoy6697 4 года назад

I went on and on and on. That was incredible. Wish I had been there to see it in person.

@jbclaytor 3 года назад

That's one really polite avalanche

@jdomsmith 3 года назад

"Expect the unexpected" *walks toward avalanche*

@aro8000 6 лет назад

"Be like water, my friend! Water can flow, or can crash" - Bruce Lee

@cvn6555 3 года назад

Makes you wonder how many people have hiked past this spot, never noticing the shape and signs of previous slides, and merely been lucky to not have a tragedy happen. These skiers got very lucky to not have been on the snow when it slid. Def have got to be more aware of signs like these in the mountains.

@FloozieOne 5 лет назад

That is a cut channel. It is deliberately put there to capture avalanches and direct them to a safe place where the snow can accumulate. Obviously, by looking at the sides you can see it gets a lot of use! I do wish you could follow it down the mountain though. Every time they would pan down I was hoping you could see further... I would love to see it coursing through that channel and making a bit snow plume as it piles up at the bottom.

@davkarshobby2468 5 лет назад

Franz I wonder why there are no trees growing here and what knocked all those other ones over, Must have been a strong wind or something.

@brodyevans5526 5 лет назад

"Exspecttt the unexpected" 😂

@reallovechannel1309 3 года назад

Nature in all of her perfect beauty!!!

@sleeve51 5 лет назад

Don't be afraid guys, show them you're the boss. Ride the wild avalanche!

@faithrada 5 лет назад

Yea.. why didn't they put their skis on???

@MrDmadness 3 года назад

You're really lucky the slope did not achieve liquefaction.. entire seemingly stable ground can disappear fast next to all that churning ice and snow

@ahmedshaheem9041 3 года назад

When you're ready to get to the top of the mountain, but the top comes down for you.

@ThisisLevani 3 года назад

Truly spectacular!

@themousefiles Год назад

Now that was fun to watch.

@IlkkaHarmanen 6 лет назад

Kaixo Patxi! I can't understand a word but I suppose it's basque!

@JonGonalv 6 лет назад

Ilkka Harmanen Yeeep it's basque :)

@krzynianek 6 лет назад

1:27-1:29 too????

@HISPANOCLIPS 7 лет назад

🙌🏻Increíble es la mezcla de idiomas en la que habláis 😏 buen rollo eeeh✌️

@gerartaarotzena3010 7 лет назад

No hay mucha mezcla. Salvo la lectura del contenido del cartel en inglés ("Expect the unexpected"), la comunicación es en euskara, con su dosis (lógica y habitual) de palabrotas en castellano (el euskara no es una buena lengua para los "juramentos", son muy flojos) y alguna expresión como "a cámara lenta", "al loro", "brutal"... que la mayor parte de euskaldunes es incapaz de decir en euskara (pasa con muchas palabras comunes también como "riñonera", "linterna frontal", "parabrisas"... que, a falta de unas buenas raíces hundidas en la lengua propia, se usan en castellano).

@HISPANOCLIPS 7 лет назад

; )