Chilcotin River landslide - Epic Dam Breach!

[@drumswest5035]

Better footage and commentary than the main stream media, well done!

[@stephens1726]

Apparently you’re NOT even watching mainstream media otherwise you would not make such an ill informed comment.

[@Raging103]

@@stephens1726 chopper footage is cool, but they don't have anyone on the ground

[@frankd3024]

Danke für diesen Bericht vor Ort.

[@Raging103]

@tiepup Yeah, still. I'm taking footage from people on the ground without commentary over anything with a newsperson talking over it.

[@Mrbfgray]

Very cool. Legacy media is obsolete.

[@SRFTRD]

Incredible opportunity to see this firsthand. Massive change in the landscape occurring very abruptly providing a glimpse into our chaotic geological past. You are very lucky to witness this force of nature. Thank you for recording and sharing.

[@jasonhawkins2717]

Thank you for the footage!

[@KD-xo2fx]

Thanks for the narrating... quite the event and hopefully no harm done further down.

[@karenneill9109]

I saw a video of an old abandoned cabin end up in the river, but fingers crossed that’s it!

[@thebower8027]

Finally found good footage and lengthy. Thank you. Nice slow panning back and forth. Others are jerky, makes one feel seasick. Also, love hearing the sound of the rushing water. It's so awe inspiring, the power of nature! Thank you, again. Keep more video coming.

[@maybe5883]

Nature doing what nature does, cool video, thanks!

[@syx3s]

nature reshaping nature in real time. absolutely beautiful. thanks for uploading this. the news is almost completely ignoring it for some reason.

[@Ephesians-612]

news was hyping it up but it doesn't seem dangerous at the moment

[@craig7350]

hey whats your address, so if a meteor hits it, I can make a similar comment about nature reshaping history.

[@snowgorilla9789]

CBC way to busy spending their bonuses

[@Simrata_]

❤

[@sessionbread]

@@snowgorilla9789😂 no doubt

[@stupadasol5911]

Thank you. Best video yet! Explanation of what we are seeing in real time.

[@CruiseControlM3]

Epic indeed! Thanks for the footage! Stay safe 🙏🏼

[@johncamp2567]

A remarkable video! Commentary excellent! The 2020’s have been quite the half-decade of flood events in British Columbia! Good luck, all!

[@TSRGarage]

Thank you for posting this video. Most videos seem to find a 100 square foot area and stay foucused on it for the whole video.

[@sessionbread]

Figured I’d try to remedy that

[@mr.shannon6137]

Great photography. Thanks for sharing.

[@jimmyjames2022]

Interesting footage of the Chilcotin Slide breech. I was at the Murray River / Quintette Mine slide at Tumbler Ridge in 1990 working for BCGOV. A dump failed triggering liquefaction of the floodplain soils and it all slid to dam the Murray. The failure plane was 2-3% IIRC. A lake formed all the way back to the Murray Falls. Once the slide was breeched it eroded quickly. We had some great video of the moment too. Breathtaking!

[@sessionbread]

Must have been quite an experience, thanks for sharing!

[@Bobcagon]

@@jimmyjames2022 I’m old enough to remember 1965 Hope Slide.

[@jimmyjames2022]

@@Bobcagon yah that something, my Dad took me up there a few weeks after they put the cat trail through.

[@billsmith5109]

@@jimmyjames2022 P. Gaglardi lived for that kind of thing.

[@Flexy_Lexie]

Amazing video SD❤ Your perspective on things is always so refreshing ❤

[@DrewWithington]

As another former geography student thank you so much for this video. It is amazing to see erosion happening in real time, when normally landscape forming geological-type events have timescales of decades, centuries, millennia. Water X gravity is so powerful against unconsolidated material.

[@williamgrand9724]

Finally someone put some decent footage out of this. I hope you stay for a bit to capture any large movements.

[@StuffandThings_]

Its awesome that we get to see live coverage of rare(ish) geologic events these days. The power of nature is always fun to watch! Thankfully it seems to be much more gentle than it otherwise could have turned out, though still quite the event.

[@Bobcagon]

Thank you. Soooo much better than Legacy media.

[@collinmc90]

awesome footage. Thanks for sharing.

[@andrewwarren4206]

Brilliant, thanks for the coverage. Cheers.

[@merlemcc]

Excellent video, Shane, thank you. Hopefully you'll continue to document the changing landscape as the river reclaims the valley. I'd be interested in seeing where all the sediment gets deposited downstream, if you have additional videos planned.

[@randalc6118]

Greetings from Drayton Valley Alberta Canada. Best footage seen yet

[@GrandmaBeth2dogs]

Thanks, i could watch this all day.

[@nothanks3236]

As a geology nerd, thanks for these images.

[@dawnturner8735]

Thank you for videoing this amazing event. I’m so glad it let go finally.

[@gregkral4467]

Thank you very much for the vids and the updates.

[@daphnekivinen9482]

Your video and information is the most informative.

[@craig7350]

It is an historic event, you'd think there would have been HD cameras set up there 24/7 to document everything.

[@markdecorte2638]

Something they want to hide

[@craig7350]

@@markdecorte2638 .. not everything is a conspiracy..

[@nitsua8143]

They're too busy reporting on fires that they have no intention of putting out.

[@archieharrison9433]

​@@nitsua8143apparently you have never fought fire in front of a wind driven wall of flame. Volunteer. Maybe YOU can do better because to you these massive fires are as simple to put out as a BBQ grille.

[@JonnySublime]

I mean historic is a little strong.

[@Astory979]

Mother Nature at its best she will do what ever she wants

[@geoffgeorges]

Thanks for filming and sharing this!

[@aronsced5521]

It’s super awesome to see your video! It’s also very good to hear you attribute it to mother nature. That is the absolute truth of it, we don’t amount too much in the face of such power. I’m kind of getting sick of the mainstream media, blaming it on fires and climate change. This has been going on for millennia and will continue. I’m jealous that you got to see that firsthand what an experience!

[@wadecartwright4277]

You do better than the news

[@dosgatosnegros]

Outstanding coverage well done

[@ghostpepper1716]

Thanks for sharing this!

[@scottschroeder4920]

I’m kinda surprised at the lack of aggregate, seems like it’s all sand. Awesome clip Shane, thank you!!

[@rogerdudra178]

Greetings from the BIG SKY of Montana. Too bad the mountain fell.

[@longjohn9509]

It will be very interesting to see the changes all this debris and silt will make in the Fraser River all the way to the Georgia Strait.

[@jakeharris9075]

As a trained water scientist, I will proclaim this man’s commentary to be scientifically perfect throughout

[@seanw2823]

Great job bud

[@davidadshade2927]

Looks to be going pretty well.

[@stevehamilton3181]

Nicely done!

[@kmfd6924]

Thank you for this footage

[@raincoast9010]

Great footage, thank you!

[@flenz4574]

Thank You! Be Safe!

[@rossbulcock552]

Thanks for this!! Well done!!

[@wadecartwright4277]

Good footage

[@Iambrendanjames]

That whole river valley has remains of huge landslides from the past that the river has had to clear out like this over and over and over lol. The mountains experience uplift and rock eventually fails. The helicopter video really shows it with the varying terrain.

[@lotharschiese8559]

4:09 Notice the dark line above the current slide and a cliff on left half. This is old landslide, and the lighter area is its outflow.

[@lotharschiese8559]

Google Earth Chilcotin River Slide July 31, 2024. Turn 180 degrees and head towards the river, go low to the river, so you can see the scarp face of the old slide, much more pronounced.

[@lotharschiese8559]

Looking same direction but climb in elevation to see 2 scarp faces, the left is younger. Also notice the logging up on the plateau which changes the ground water dynamics.

[@blueman5924]

Great documenting of this event. 👍👍

[@NancyH1946]

A good lesson here.. Mother Nature will find her own way to put her river in the right course.

[@barbarahare2570]

Thank you for your coverage....we knew that the slide material would saturate and move again..."when" was the question....you covered it well....

[@gregkral4467]

Man, the earth is so sandy there. No wonder such slumping everywhere. Dang beautiful place though,

[@CTP1111]

wow wish someone did a time lapse of the erosion that would be so cool

[@pauljensen5699]

Thank you for the video! In a good way, you have created a video for history and science!😊

[@williamthurmond4940]

I’m anxiously awaiting the first GoPro kayak videos. Ride the breach!

[@kathymurphy7217]

Massive amount of land slippage! Wow. Just glad it didn’t all collapse into massive flow.

[@lindaj5492]

Thank you: best video and commentary I’ve seen. What is the geology of the hills & valleys in that area? Looks to be very soft sedimentary material: deposited from ancient inland sea, or post-Ice Age glacial meltwaters?

[@sessionbread]

The bedrock is mostly new volcanics, and the river valley filled with till

[@stefanmargraf7878]

Nature is boss!

[@snowgorilla9789]

Thank you for the more than very brief view and the comment of drop of about 5 feet. Am suprised at how fine the material is, thus the fast scower rate. Glad it appears it will not completely collapse.

[@filmic1]

Thank you!

[@maramakesjournals2319]

Awesome! That river looks almost lime green on my tablet. What’s up with that? Good luck to those living downriver. 🥥🌴

[@sessionbread]

Glacial flour

[@DinsDale-tx4br]

Seems like good news! 'Lancing the boil' sooner rather than later :-)

[@Palaeogeobicho]

thanks.

[@d.g.rohrig4063]

I’ve noticed that the earth in the slide is minus much rock material. Looks to be mostly soil based most of the way up the slope. Material the result of previous slides?

[@sessionbread]

Bringing you footage of this historic event in the Chilcotin, because CBC is too busy.

[@preuc3367]

As are most people in B.C.! The North is where it’s at!!

[@CBeard849]

I knew as soon as that loose slide material became saturated as the water level rose behind it that water would begin to flow and as soon as a channel was cut it would quickly open up like a fire hose. Water under those circumstance might as well be viewed as a solid....on the move. This slide has probably happened many many times over the last million or so years

[@lhollybow]

And you knew all that - amazing.

[@karenrasmussen1505]

Really interesting to see that island right in middle resisting the water flow.

[@Mrbfgray]

Brown water rafting personal fave.

[@patmayer7222]

Possible cave of water,or spring on side of hill deep within.,,could have softened the hillside,,finally leading to what we see today,....first class footage here.,,,tnx,,,land o' lakes,wi..usa

[@jimf1964]

Glad it seems to have gone in a somewhat controlled manner.

[@antondichtl6557]

Water always wins.

[@thesaltysergeant4103]

The Mighty Chilcotin!!! nothing will get in her way!!!

[@dt9094]

I wonder what it will do to hope area?

[@kananaskiscountry8191]

that dirt must be needed further down the river if it is going that fast

[@Mrbfgray]

Never know, another landslide may happen next week. Then be a twice in lifetime event. 😉

[@harryadams5651]

Is it possible that the recent ( ? 5 years ago) forest fire which damaged the vegetation and subsurface roots triggered the terrain's instability leading to landslide

[@sessionbread]

Given that the slide happened much, much further underground, and that there seems to be an active spring at that depth, it seems unlikely that the fire had much impact on slope stability

[@jimbeekman4863]

420th like. As it should be.

[@dacronic1646]

I hope PBS Nova does an episode on this.

[@Jillysmom63]

It looks like that hillside was once covered in trees which is what held that hillside up. With all the trees on it burned up the roots would have died and then this happens. How long ago was there a fire there? Just curious how long it took for the hillside to become unstable after those trees burned. It looks like a really beautiful area. I live in the northwest’s of the US not all that far from the boarder and from Oso where there was a landslide about this same size that wiped out a community. It also b,Ickes the river there too but I don’t remember anything about when the river broke through the dam. The river was about the same size as this one but there were more trees that came down with the hill I think. Thanks for making the video, I was curious to see when this broke thru.

[@sessionbread]

The fire was in 2017, but the failure of the land occurred much deeper than the root structures of the burned trees. You can even now see how the spring water is flowing out of the bottom of the slide area. There are also many historical slides in this exact area, indicating that the cause of this slide was not related to the wildfire.

[@Jillysmom63]

@@sessionbread Oh ok thanks for telling me. Is the dirt there sandy loam type? It looks like it but hard to tell from a video. That wold be easy for water to displace like that. So there are underground streams under the hill huh? Im sure having the trees burn didn't help. Anyways thanks for the info.

[@bobwarner9952]

Looks like there was a forest fire at one time with all the burn trees.

[@sessionbread]

2017, and probably many times before that throughout history

[@preuc3367]

Unreal vantagepoint

[@GWNorth-db8vn]

It looks like quite a hike from the nearest road.

[@mikemiller209]

Canada will soon have it's own Grand Canyon to visit

[@mariagillinson8527]

Praying for everyone safety and the salmon to find its way up.

[@davidkelly3779]

So where are the videos of the first overflow. Where were ya’all?

[@jer3996]

Look at the background at 3:54. That's coming down as well sooner rather than later.

[@jer3996]

I used to be a journeyman high scaler. Worked on the aftermath of this kinda stuff for over a decade.

[@philthycat1408]

You could’ve been the first person to canoe it 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@perfectionbox]

Another victory for landscape orientation

[@aussienscale]

Looks like something that has happened many times over the millennia.

[@haemse]

Thank you. Doesn't anyone have a drone around there?

[@sessionbread]

It’s broken my guy

[@jimmyjames2022]

BC GOV put a NOTAM: "The NOTAM restricts airspace in an eight kilometre radius around the coordinates 51°50’50.0″N 122°47’29.1″W (see map below). Anyone caught operating a UAV/drone within the restricted airspace may be subject to fines or other penalties." "The operation of any aircraft NOT ASSOCIATED with landslide response within this area, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones), IS ILLEGAL."

[@craig7350]

@@sessionbread oh, so you're the guy that bought the last drone in BC, and it was broken. Bad luck.

[@tbenedict6335]

​@@jimmyjames2022 someone should ask why

[@jimmyjames2022]

@@tbenedict6335 probably due to interference with helicopters Gov, First Nations and researchers are there flying around.

[@tammymcleod9860]

It would be cool to see satellite photos before, during after

[@stupadasol5911]

Shane, any chance this will provide us weekend prospectors opportunities?

[@sessionbread]

This river isn’t known for gold-try tributaries of the Fraser in the north Cariboo (Quesnel, Cottonwood, etc)

[@stupadasol5911]

@@sessionbread Thanks for the quick reply. I'll have to look elsewhere.

[@BlazingShackles]

what I learned from this. people wear coats in August in Canada.

[@wisdomcalls2475]

0:59 to the right it looks like that hillside is getting ready to slide 🤔

[@sessionbread]

There was a previous much bigger slide that this one destabilized - probably more to come

[@andyk8822]

imagine all that gold!

[@davidhynes]

Yes, 2000+ USD and oz.

[@wildthunderbird]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@ml.2770]

I wonder where all the placer gold will settle?

[@craig7350]

at the bottom

[@ml.2770]

@@craig7350 thanks tips

[@badgercdlyons]

And in the end what happened was exactly what everyone expected to happen. The river pushed its way through the blockage. A small breach formed and it grew as the flow of water release increased. Disaster was NOT averted in any way. It was never in the cards to begin with. This was just a hiccup in the normal erosion process.

[@GWNorth-db8vn]

The whole valley and the mountains are all made of the same stuff. This is how continents get flat.

[@bryontharp5790]

Your wearing jackets up there nice it's 117 here in las vegas terrible

[@RichardS-qh8mi]

The geologists were about right then - think the soft sand slide helped speed up this spectacular breach.

[@Zebred2001]

I'd be nice if someone had a helicopter to follow and video the pulse downstream.

[@BigBlackBe4r]

Or a drone

[@sessionbread]

There was a chopper

[@Skidderoperator]

More will slip in the spring.