Crystal Peak Hike

[@seriouslyreally5413]

Botany!?What?Biology? What? more science here!? You've inspired me to hike more. Science in the raw. Thanks!😉

[@billjcanada]

I am grateful that young fellas like you huff and puff up the mountains and take outstanding videos of your exploits so that my old backside can sit and watch. 50 years ago I would have joined you.

[@jamiewilson8338]

How great! Thank GOD you brought us along❗❗

[@danrowbottom546]

HI Nick I was on an Archaeology dig just west of Enumclaw way back in the 1970s. We found Native tools and some fire pits , above and below the mud flow, Very sure they were wiped out and had to start all over as the mud and rocks is 4 or 5 feet deep. My instructor was Jerry Hedlund at Green River CC .He was one of my best teachers. I hope you find his papers.

[@laurah1020]

@dan rowbottom Found his article - pg 77 in Northwest Anthropology Research Notes, Volume 10, No. 1. Cited and linked the article in my comment above.

[@lizj5740]

Here's an article talking about Enumclaw and the early people there, one citation of which is to a Jerry Hedlund paper: patch.com/washington/enumclaw/bp--early-enumclaw-6000-years-ago-to-the-mid-1850s.

[@mikefriend1514]

Wonderful views of Mt Rainer! I thank all your ‘sponsors’ for allowing you to bring us these images.

[@dardar1862]

Gorgeous!!! Thanks Nick!!!🙏🙏🙏

I haven't hiked the Crystal Peak trail for many years. So happy to see it again. Thanks Nick!

[@mikebjornstad5855]

Thanks for taking us townies along with you.

[@dawnzed2891]

the indian paintbrush growing along the trail is just so beautiful

[@fiddler1252]

Wonderful view if Rainier! Made my day to see it having grown up in Seattle long ago. 😊

[@JenniferLupine]

Hi Nick! Awesome views of Mount Rainier and the White River Valley! Great job with 3,000’ elevation gain! Looks like an awesome trail with plenty of views and wildflowers. I’m adding it to my to hike list. 😉👍 🥾🥾

[@SP_33333]

What a gorgeous view. Thanks for sharing Nick!

[@luthermclain2959]

Thanks as always, Nick! And I hear you about not taking any blue sky days for granted at this time of year. Been a little smokey up here in Calgary, too. Cheers!

[@earthbiker]

A beautiful video. Thanks for sharing.

[@ErinsLifeBeLike]

I'd like to thank you for posting all of your videos, I've been watching your (Winter 2021) Geology 101, I'm on episode 5 currently, and it's truly fascinating to me, I take notes. The more I watch your videos it makes me want to look into Geology as a major. Thank you, I hope to see more videos in the future!

[@OneNationUnderGod.]

Wow you caught such an amazing day with minimal cloud cover! We're from Colorado and we've hiked all around Mt St Helens multiple times over the last 15 years and watching nature recover has been amazing. Mt Rainier is next on our list of the Cascades to explore!

[@sharonhoward4957]

Another great hike on the E. Side! Beautiful area. Thanks for showing the pika!

[@davec9244]

a mechanic can take a day off and not think about work ,as too a plumber, or other , but your field it, is constant .You are surrounded by you work ! and thanks for taking us along

[@SuntoSet77]

What an incredible view ! I worked with USGS in Olympic Forest in 80s .. love love Rainier too ... the cold clear water rushing off the mountain. I'm getting a new hip in a few weeks , will be 60 a few weeks after surgery. I've been limping along on flat trails this last year.. I'm expecting great things from my new hip so I can get back on my local peaks, from Flagstaff, AZ. Gorgeous video and info !

[@hjpngmw]

Thank you for sharing the beautiful scenery interspersed with the geology. I hope you're safe from the wild fires.

[@stephenkirby5141]

Love these day trip videos. Like continue learning about Geology. Thanks.

[@marshawoods2634]

Beautiful turk's cap lily close up. Thanks!

[@gordonormiston3233]

Such beautiful country. Many thanks for showing it to us. I hope the fires keep well clear of you. Cheers 🐻

[@CindyCollins307]

What a beautiful view 🥰

[@robertterrell3065]

A wonderful hike we really enjoyed Nick! Like so many of your hikes, and geology school presentations :)

[@cindyleehaddock3551]

Thanks for another fun hike! Loved the little pika or whatever it was at the end!

[@davidtaylor7978]

Fabulous ,thanks Nick ,from UK .

[@donnacsuti4980]

Thanks for the beautiful hike and geological information. We also have Clark's Nutcrackers in the East Sierra of Calif they are in the jay family and like to eat pinion pine seeds and other pine seeds (strong beak required). Mt Ranier is beautiful! Quite a bit of ice.

[@gregpaull9768]

After everything you said I'm still captivated by that view of Mt Rainier. Here in Australia we don't really get those kinda views. Just spectacular! From your talk on the mudflow, seeing the actual environment, it just boggles the mind on the sheer scale of the event!

[@adem-Savs]

Well done Zentners! More Awesome vistas from Washington!!

[@jamesgunn1606]

What an incredible view Nick ! Thank your Orthopedic surgeon for us ! My Dad earned his Masters at Wash. State, go Cougers

[@sharonewidow6027]

I Praise God I found your website and youtube. Nature especially geology is beyond amazing and you help me see it and better understand it. Thank You Nick.

[@standavid1828]

Nick, thank you for sharing. Beautiful country.

[@wickiuprat]

Absolutely gorgeous video Nick and kudos to you for climbing all the way up there and sharing it with us. The video quality is amazing!

[@DJBoise]

What a beautiful view, you can almost see craters of the moon 😀

[@kater_5401]

Wow Nick!!! Just stunning 🤩

[@KSparks80]

Pretty place, and beautiful day. Thanks!

[@p.d.nickthielen6600]

Nick I enjoy your classes and your hikes. I am in Minnesota and I started looking into the historical geology of northern Minnesota. And although I studied this in college in the late 70s, I did not realize how similar the Cambrian history of northern Minnesota is to the area of Washington you are discussing is. It helped me understand a great deal. Thank you. Next story my wife just had her hip done. You are doing great on your bionics best to you and enjoy

[@glengardiner8667]

...............you gotta love it!!! You continue to create amazing material. Much love from Central Scotland

[@jpo566]

Great hike. Thank you so much.

[@nikkitronic80]

Thank you Nick! That was wonderful! You've really inspired me to get out and hike. This is only 2 hours from home. Can't wait to see it for myself.

[@steel1182]

Crystal peak looks like a high perch …beautiful and amazing envisioning the power of that day when the river turned into a wall of mud-Crete destroying all before it 5600 years ago … great live field lesson . Wonderful surprise ..Osceola mud flow Nice downhill breathing lol ! thanks nick

[@spenceisthebest1]

The Puyallup river valley from commencement bay up to Sumner and then north up the Green river valley to Renton and possibly even Seattle was Puget sound tidal waters before 5,600 years ago as well. The Electron flow also filled in the Puyallup valley more around 500 years ago. Back in the early 1990s crews dug up an old growth forest under ground in Orting which was buried by the electron mudflow.

[@northwoods3d]

Another beautiful hike! Thank you so much, Nick (and Liz!!) for sharing these with us. One of these days I am going to make it back out there - hopefully before i am too old and decrepit to do a little hiking, lol. And I would LOVE to have that creek (@22:13) on a loop for falling asleep to... so beautiful and soothing to me.

[@travis303]

You are lucky to be surrounded by such beauty everywhere

[@nunyabidness1972]

What a perfect summer day! Coming from the Midwest, you guys are absolutely SPOILED with perfect mountain views! Everything you film looks like a postcard! Great job professor!

[@briane173]

No better place to be home-based if you're a geologist by trade. The complexity of the geology here is endless.

[@101rotarypower]

I liked the concept of filming on the way down, great tweak to the presentation!

[@KimU15]

Wow! Such a gorgeous area!!

[@zazouisa_runaway4371]

You gotta Love it! Thanks Nick!

[@garypaull9382]

Glad those new knees are working well for you! That's a big hill.

[@HHSEAWAUSA]

Great video Nick! One of my favorite nearby (to me) hikes, lucky for you to have it practically to yourselves. On a clear day you can see all the major strato volcanoes from Mt. Baker to Mt. Hood. If you have the opportunity, check out Crystal Lakes too! Thank you for sharing, Hugh in Puyallup

[@rayschoch5882]

There's no way my 76-year-old knees will tolerate a 3,000-foot climb, and they will like the descent equally unhappily. Gorgeous views, though - that's quite a gizmo you have. I very much liked the glacier lilies (?) at 20:10 or thereabouts - one of the several pleasures of getting out on the trail - almost any trail - in high country.

[@dashdotdot]

20:04 - gorgeous... actually, all of the views are sublime, thanks a lot for this video.

[@kevins8434]

I think that was a pika in the rocks at the end. Totes adorbs!

[@raylancaster5886]

Great video. Yes Nick our world has changed. Smoke is already bad in Eastern Washington, having the driest and hottest spring/summer recorded. Last few years smoke arrived in August and September, now in the middle of July..

[@rinistephenson5550]

Eastern WA is awful, and you can smell it! Nice to get into the clear sunshine with you, Nick! Thanks!

[@NickandRachel]

Gorgeous views!

[@tennesseenana4838]

That area is so beautiful!

[@JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski]

The Osceola mudflow must've been truly terrifying. Especially when you can see the scale of it like this.

[@johnjunge6989]

Beautiful hike again, your last two videos have had a great insite into history, which is so important to expound on! Great job!

[@flyingjeff1984]

This particular Tennessean enjoys the heck out of your presentations.

[@randyferron]

Me too in mount Juliet

[@seanchinn2626]

Woohoo! I'm heading to Mt Rainier this weekend. Not sure if I'm up to that hike, tho. Maybe just the hike around crystal lake. Thanks, Nick!

[@sidewinder814u]

If everyone took a rock, we'd have no mountains...LOL! thanks for bringing us DOWN the mountain...Gary from Sacramento.

[@rogerbeck2085]

Wow this ones worth money Nick. Thank you Very much.

[@hertzer2000]

My goodness, Nick! It really is damn near perfect.

[@bk6678]

Wow, 3000 feet in 3 hours. You’re in pretty good shape.

[@az3507]

I loved this video hike! The biology is welcome, too, by the way. If Liz would be willing to ID wildflowers, etc. it would add even more!

[@gailroberts3842]

Beautiful hike...with a pika!

[@KozmykJ]

I wondered what creature it was. 👍

[@tanyanoel2203]

Hahahaha, "breathe through your nose". I thought I was the only one panting on hiking trails. Nice to know I'm in good company.

[@Yetibiker67]

Thank you Nick!! Keep posting!! You gotta love it!!

[@jeromekay2106]

That was the clearest view of Mt. Ranier that I have ever seen.

[@derekosborn]

Fascinating. Will be doing a deeper dive as a hobbyist of the Osceola Mudflow

[@lorrainewaters6189]

stunning views.

[@sean_b_drummer]

I know this is a Geologically inclined video, but that huge tree was impressive!

[@bevinbrush4822]

How cool it this. WTG. Nick to describe the event 5600 years ago,

[@spenceisthebest1]

An encampment was found buried 75ft underground in the Enumclaw area. I’m not sure what they found exactly but I have heard that.

[@oregonjay3609]

Thank you, so very enjoyable.

[@complimentary_voucher]

Awesome, thank you!

[@bonblue4993]

Why do they call it Crystal Peak? Are there any pegmatites around that might have some quartz crystals in it? One time, I was flying to Tucson and we flew directly over the top of Mt. Rainier and there was this perfect crater/cone right at the top. That just blew me away! Thanks, Nick for taking me on the hike. I really enjoyed it and all of the information you provided.

[@krehkreh8961]

There were some gold prospects in the nearby basin where Crystal Mountain ski resort is. I would imagine crystals were found during prospecting and the name stuck. Other mining related names in the area are Placer Lake and Pickhandle Point.

[@vast5853]

Thank you for sharing✌🏼

[@TimKirkPhotos]

Really enjoy Crystal Peak and Crystal Lake. If you have two cars, its fun to park one at Chinook Pass and Hike from the Crystal Lake Trail to the PCT, then out to Chinook Pass past Sheep Lake. Enjoy!

[@AKSHAYKUMAR-mq4ev]

nice one sir...❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jagspmc2339]

I just did this hike the day before you! Wish we had overlapped, would have loved to learn more - Beth G.

[@lethaleefox6017]

Since you are pushing 60, check out when you qualify for the lifetime pass to the national parks, I have had mine for years now.

[@kirkheuer8147]

You need to be 63 to get the pass Mine cost $5 they are now $30

[@lethaleefox6017]

@@kirkheuer8147 got mine just before they raised the price.

[@jeanne-gord7685]

Seniors annual is $30 my lifetime pass was $80 at 62 yr old.

[@rrntrains]

I heard that veterans now get in free

[@cecilialamb8304]

So beautiful!!

[@whitby910]

Thank you.

[@jonpierce8342]

I love these hikes you have been taking us along! The scenery is unbeatable! I had no idea you were a bionic man!!!

[@briane173]

The $6 Man! Of course the way health care costs have risen since Lee Majors was the first bionic man, I wouldn't be surprised if the two new knees _weren't_ $6 million by now.

[@swirvinbirds1971]

I think the part you weren't sure about on the other side of Steamboat Prow is little Tahoma peak.

[@Dr_Joe]

Beautiful!

[@Jacked97Ram]

I just found the trail map app the other day and I do agree it is fantastic

[@otismilo1qaz]

Thanks Nick!

[@sharonseal9150]

Another great Field Trip!

[@mardinecampbell2870]

Not only was this a great hike but an informative one. For hikes like this, I’ll listen to you breathe! 😊

[@robchristiansen1710]

Beautiful country! that's what I like to see.

[@dardar1862]

😂😂😂 Man! I could use some new joints!! Both knees and both hips!😂😂😂🙏

[@tomhall7633]

Haven't got out at all this Spring or Summer. My daughter and my imaginary friend in that mythical place called Ellensburg sends me lots of pictures though.

[@robertterrell3065]

Can anyone identify that awesome orange-yellow flower Nick photographed? The one with the purple (I think) spots and curled over petals? I would love to investigate it further. Thanks...

[@glennmarquardt]

I believe it is a Tiger Lily: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilium_lancifolium

[@brookeshaffer4377]

Really hope to see more of these videos this summer.Smoke free of course🌟

[@amyself6678]

... I guess there is Crystal Gondala ride the next valley over.... I wish I had forced myself up Ranier more I went just a bit from the lodge but even without guide one can walk to the Camp Muir hut where they sleep , , , or ha take a chopper to anywhere

[@bonblue4993]

I am curious to know - did you happen to count how many switchbacks it took to get down the mountain? Wow, that flower is beautiful!

[@spenceisthebest1]

Little Tahoma is that other older surface