I-90 Rocks - Part 3 - Snoqualmie Pass Geology

[@vivianmalhiers]

I used to think of geology as being a boring subject, mainly because of the Big bang theory (TV show). Sheldon would always downplay the importance of being a geologist when compared to being a theoretical physicist. You sir have changed that very immature misconception of mine. I love your method of teaching because, you simply it to the point where even a novice would follow along just fine, but you don’t compromise on details while being concise. It really is the best of both worlds for a student and I would’ve loved to have you as one of my professors. You’re a great representative for this state’s history and keep doing what you love doing (because you’re very good at it).

[@wesmahan4757]

Setting up a classroom blackboard in the middle of the mountain woods, is a BRILLIANT IDEA! Nick, you will go down in history, mark my words!!

[@Anne5440_]

Oh I do hope this series continues! The country from Easton to Vantage is what I consider my true Washington home. This episode is so very fascinating. My teens and twenties were spent first skiing, camping, then backpacking and white water canoeing the Cascades and Eastern Washington. Much of it along the I 90 corridor.

[@Fred_Lougee]

I lived in Easton for a year and a half when I was in my early teens. I am amazed at how much the knowledge of the geology in the area has advanced since then.

[@RadicalEarth]

3:20 Mind blown! I earned a few credits in glaciology of the Pacific Northwest in college, I've climbed and circumnavigated Mount Rainier, I've spent countless hours skiing at and travelling across Snoqualmie pass and somehow, I missed this, or did not retain the information regarding the formation of the current configuration of Snoqualmie pass and the lack of a cirque wall that the interstate would cross. Neat-O!!

[@markpimlott2879]

Nick Zentner Rocks! He's the classic 'Gneiss Guy' too! 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦

[@leeselset5751]

I don't understand why the stories these rocks tell are so fascinating to me, but I can't get enough of it. ❤

[@A808K]

Me too !

[@cpcp7787]

Geology rocks 🤣

[@josh0g]

I just figured it was interesting to me because I'm getting old now.

[@doncook3584]

I too am fascinated by this as I begin the last chapter of my life. Age 72 May 2024

[@trossk]

Nick...the teacher we all wanted Nick: the teacher we all found that made us students again. Thanks Nick

[@richdempsey1333]

Nick is responsible for thousands of us getting into loving geology

[@noahjuanjuneau9598]

Nick… thank you man! I loved this one! I lived in the Snoqualmie Valley… owned a couple of acres on the edge of the Cascade Range… had horses and donkeys in the pasture and ravens nesting in the Douglas Fir trees in the old growth surrounding our property. We had no top soil - that had all been washed down to the valley floor where the local farmers were making good use of it. I enjoyed watching this video from my new home on the other end of the Ring of Fire… where I now live on the island of Java surrounded by volcanoes including the nearby and infamous Gunung Krakatau (Krakatoa) which is just about 160km west of here. Thanks for the clear concise explanation of Cascade Range history!

[@malachimusclerat]

so charming to be educated by someone so clearly passionate and knowledgeable. the chalkboard on location is a nice touch

[@garypaull9382]

This one is just fantastic - geology, photography, history, animations. We're lucky to have this trove of videos thanks to you and Tom.

[@jakekinzly5162]

Just stumbled on these videos. As a nearly 40yr citizen of Washington living in the greater Puget Sound area, I can say that I really enjoyed learning about this beautiful site I call home. I appreciate your contribution to sharing this interesting knowledge of our local lands.

[@YogiMcCaw]

Nick is NW treasure. I lived in several neighborhoods in Seattle, then several years in Mercer Island. Now I am in the Renton highlands, and I get out to North Bend quite a bit to see friends. Thanks to Nick I now see the very ground I live and work on with different eyes. I love all of Nick's videos, but this series definitely "hits home," as they say. Can't thank you enough, Nick!

[@louiscervantez1639]

SUPER INTERESTING & EXCITING to watch. I didn’t know about the sandstone! Great archive pics! U should get an Oscar for short documentary! Wonderful Nick - THANK YOU,

[@ryanp0342]

Another great video Nick. I've never cared for geology but your enthusiasm and presentations are top notch!

[@Rachel.4644]

Terrific to join you on this lovely, always interesting review. ❤

[@101rotarypower]

What a captivating orator! Thankful for the part Tom played in bringing Nicks public voice to so many people! And to think his current public presence was largely set in motion by a curious button press on YT snowballing to what it is today. So glad we have a place like this with so much fascinating information to learn about

[@dianespears6057]

A “curious button press” on YT had the same effect for me. Became a Zentnerd and never looked back.

[@porlando12]

This is more exciting to binge watch than anything on Netflix!

[@ivarhusa454]

Nick's story telling is getting better and better. Better production values combined with a tight, well-crafted script. I can't wait for more. I really appreciate the inclusion of historical photos.

[@johnplong3644]

When my grandparents we were alive, My father would take family vacations to see them .They lived in Montesano Washington .1972 was the last time I was out there .I was 14 .My parents went out to the coast 5 times .My uncle was the the Big He Bull for Weyerhaeuser in Washington. I got a whole bunch of Mt St Helen’s Ash sent to me by my Uncle.A lot of these people places I saw as a young child .I was awestruck by what I was seeing .I didn’t know how all these places were formed….Now after watching Nick’ lectures and videos ,I have learned a lot about these places I visited as child ..This means a lot to me .I really appreciate my parents taking those family vacations . I am now 65 .I am going to go to the west coast next spring or summer. I am definitely going to be making at stop in Ellensburg …Till then I am looking forward to the A-Series .

[@wesmahan4757]

I've seen dozens and dozens of your videos Nick. This may be the finest one ever! (At least for us geology fans and amateurs, for sure.)

[@PlayNowWorkLater]

I liked watching this series even though it was never finished. I think though, Nick, that you are somewhat still doing a similar style of series, but non your own terms. Driving a section of a highway in Washington with papers and checking outcrops along the way. I prefer your new style. It’s more personal, and it’s really you exploring by which kind of takes the viewer along with you. We get to learn with you. It’s inspiring really. I’ve been doing the same wherever I travel. Driving a road, bringing as much research I can find about the area and trying to figure out what story lays buried in the rocks. So glad to have your channel and the vast array of content to explore and inspire me to do the same. You’re an inspiration Nick Zentner. I am proud to call myself a Zentnerd.

[@tgsoapbox]

These are just fantastic videos - Looking forward to sharing the entire series with people once they're all posted

[@tgsoapbox]

Bugger - Just read the description saying that this is the last video - Great work Nick

[@lethaleefox6017]

The 9 part series needs finished and added to... it might take decades, and even multiple geology hosts with knowledge of each region as it goes east even beyond Spokane... Tom Foster set a standard for the photography, Nick Zentner for the geology and areas of interest... Nick would be a good choice to find geologists for each state perhaps or the parts that could be mapped ahead and given reserved "part numbers" so that multiple parts could be in production as geologists get recruited for each set of parts... a Seattle to Boston series in time 3020 miles decided into 30 - 50 mile sections for up to 100 parts. 13 states from end to end... 13 to 6 geologists might cover the distance... whether each state donates a geologist from state university or some geologists might be known for larger areas of knowledge about an area. An interesting project to be part of maybe.... and how many other interstate highways have geologists that know the areas... It could help a lot of geologists be exposed to the public in their areas... maybe help get geology research digging into interesting rocks... just a concept that might come from a couple people that started this series... Hope to see the other parts that were filmed in the future... the first 3 are an excellent sample of what could be done.

[@jeffpalmer5502]

Wow. I worked on the I 90/ corridor as a highlead logger for 15 years . I drove Snoqualmie Pass every day from Cle Elum. My grandfather traveled from Lake union to Masterson‘s horse ranch every summer in Cle Elum to help them hay, on a buck board on the old puncheon road . I have been on top of every peak in this video including Mcklellan’s Butte. My father-in-law worked in the coal mines in Cle Elum. There’s too much to say here, but this was fascinating because I always wondered why each mountain had different geology. In 1989 I took a Forrester job down at Vail tree farm west of Mount Rainier, which was the former home of twin volcanic cores that have been bigger than Mount Rainier until 4 million years ago and I always wondered how the magma plate shifted, but now you answer that question. I’m close to retirement and when I do, I’m gonna come over to Ellensburg and buy you lunch because it will be the most fascinating hour of my life. Great video once again. Also, you might notice how big the trees we replanted on the south side of Snoqualmie Pass I’ve gotten I hiked up there a while ago and I was amazed how big that second growth is. Rock on 🍻

[@marksando3082]

My old stomping grounds! Thank you for this great series. A fascinating subject about a gorgeous area.

[@ThomasEckhardt]

Nick, another superb series. The combination of geology, history, geography with splendid photography makes this a riveting and engaging series!

[@Thedavidsavage]

These are so detailed I can watch at least 3 times. Keep on rocking in the free world.

[@julescaru8591]

Great series Nick , I’m just in love with the stories that the rocks tell, brought to life by your good self, you’re a fine teacher sir ! All the best Jules

[@JustinQuilling]

I've driven that pass twice. You have a great way of presenting this. Thanks.

[@timmyjones1921]

I never thought a geology video could hold my attention after being on military duty west of Seattle in 1986/87 the weather there was crazy wet to say the least ect... , I enjoyed these videos and I'm glad Nick Zenter posted them they are very educational indeed.

[@bigwheelsturning]

Love to take my sailboats up tot he pass to spend the day. Always good winds and always cold water. Just be glad when HW 18 and I-90 interchange is finished. I hope the next episode tells me why the passes are steep on the West side and not on the East side.

[@BMAdarsha]

these videos should be played at every elementry and primary schools geology classes

[@Valkyrie801]

Thank You, Professor Nick. You're the greatest! ❤

[@zam6877]

Finding weird unexplainable phenomenon is one of the most exciting things about science! Like finding a giant pinwheel 🙃 Again, this was fun! Thanks 😋

[@garyfrazier5414]

Very enlightening! Thank you Nick for being a great explainer!

[@BillAllyn]

I love your shows, Nick. I've always been interested in science, but never geology specifically until you started posting videos. Makes me want to come take a class, but I'm kinda stuck in Wenatchee. Great shows--thank you!

[@michademiavanpren5898]

As a Washington Resident since 1956 living from Mercer Island to Seattle to the Wenatchee Valley in 1978 I really enjoy your deep glimpses into landscapes I'm very familiar with.

[@pramgod628]

Great presentation and montage Nick more and more clear in my head 😶‍🌫️❤. Also on the Canadian side from Calgary to Vancouver the road is smaller than the I-90, but 1 day more story. Banff is a mistery by it self ;-). Tks from Québec.

[@kumoridesu]

These are really great videos. If this series could get finished somehow I'd happily pay for the remainder.

[@flmang]

Professor Zentner, I have no idea how KZbin is only just now recommending your channel to me - but I live in Seattle and I’m seriously considering enrolling in one of your classes at CWU. This material is truly captivating, fascinating, and humbling… and to see how passionate and excited you are about geology is just infectious.

[@terrancestodolka4829]

Glad you have the expertise to guide us through the complex history of the Pacific NorthWest...and the new latest geology information...

[@OkieJammer2736]

Oh! Oh! Part 3 just up. Love these! 💚

[@davidgerner9634]

Excellent and elegant historical story of the geological makeup of Snoqualmie Pass area. Thanks for re-releasing these visually stunning gems of knowledge @NickZentner. Maybe someday we can see the rest of the series finished as a tribute to Tom Foster amazing photography if possible.

[@runninonempty820]

I've never seen this series before. It is so well done and so interesting. What a fascinating place!

[@rafaelallenblock]

Wow Nick, the production values in this new series are impressive. My hat is off to whomever is producing this. Your content has always been incredibly in-depth while remaining laudable for its accessibility to the layperson. This format packs in so much information by using a variety of visuals to augment your incredibly engaging presentation, plus we still get a little chalk board when appropriate. Kudos.

[@gregwarner3753]

Thank you for renewing my interest in Geology. I doubt if I will ever see Washington State again due to age and health. However as I live in New Hampshire near the Atlantic Ocean I have plenty of ancient geology to explore. Next year I want to follow springtime from the White Mountains of New Hampshire to rocks of Newfoundland Canada. Should be an interesting trip. Probably cold and wet but interesting. Cold and wet is why they have taverns. Taverns have warmth and music.

[@markpimlott2879]

Great geology there too on The Rock! I.e. The Island of Newfoundland. 'Great people too of course where you New Englanders will fit right in! 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦🚢 🚣‍♂️ 🛥 🛶 ⛵️ 🚢 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦

[@bjdefilippo447]

Thanks, Nick, for another great show. Added bonus was getting to see areas that bring back great memories. As expected with vulcanism, there are a lot of great hot springs in the area. I'm now quite sad that i didn't think to pay more attention to the geology.

[@lostmind4615]

Back in the early computer days, I used to have a screensaver that was based on Snoqualmie Falls. Then years later I flew out to visit my brother in Vancouver WA and accidentally came across the real falls and was stupified at the coincidence.

[@bryanhumphreys940]

The Bitterroots in western MT are a batholith, So they were once a volcanic cone too? That's the first time I've heard that! They have the same granite rocks.

[@plubassmusician]

thanks for sharing these!

[@bonblue4993]

This was a wonderful video and I learned so much, especially since I have been traveling over Snoqualmie pass for about 70 years! Thanks, Nick for another amazing and informative video!

[@lorenmorelli9249]

Special Segment.. Very Informative.. Thanks for your work!!

[@davec9244]

Even better when watched over again I learn more every time thankyou stay safe

[@debbieannsmith8962]

Great video!!!

[@BronchiosaurusRex]

It's super interesting that most of Oregon and southwest Washington is rotating relative to the surrounding continent. We live in a truly deformed (and deforming!) part of the world. I love it! Thanks for sharing and looking forward to the next video!

[@GreeceUranusPutin]

Twisted is the word, we live in a twisted part of the world.

[@CoryKing]

Eagerly awaiting the next installment of this series!

[@tristan7588]

These have been a great 3 videos to watch, do the files for the rest of the series exist somewhere? Is there a chance that this could ever be finished?

[@gussiegus4943]

I would love to see the series completed!

[@stevenjohnson891]

Wow I picked up that granite near Mt Ranier

[@gordongadbois1179]

Interesting Pendleton is the center of the "ground up" possibly, thanks to PANGA. Thanks Nick.

[@mr.morelock]

I moved to Pocatello last year, land of the Bonneville flood. Until then, I lived in Seattle, and went up to Snoqualmie Pass to collect Quartz crystals.... found them in the boundary layer between the Snoqualmie Batholith and the Older rock above it. Trick was to find the boundary... it's mostly buried by trees and such. Forest Service roads provide small cuts in the hills, enough to give you a feel for where it was; follow a creek bed up or downhill to find the minerals. Watch for mineral claims, and never dig on, around, or especially UNDER the roads!

[@michaelhansen7516]

Excellent script on this series

[@DavidSmith-cd6tb]

Video came in just on time

[@Vickie-Bligh]

Nick, this series is wonderful. I totally forgot about them. Thanks for reposting them.

[@scottsyme7878]

keep it moving forward....no ego.....very good,,,,,

[@HobbiesHobo]

Greetings from SE Vancouver Island! Well done. Keep going with good stuff! Mike

[@georgeemeny6123]

Been watching Dr. Nick for a few years now. In every video I sit in my humble abode in Sequim and wonder what will be left or if I'll be around when the next BIg one hits. If I'm not around or it takes me out, I guess I won't have to worry what's left.

[@BallardBaller]

Clear, fast, no un necessary bs

[@jenniferm.5502]

That was fantastic! I always wanted to take geology in college and never had the opportunity. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and excitement.

[@tonics7121]

My new hero. Thank you.

[@johnnash5118]

@14:40 These are more clues as to what’s under the German Chocolate Cake. Previously flat oceanic crust (shallow Columbia Embayment inland sea,) consisting of metagabbro, sandstone, shale, coal, marble, limestone, quartzite and schist-blue and green; all basement rocks of the whole West Coast, if exhumation occurred from deep enough. 400 miles SW of Snoqualmie Pass is Merchants beach, just North of Bandon, OR., and just a few miles South of the Siletz Terrane margin, in the Northern tip of the Franciscan Terrane, with all of the above listed rocks that have been washed up onto the beach during Winter storm surges.

[@Feliformorphizer]

Is it just a coincidence that the Source Lake and Commonwealth Creek ice emptied out and carved out a trough (Snoqualmie Pass) roughly in line with the Seattle Fault?

[@dmmchugh3714]

Wonderful videos - the information is fascinating - and nick is the best presenter ! How did you all haul up that board to the mountains ? 02:13

[@DanFarrar]

Tom Foster got some zinger photos for this! 🤩

[@p.r.9219]

Where is part 4 of this series ? I'm interested in the Cle elum & coal information.

[@phillipdavis3316]

I wish that I gould go back 30 years and be a choose to study geology in WA. As always, thanks Zentner.

[@safe666house]

Hello from Austria!

[@brandonknopff1260]

On Chinook pass (410) when you start heading down the east side there is a mine shaft dug into the side of the mountain right off the freeway. I've always been curious what they were finding there...

[@djolley61]

Wish we had a guy like you in Utah.

[@teebes2009]

Look for Shawn Willsey, especially Antelope Island State Park. 👍

[@wesmahan4757]

This is the first time I've heard about the difference between the BC Ice Sheet, and the mountain glaciers which are local to Washington State. But which nevertheless, were interacting to sculpt the landscape.

[@samhklm]

The quality of content and production values in this series is stunning. Hey Elon you need pick up few points of goodwill - here's your chance. Fund the rest of the series so everyone can have the type of quality edutainment that we all deserve.

[@1mmerry]

Awesome! Thanks for doing these videos!!

[@georgebetrian676]

I'm from Spain, and I know better the geology of WA than my own country.

[@phillipjacobson4457]

I live in oregon on the east side of the cascade range, i learn a lot from nick on the rocks. I like to check streams and rivers for gold, his work teaches me many things that help locate possible gold deposits.

[@LanceHall]

Great video. It's amusing seeing a slightly younger more animated Nick.

[@HONGKELDONGKEL1888]

Just some wishful thinking, I hope one of these days you would be able to visit my country and I would highly recommend any of the five permanently monitored volcanoes - Pinatubo, Taal, Kanlaon, Mayon, and Bulusan... I actually have a soft spot for Taal and have been reading up journals on her geology. Turns out she is capable of much more violence than her recorded history as she has sent pyroclastic flows as far as 60km to the north.

[@L3001USPSA]

7:56 there's one of our dataloggers.

[@briankepner7569]

When it also be easy to locate these things through dike mineralization as the cooling and shrinking of the magma chamber would create cracks those cracks that also be filled with mineralization. You could actually look at mineralization maps to locate your chamber

[@mrtony1985]

Love these. Wondering... does the squeeze in the NW of Washington share any boundaries with the subduction off the coast? How far out does the squeeze go? To the Seattle fault?

[@zoetice433]

Yes!!!!

[@ml50486965]

You naughty gui! You are attracting attention from the whole world!🤔

[@royparrish2515]

Would it be possible to finish this series or at least, publish the footage of the unfinished parts?

[@ashpollock9907]

Any chance of the other 6 videos being completed at some point?

[@stanthompson374]

You never did an I90 Rocks part 4, did you? Or did I miss it somehow? Thanks.

[@jayolson578]

This is so interesting in how that area was formed. Imagine being a settler coming thru that area. You’d think you were traveling thru Gods country.

[@jayantijaiswal2110]

Sir , Could you make a video on isomorphism and solid solution and it's difference plz 🙏

[@triple_A_rockhound]

and the more you rock know 😎👍

[@Birdmusic77]

Your channel is awesome! Can I recommend a microphone

[@sirkyoj1]

Part 4 is going to be rocky.

[@krishnapanth5434]

I love your Bag-pack 😂looks you ware geography Teacher 🙏🙏

[@robtippin9111]

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