Naneum Canyon with Andrew Sadowski

Nick learns from Andrew Sadowski of the Washington Geological Survey in Naneum Canyon just north of Ellensburg, Washington. Filmed on October 6, 2021.

[@dancooper8551]

Kudos to Andrew for spending so much time with Nick sharing his findings.

[@TheDevice9]

Andrew always reminds me of the geologist version of a 19th century 'mountain man-trapper'... all self contained and kitted out. Wandering the mountains alone just doing his work. What a cool job. I wish I had done something like that with my life.

[@petersaari-gh1zg]

Hey Ned, I am a dedicated reader of everything geology. You are my rock Guru. I miss Tom too. My Mom was right, life goes on. My life would be misguided without trying to learn as much as possible about everything. I have found Carnelian flaked rock samples along the Mollala river in Aurora, Oregon. Also fossils I found in the Bay area. I dig native tooled rocks as well. I will write more soon.

[@genefulm]

Thanks for taking Nick up there Andrew!

[@philfromspokane6198]

Wonderful and.beautiful field trip. A truly live geology class listening to two professionals both teaching and learning. Thanks so much, Andrew and Prof Nick

[@rosemariemann1719]

Love Nick's camera : zoomed in on the notch on the top of the hill: clear and sharp. Then close up on cut rock : sharp as a pin again. These field trips are so interesting. 😊🇬🇧💕🇺🇲😊🌎

[@kyleroth1025]

Thank you Professor Zentner and thank Andrew for sharing his time and thoughts with us.

[@littlebear8331]

"Miasma".... Ancient Greek for pollution, wow! But, I'll have to rewind Nick From The Field #60 once more since your friend, Andrew Sadowski, packed so much information into this segment that my brain is on overload. Thank you, Prof. Zentner!

[@MrMarkar1959]

👍🏼,,interesting and scenic. Thank You Professor,,,,once again.

[@justmine6498]

I loved it Nick always a wonderful time exploring and learning with you!

[@nevyen149]

Never get tired of Andrew's Vest Of Many Things...

[@alanmadden771]

I think it would be fun to follow Andrew around for a week while he does his mapping. I have the feeling he is full of a lot of interesting information maybe you just have to ask him the right questions. Looking forward to hearing more from Andrew in future videos.

[@nevyen149]

@@alanmadden771 He seems entirely competent, and I have this secret belief that there is actually nothing he doesn't have in one pocket or another on that vest.

[@t48wolf]

THANK YOU BOTH wonderful field trip very much enjoy your casual approach.

[@deantheot7296]

Thanks Nick and Mr. Sodowski. I really appreciate the Sat. Field shows. Beer in hand, steak on the grill a learning underway. Love the name "Mt. Horrible"!!

[@laureneolsen8624]

We really enjoyed this one Nick. Andrew knows so much, doesn’t he? I hope we can have him on the show again. Thanks to both of you.

[@Hawkeye_77]

Hey Andrew! You’re famous! Great video and interesting map area for sure. Love to see the eye protection when breaking rocks. Nice work guys!

[@donnacsuti4980]

Thanks for the interesting geo field trip and discussion and good scenery

[@lindsaymalone9371]

Also, love how this video and the one at Steamboat/Northrup Point are places that expose what's underneath the CRBs. So cool to see what geologists get excited about. Yay for more mapping!!!!!

[@alanharwood1636]

Learning how geochemical stratigraphy techniques are unlocking some of the puzzles of such complex geological relationships ... another resounding success Nick, and my thanks to Andrew for sharing his thoughts and expertise.

[@Gregory47342]

Beatiful thanks for the upload.

[@rayschoch5882]

Gorgeous day, and the usual gorgeous landscape. Thanks (again), professor…

[@sharonseal9150]

Wow, this was exactly the information I have been searching for! I missed it last year when I was in the hospital with Covid. I have been trying to discover more about what happens at the edge of the CRB and apply that to my location, and this one turns out to be just over Mission Ridge from the Malaga Slide. Perfect. I have been thinking that as the ancient Columbia got diverted to the edge of the CRB it must have plucked away at the thinner layers for 100,000 years or so, and that would be at least a part of the story.

[@66kbm]

Nice info. I live in the Netherlands but seem to know more about the Geology of Washington State than my own Country due to your videos. I really, really hope that the phrase... "German Chocolate Cake" enters Geological terminology permenantly......Edit....At the time of typing this comment, i see 1 dislike, that must be the Guy in the Truck that went up the track. Maybe its "Muffler Boy, aka Jet Boy and Railroad Engineer Boy"

[@cindyleehaddock3551]

Cool area, but a bummer people can't get there. Sounds like it would be a fun place to take students on a field trip.....Thanks to both of you showing us at least! Always learn something new with these trips!

[@titusnelson9499]

I was a Smokejumper at NCSB in the late 60’s and jumped a few fires in this area. This provides a complete different perspective. Andrew, i’m intrigued with your vest. Who sells them? Thanks for an interesting discussion.

[@gailroberts3842]

German Chocolate cake with soft serve ice cream...mmmmmmm. Edible geology. Very interesting about all the landslides. Andrew's vest looks heavy. Thanks for another great episode!

[@TrainLordJC]

Another great learning session with you Nick. Thanks again. Speaking of LIP's are there geologists in India and Siberia studying the Deccan Traps and Siberian Traps in the same detail as the Columbia Lava Field and making their knowledge available for further study?

[@garypaull9382]

Really enjoyed this visit to the Naneum and explanation for the open basin in the upper canyon. Thanks Nick and Andrew! Also, I think it's cool that the Wenatchee Mountains run from Stevens Pass to the Columbia River. It's the divide between the Wenatchee and Yakima River drainages.

[@Poppageno]

Thank you Andrew for taking Nick and us along. For those of us not in the area it really helps to "see" thru your eyes. Modern science is a long way from what Randy Lewis learned. Nick, thanks for the field trip! I was glad you asked about the vents, I was wondering where they were. How many miles away would always be nice to hear. Unimaginable that lava could flow tens or hundreds of miles and be 1000' thick! Would glaciers or mega floods account for the missing cake layers? or Baja to BC?

[@johnjunge6989]

If anyone has been watching Iceland and/or La Palma lava flows, you get an excellent idea of how they are formed. The land slides due to the Bomb water from the Pacific, also demonstrates how slides due to excessive water can reshape areas. Only Washington and Oregon were on a massive level. Am I thinking correctly Nick?

[@sdmike1141]

Oh baby!! Holy miasma Batman! Thanks Nick. Thanks Andrew!

[@jenniferlevine5406]

It's such a beautiful valley, apart from the geology which is amazing, it is an incredible location. The road trips done as a child certainly come back so vividly, the smell, sounds and the air etc. Thank you for taking us to this place!

[@Rachel.4644]

This is so cool to see again! It is more understandable, good explanations, we can see the topography pretty well. Under the CRB!! But then I should be marking up a map while listening. (I, too, have vest envy, Andy.) Thank you, Andy and Nick.

[@geoffgeoff143]

What i really enjoy is seeing how an experienced field geologist thinks. I can see you enjoy it too.

[@MrFmiller]

Been there, love the area. Glad to learn some of the geology. Thanks Andrew and Nick.

[@gordonormiston3233]

LIDAR and other modern techniques continually update what was known and give a much clearer idea of what was thought in the past. The depth and extent of the CRBs are truly awesome. Andrew gives a better idea of what the topography of the area was before it was inundated by the “Chocolate Cake” I love Andrew’ s waistcoat of many pockets !

[@BG-ez1jm]

What a fascinating "mixing bowl of cake mix" this part of the world is! Enjoyed going along and listening to you guys. Thank you

[@1234j]

Thank you. Excellent as always. Cheers from England.

[@lizj5740]

What a well-worded and well-presented description of the geology of this area. Thank you, Andrew and Nick.

[@leswoodburn5764]

Nick, that is another BOOM!!!!! Cheers.

[@sharonhoward4957]

Flow depth looking at the trees wow! Good way to visualize for me. Fun field trip,

[@curtcooper9447]

What a wonderful experience ❤

[@lindsaymalone9371]

Oh man! Thank you Andrew and Nick! Had to get out the maps and start thinking about future bike and hike trips. Love learning to recognize geology geography in the basin, appreciating some geochemistry, and a beautiful day talking rocks. Andrew is an excellent DNR ambassador! Thank you!

[@johnnash5118]

Drive far from home and uncover more questions than answers; but drive a little ways and find pieces to the GCC puzzle, and what to look for in previous places.

[@joeslicklive]

interesting for sure ... amazing .. how much lava was coming out... and at different times wow we need to know more about the cracks and why they pushed out so much lava and why thanks Prof Nick

[@BudKnocka]

Old Columbia River channel would keep both the teanaway flow and the CRBs at bay…how high was that canyon 16 mya and 49mya?

[@shereetompkins3358]

We have the same problem here in Montana. Most of the back mountain roads have been gated.

[@sluggotinfantryman]

Love that creek. Worked at Yellowstone Teton Rocky Yosemite. Love this creek.

[@freebird5064]

Absolutely gorgeous in Washington 💙

[@timpate6259]

Thanks for the walk, Andrew. Interesting idea about the Teanaway basalts being in the canyon somewhere. Thanks for another informative video, Nick. Looking forward to the Eocene and Challis magmas!

[@davec9244]

that was a good one! I see why the gate ! ,but that is some nice country .Can you walk in ? thanks all

[@johnjunge6989]

Another great walk through areas that are diverse. Sorry to hear that these areas get trashed, thousands of people could possibly never realize the diverse conformity. I wish there were areas close to southern Illinois where I could see this diversity. Missouri has some areas, but not real accessible due to being private property. Thanks again Nick!

[@sluggotinfantryman]

For those not familiar all the water flows off 9712 south. The best hiking is Naneum/Howard Creek. You can start at Haney Meadow. 5400+ feet. Table Mountain is 6000 + feet. HUGE AREA rough terrain features. Many uncomfornities. BUT WATER!! So dogs are happy.

[@barbmack7098]

Excellent video ... was any of the area, shown today, affected by the Ice Age glaciers?

[@davidschmale3359]

Didn't we learn from last year's video with Mike and Erin on the road going up to Mission Ridge that Mt Stuart stood where you guys are right now? Didn't Erin have a timeline on the Leavenworth fault?

[@mikestackhousemusic]

When you were saying the episode was brought to us by Snickers, looking across to the hill there were rolls running top to bottom. Is that from erosion or rippling of the landscape.

[@christoforos689]

Is it possible that it was all a floating raft of hardened lava at one time? Hence, the raft stopped and thus the abrupt end? Are the folds the result of a collision of the raft with another large mass?

[@sluggotinfantryman]

Naneum Ridge is epic trail. Off FS9712. From FS 35 to Rim great.

[@d.centolla809]

I ever been the lizzard at you class wall spanish little one Im Aurelio from Valladolid Spain old account using great lisen you again im so busy with la Palma eruption moderating a chat thanks Prof Zentner

[@bevinbrush4822]

Any research on the sediment bed?

[@sluggotinfantryman]

From the Naneum Trail 👣 off FS 35. Which isn't closed. You can walk to Rim see it all except north end. For that, go up Naneum Ridge TH walk up first hill. Table Mountain Rim is the best viewing of canyon. Except the plug in the end where Naneum and Howard Creek merge. Alot like Sullivan Canyon in the Virgin River Gorge. By exit 18 I15. Giant plug.

[@jamesparker6876]

At 17:00 there is a white square in the down slope next to a brown (tree trunk?) snag. Is that a sign or a Portal to Alpha Centauri? Oh, would you look at that the Portal is attached to the bumper of Andrew's truck!

[@lizj5740]

When I saw that white square, I was pretty sure that someone would say, "He goes to the whiteboard."

[@Poppageno]

Probably a bleached out tree stump.

[@sluggotinfantryman]

THE BIGGEST TAKE AWAY IS LOCKED GATE. SAVED ME FROM TRYING TO DRIVE UP IT. Will walk down from up top now. But not in 96 degrees. Will go for it from Naneum Meadow through Gorge, aka Down Creek.

[@bevinbrush4822]

Any Plant fossils?

[@doemijmaarfriet]

Always wondered how many white parts in mapping washington still has?

[@nwyoda8792]

4:48 spider ran down nicks hand!

[@dalenedaylean3555]

Is that petrified wood at 15:32? If not, what are those upright logs?

[@vinmansbakery]

Columnar basalt

[@lizj5740]

@@vinmansbakery Someone's been listening and remembering. Someday, I will come to Vinman's. Look for me next year.

[@vinmansbakery]

@@lizj5740 looking forward to it!

[@paulliebenberg3410]

Boggles the mind to compare these lava flows a thousand feet thick and hundreds of miles in length with all the attention the current Las Palmas eruption (a couple of miles) in the Canary Islands is getting . This part of the world must have been a hellish place when the CRB was forming!

[@TheFixIsIn-fe1jy]

It stopped flowing the volcano went to sleep?

[@lauram9478]

❤❤

[@sluggotinfantryman]

Fire key level 3. The key 🔑 🙌

[@sluggotinfantryman]

Why do pine trees grow out of it?

[@ACheshireCat2001]

See the rounding of that rock hammer... indicates a heavy use... erosion by geologist.

[@sluggotinfantryman]

Personally I go for the Hulk Smash method of rock breaking. Throw a big one against a bigger one yelling die Mammoth. Cheaper than hammer. The Wopshilla were a fierce tribe. Very. 20% Thats a big twinky.

[@dyannejohnson6184]

What is CRB

[@ralphlindberg1299]

Columbia River Basalt... short hand for folk that talk about it, a LOT

[@Poppageno]

Also referred to as the German Chocolate cake, due to the layering.

[@mrfranksan]

Miasme. It's French.