Snowmass Canyon Ice dam release

Ice dam release on the Roaring Fork River in Snowmass canyon, January 2021. The video captures a beaver that was swept up by the massive ice flow as it sweeps through the river.

[@rockingrogershomestead]

Whelp, post10 did it this time....

[@SongMom8]

😂

[@GenerationX1971]

We had a deep cold winter years back in 80’s and got to see this happen in the river behind our house. The river is about 80 feet or so down hill behind our house. My dad my sister and myself happened to be out back at the right time and sounded like a stick of dynamite went off. Sure enough all the ice started lifting up and going every where. I’ve only been lucky enough to see it happen once. Mother Nature is no joke.

[@slaggerthord31]

Wow that sounds cool! I can only imagine how amazing something like this must look.

[@aprilmorris4588]

That would've been amazing to hear and see. 😎

[@XcRunner1031]

Poor beaver! Hope he didn't get crushed by the ice and made it safely to shore. Great video showing how fast and debris-filled the flooding from ice dams can get.

[@Hellsarchon]

Probably died.

[@numbereightyseven]

No chance

[@bigredc222]

I wonder if he would try to swim upstream back to its den once it calms down? It could be miles.

[@rollingacresfarmstead206]

I had to ask his relatives, HE DEAD

[@raincoast9010]

That beaver was crazy!

[@Sailor376also]

Late January 1971 shaped most of those banks you are standing on. That was a huge ice dam. It slowly pushed its way downstream bulldozing the rocks, dirt and trees of the banks to a height of as much as 12 feet above the usual. When it had passed there was not a tree or shrub withing 5 vertical feet of the water, just bare dirt, and rocks, , and all the pines alongside above that had no bark on the river side whatsoever. The cold snap was a colder and colder each day for about a week,, Mercury thermometers ceased to function for the last two or three days,, The last morning before it broke,, it was estimated that the top of Big Burn was -70F,, it was +50F 24 hours later.

[@christopherjames9843]

Wow, 120 degree swing in 24 hours.

[@heightsofsagarmatha]

Beautifully done video , great camera work with educational voiceover

[@subramaniamkmathvan3661]

These are natural phenomenon which we should enjoy and appreciate from a distance. Great video.

[@darylburks7889]

Beaver singing Supertramp hit: "So when the day comes to settle down Who's to blame if you're not around? You took the long way home You took the long way home" 🤗

[@Corkedit]

Nature and the environment is amazing. Been doing this stuff for millions of years and will continue to do so for millions more.

[@aprilmorris4588]

This is a *much* smaller scale than the Missoula Ice Dam that broke thousands of years ago and created the Scablands of Eastern Washington and Oregon all way Columbia River, yet it explains some things. There are rocks around that area that I've looked at and wondered, "how?" This video actually gives me an idea of how. Thanks for this video. Much appreciated.

[@spanqueluv9er]

^That’s not physically possible. That destruction is due to a cosmic impact on the ice cap, not due to an ice dam that was too big to support itself much less hold that much water back. Wakey wakey, Lake Missoula’s fakey.

[@Backroad_Junkie]

Ice and debris flows both scare the heck outta me. It's the buildup of material being pushed out in front of the water mass...

[@alanatolstad4824]

I'm imagining the Grand Canyon, over the millenia.---What will the outcome be for the beaver, so far from home...?

[@craigbuchanan5294]

Beaver looks calm and happy to me 🤷‍♂️

[@marktrain9498]

Terrified and exhausted. He didn't make it, poor guy.

[@douglachman7330]

A bigger historic version created New Yorks two rivers, the east and the hudson. The weight and momentum is powerful and dangerous.

[@marcturner3647]

Wow I’ve never seen anything like this before I’m truly amazed, I’m from England and we never have anything like that thanks for the opportunity to see it 👍👍👍👌

[@banksiasong]

Shame the narrator did not explain what an Ice Dam was. Googling it only returned a feature on a roof. These videos are seen worldwide, and some people have never experienced ice, snow, or ice dams. A beautiful video though, particularly with the small surfing beaver.

[@brianvittachi6869]

Great video. This is a small-scale example of how the Washinton scablands were formed.

[@curtnelson8337]

Looks like Post 10 cleared a beaver dam from a culvert upstream

[@WesleyP1975]

Nice...

[@Michael65429]

😂 Funniest comment on this video Mr Nelson!

[@donnafletcher5386]

Interesting. I bet the weight of that ice movement is in the tons. There's several kinds of transportation. That beaver got a free ride on the ice mobile.

[@mnmike6884]

Thanks for rotating your phone to film in landscape.

[@Roger_Rabbit_Adventures]

That's truly incredible sight to see

[@slob0516]

Several years ago I was trapped by a smaller version of this. The bridge I paddled under was blocked by ice when I was returning home.

[@AhJodie]

Yikes! How did you get out? I am glad you did!

[@slob0516]

@@AhJodie I carried the canoe over across the road and put it in on the other side.

[@AhJodie]

@@slob0516 hahaha, that seems so simple, I am glad you were able to do that without freezing!!! 🌹

[@markrichie897]

Great video ! Puts the ice age in perspective. Just imagine it a bunch bigger and slower. Thanks

[@neekeyzonked5574]

It’s always fascinating watching the aftermath of mother nature’s work.

[@vermicelledecheval5219]

We do not see this much in France... Impressive and seemingly quite dangerous...

[@earthangel8730]

The sound of the water is awesome. Humans just make NOISE unfortunately.

[@sammythompson3694]

Funny these comments about the beaver being far from home like it's a human. The beavers home is wherever there is a young sapling to eat.

[@StamfordBridge]

A beaver makes a lot of preparations to make it through a winter. Shelter, cache of food, etc. Suddenly being far from home in the middle of winter will be a significant survival challenge for it.

[@jonathansantos2271]

good timing you found....so precautionary and whyz useful.

[@rayopeongo]

That beaver was toast. Even if he managed to avoid getting crushed by tons of ice, he would have ended up miles from home without any shelter or food.

[@realist7190]

Seriously, beavers don’t depend on the grocery store, and migrate hundreds of miles to find better food sources! They don’t rely on the welfare system !

[@rayopeongo]

@@realist7190 However, they also depend on an environment that they construct themselves: a dam to maintain a safe water level, a lodge to protect them from predators and the weather, and a food cache to get them through the winter. He wouldn’t have had any of those things, he would have had to start from scratch at the worst time of year wherever he ended up. It would be a very uphill battle.

[@Lenoferd]

They are known to travel tens of miles to find a mate, maybe he just found a short cut.

[@jamoo0]

@@rayopeongo you very knowledgeable. I didn’t know they were so smart. They know what to do to survive I guess. Used to be alot easier for them I’m sude

[@scottmcgill6795]

That beaver was one day from retirement too. What an absolute shame.

[@Steve-yo4ld]

Mother Nature doing what she does best!!!👍

[@smokenjoe4022]

In Alaska it’s called brake up but one like this makes you wonder how fish could survive!!

[@fjb4932]

. . .hold their breath . . .?

[@WildPony001]

Bet that beaver was thinking….Wipeout! Then humming Beach Boys tunes……

[@raincoast9010]

That beaver was crazy!

[@realist7190]

Great video, thanks for sharing!

[@Qossuth]

Beaver was like "Ice dam break? Hell, that was MY dam that broke. Oh well, it was time to move on."

[@maryday7602]

Quoth the beaver, “Damn!”

[@scottgamble7136]

Absolutely top quality camerawork

[@Kobo1]

We don't see things like this in Australia, Thanks. BTW, at 51 to 54 seconds, is that a bear on the opposite bank next to a large tree. He seems to be turning to leave...

[@stanpatterson5033]

That beaver might have looked okay floating on top of the mess, but deep inside, only the beaver knew that it had been his actions that set the whole event in motion. He had lots of time to think about it while navigating back up to the dam site later on.

[@itsrachelfish]

THERE'S A BEAVER ON IT!!!! omg 🤣 Poor lil thing, I hope it survived

[@bill3098]

Legend has it the beaver is still riding the ice flow to this day.

[@numbereightyseven]

No chance

[@Asymmetrical-Saggin]

@@numbereightyseven Legit pathetic to actually deliberately make sure you comment under peoples comments about the beaver and hope he survived. Like legit pathetic. Hate your life that bad? Legit laughing at you NuMbEreIgHtYsEvEn

[@AhJodie]

Wow, thank you!

[@godzilla0974]

Great narration! Almost National Geographic like! Lol

[@Tugela60]

Was the owner of the land where the ice dam broke held accountable for the downstream damage?

[@Userhfdryjjgddf]

I could watch that all day long. Have a grill close and my cooler and lawn chair. Yep that would be a great day.

[@brianbassett4379]

This is a perfect example of where a 360 deg camera would let viewers better experience everything.

[@mikoyanfulcrum1]

That Beaver wasn't doing to well seconds after you said that.

[@Rubbernecker]

Nice narration.

[@K9River]

That beaver didn't care if the dam was made of sticks or ice.

[@josephastier7421]

Beaver: "Well, sh**."

[@Simonsimon-fy3hq]

Did they find the beaver yet?

[@timmueller1314]

Not good for that beaver. He may have been fine riding the ice but he's now possibly miles from his lodge. Which was his shelter and contained his food store.

[@CuttingEdge49]

I’m sure the trout weren’t happy with that escapade.

[@dominicdeluca6378]

The beavers fine, it lives out there

[@AlongtheRiverLife]

Yes, very impressive!

[@barnyardbrio7597]

great footage

[@ovidiuciuparu6421]

2:08 that beaver is done!

[@arcare001]

1:28 I think I saw that beaver's story on a Mutual of Omaha documentary!

[@giovannistecca6828]

Was it a moose around 00:52? Right when you turn the camera something moves on the bank side

[@nldmaster]

Looks like a huge boulder being moved.

[@AlongtheRiverLife]

Where is this?

[@tooch1180]

0:53 mark on the bank of the River. What moved? A cow?

[@Michael65429]

It looked like a big slab of ice that jumped out of the river...

[@hockeyplayer8372]

Very powerful

[@TheShootist]

concentrating all that yellow gold.

[@TeamFish15]

That poor beaver is gonna be miles from home.

[@Dysturbed-00]

Now imagine the canyon ice being 2 miles thick while the climate is warming. That's why valleys are bigger than the rivers that flow in them today :D

[@christopherjames9843]

Cool but nothing compared to the mudflows from the tsunami in Thailand early 2000's.

[@dotjoseph]

Would be cool if a drone followed the leading edge

[@Blueknight1960]

I wish people would stop zooming in when videoing things like this. You miss so much when you zoom.

[@Deckman-oi3df]

The beaver was surfing. Lol

[@BIG-DIPPER-56]

Very, very good ! ! ! Nice 🙂😎👍

[@johndoe-og8io]

2:04 rip beaver

[@Nuttyirishman85]

He made it through that, you can see him after.

[@tracynation2820]

Super. 💙 T.E.N.

[@elemar5]

Somehow I don't think that beaver survived.

[@michaelcschmitt]

Amazing power.

[@krisztinesworldthehubofhap9851]

There is something human like figure at the right side of the river go check at 53 second

[@amandadonegan2137]

He pans away too quickly lm not sure what it is...

[@petedandrea8463]

Looks like tree stump getting upended by the current

[@Goose00123]

🤩

[@buyamerican3191]

YEE HAW, looks like someone flushed the toilet upstream! I hope no beavers were harmed in the making of this video!😫

[@LilMOMMAson]

I hope the beaver survived

[@greenlight3356]

To cold for me I will stay in Texas!

[@andyroubik5760]

That poor Beaver was no doubt killed

[@Peter_Tissot]

turns out it was the beaver that caused it... 1 stick at the wrong spot and away he went

[@davegeorge4757]

Omg, dude. You ruined it with all the talking. Why did you think you were adding anything when you were literally just describing what we could all see?

[@nicholasxavier5892]

I saw 2 Beavers

[@irenedavo3768]

Scary

[@jackcurran1122]

Mother Nature doesn’t play games

[@briansimpson6681]

You fall in that it's Fubar for you........

[@eroildocortes4973]

El. Dios todo. Poderoso. Usa la. Naturaleza. Ya que. Toda. La creación está sometida al creador a. Dios incluyendo. Toda la. Naturaleza. 😊

[@dogwedl1167]

[@aguilayserpiente]

Liquid avalanche.

[@anttimaja9931]

Voi pientä majavarassua😪

[@youyouulf]

Icebergs??? These are not icebergs! Go to Greenland and you'll find icebergs! What this video is showing is iceflakes, not icebergs!

[@markholmesalongsidestudios9859]

Randall Carlson and Graham Hancock theory's maybe right.

[@ДмитрийМеркушов-м2м]

Бобров жалко их смыло.

[@toddclean547]

I'll bet the swimming sucks.

[@johnlshilling1446]

Yep... Completely scrubbing the riverbed. Something that you or I would be fined for if we disturbed the smallest section of... "... Sir, you are charged with 'Damaging Critical Fish Habitat'. How do you plea?" "Your Honor, it was an accident. My foot slipped off of my brake pedal, momentarily pressing the accelerator. Soooo, instead of launching my boat safely, I also --- !Unintentionally! -- launched my truck, as well. I assure you that I meant no harm to the river bottom." "Unintentional or not, your truck gouged several square meters of the irreplaceable habitat of fish -- And! -- the homes/nurseries of the innumerable biologicals that populate these environments were also destroyed... I am entering a plea of Not Guilty on your behalf, and setting a Court Date for 6 weeks from today, at 10 am local time. Is this agreeable to you, or will you need more time to prepare your defense?" "With all due respect, Your Honor, getting a SCOTUS ruling on the absurdity of these charges will take a lot more than 6 weeks. I will agree to the Court Date, but my counsel will undoubtedly present motions resulting in delays, if not dismissal." "This is not the time or place for speculating on the possible actions of counsel. I will have the time and date of your trial entered into the records. You are strongly advised to appear as agreed, or have your counsel enter the appropriate actions, at - that - time. Thank you. You are free to leave my court.."

[@Dragon1111-q2b]

You talk too much

[@andrewnaylor3965]

I thought January was in the middle of the winter and things like this happened in March So mush for Global warming

[@alberthendershot1702]

Erosion in a big way !!!!!!!! We here in Montana have the same thing !!!!!!!!! Going fishing on a river like that is dangerous I'll stick to ice fishing on lakes sometimes the ice breaks it make a sound next time I'll try and record the sound !!!!!!!!!

[@brucecormier7929]

That’s wild. I hope that beaver isn’t a mother, she’s taking a cruise far from home.

[@markdowse3572]

That little beaver is sure getting an icy ride! 😲 Wrong place, wrong time when the dam broke? It'll be a long trip "home" for the little one... M 🦘🏏😎

[@BigLisaFan]

Hope the beaver and other animals will be ok.

[@numbereightyseven]

No chance