World's Biggest

Two contrasting view points of one of the world's largest ever avalanches.
Filmed in Norway by All Star Films, multi-camera direction by Thom Goddard, in 2015. Copyright: Thom Goddard 2018 onwards - . Please DM for permissions.
An avalanche (also called a snow slide) is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain.
Avalanches can be set off spontaneously, by such factors as increased precipitation or snow pack weakening, or by external means such as humans, animals, and earthquakes. Primarily composed of flowing snow and air, large avalanches have the capability to capture and move ice, rocks, and trees.
Avalanches occur in two general forms, or combinations thereof: slab avalanches made of tightly packed snow, triggered by a collapse of an underlying weak snow layer, and loose snow avalanches made of looser snow. After being set off, avalanches usually accelerate rapidly and grow in mass and volume as they capture more snow. If an avalanche moves fast enough, some of the snow may mix with the air, forming a powder snow avalanche.
Though they appear to share similarities, avalanches are distinct from slush flows, mudslides, rock slides, and serac collapses. They are also different from large scale movements of ice.
Avalanches can happen in any mountain range that has an enduring snowpack. They are most frequent in winter or spring, but may occur at any time of year. In mountainous areas, avalanches are among the most serious natural hazards to life and property, so great efforts are made in avalanche control.
There are many classification systems for the different forms of avalanches, which vary according to their users' needs. Avalanches can be described by their size, destructive potential, initiation mechanism, composition, and dynamics.
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[@Ambient_Scenes]

Props to whoever calculated the safe distance for the people to stand at. Any closer and they'd be snowmen....

[@colinmccreary7437]

Too bad they just killed a ton of animals probably just hanging out. 😔

[@darkstarfirestudios4500]

@@colinmccreary7437 explain

[@VinegarWithAnAttitude]

Not hard. It's 2 times the height of the mountain

[@teddrickhargrave7338]

@@colinmccreary7437 fuck the animals

[@huck4321]

Impressive but not even close to largest.

[@yeltsin6817]

Would like to see what that structure looked like after that snow hit it.

[@muckfoot-4093]

yeah!

[@daniellindegren1182]

Yeah, so would everyone else.

[@yeltsin6817]

@@muckfoot-4093 to me it did not seem like all that much snow but man when it hit I was like holy shit.

[@mspionage1743]

That much snow coming down from that altitude would have hit those structures like steel walls. I would be surprised if it didn't ravage the super structures. A strong avalanche is no joke. I once saw one in the Sierra's uproot trees and carry them with it on its downward rush. Imagine being caught in that SOB.

[@reverseuniverse2559]

White snow

[@mrkeith7730]

I would like to see what that looks like from underwater when the snow hits it.

[@JHall-ks1kr]

It would look like your life flashing before your eyes

[@BucketsTM]

it'd be an big fat oof for a swimmer :o

[@BDF30]

Look at my 2 balls...

[@cristianjeremy880]

@Ronin Alden Instablaster :)

[@cristianjeremy880]

@Ronin Alden glad I could help :)

[@tamarawalther4524]

I have never seen snow run across water. What a beautiful sight! ❤

[@seeker296]

I was wondering about that. Is it iced over? Or just shallow? Or just that much snow

[@Cyber_Kriss]

@@seeker296 No... it's "speed". Throw a flat stone towards water at a tangent angle and see what it means ;)

[@d.o.p.echart9483]

@@Cyber_Kriss The cold temperature of the snow might also be supercooling the air underneath the avalanche sort of like a cold pyroclastic flow.

[@Cyber_Kriss]

I bet on physics. Speed.

[@hannagyllenflykt8407]

Guf

[@PYRAMIDHEAD1051]

Explosion at 0:02 Shock wave reached camera at 0:07. Distance between explosion and camera is 1.7 k.m.

[@spooky1640]

Guardian Angel craaaazyyy !

[@simonschorer8583]

You dont have to know how strong the explosion was (how many explosives and what for explosives .....) ? ?

[@PYRAMIDHEAD1051]

@@simonschorer8583 If you want to estimate the distance traveled by a car in 't' amount of time at a speed of 'v' , i do not need any other specifications of the car like : power of engine , fuel efficiency , drag coefficient , e.t.c . In that case , distance traveled by that car = v*t . Hope you got my point.

[@simonschorer8583]

@@PYRAMIDHEAD1051 ohh yes! thanks

[@dwainfisher4119]

@@simonschorer8583 all you need to know is the speed of sound, and you need to know visually when the sound was created. Then once you hear the sound you use the time it took from the sight of the explosion to the sound entering your ears

[@NickolaiVolkov]

When the second view started, my only thought was "Holy crap, those buildings are WAY bigger than I thought they were!!"

[@victoriaw5411]

Beautiful. Looks like clouds crawling really fast down the mountain.

[@panzerstrelok]

I was there, workers on the top of the mountan slid down explosives from the top. The avelance damaged coolant pipes, removed entirely climate controll for the swich rooms and a chimney. They do this once or twice a year. A avalanche completly removed the first prosessing plant in the 60's. Before they used a 60mm mortar but after they almost sunk a passanger liner they stoped

[@marybethleib8286]

Why is this done?

[@panzerstrelok]

@@marybethleib8286 simple, is to know when the avalance comes down, not let it happen randomly when pepole are inside or outside the plant, and to not let it get to big

[@arnie78wa]

may i ask where this was? thanks

[@arnie78wa]

@Ben Connor nope, I do know th efinnsih language - that wasn't it. First I thought swiss romanic (hard k-sounds), but I think it might be Norwegian, actually.

[@panzerstrelok]

@@arnie78wa stjernøy, an island in finnmark norway

[@ActivistVictor]

when i see those explosions in the beginning, i think..."you missed, how could you miss he was THREE FEET IN FRONT OF YOU!!!"

[@weareuniqueforareason7503]

ActivistVictor lol mulan 😂😂

[@DesignNation_]

@@weareuniqueforareason7503 oh yeah that's true

[@dianarhodes3344]

Hello from Alaska! We just watched Mulan this morning. It's a family favorite... Anything Disney really 🤔

[@fbouret]

I’m triggered! Just watched Mulan (live action) and it was a disappointment 🥺

[@crazyfire9470]

😐

[@moshunit96]

The title of this video may have overstated the size just a bit.

[@sandyhill1392]

Mosher: right?! It was created, not a natural avalanche😙. And not the biggest.

[@croy263]

Nowhere near the world's largest avalanche, but to be expected from youtube. The largest avalanches can actually modify the structure of the mountains, destroying ridgelines or toppling small subpeaks. This does look impressive, but it's due to the snow being so light and dry that it creates a big dust cloud of snow.

[@Petesworkshop2225]

Your thinking of landslides, snows not going to change any mountains.

[@benjaminbrewer2569]

The title might be click bait. Check if there is a hook somewhere

[@AnontheGOAT]

Plus it’s man made.

[@tomtd]

But are they on video?

[@denningmp37]

@@Petesworkshop2225 spoken like someone who knows what they are talking about but doesn’t

[@kristapoellot9281]

It looks like these are what are referred to as controlled avalanches. Those are ones that are deliberately set off strategically to prevent worse ones occurring when not expected.

[@someotherdude]

Hey, you catch on quick!

[@peterwinters8587]

Thanx Einstein

[@rosslindstrom5765]

Bless your heart

[@guydreamr]

Thank you Captain Obvious.

[@therandomeggfriends]

Thx brother

[@azoutlaw7]

Dangerously beautiful!

[@zbutler3111]

Its about to snow in north texas for the first time in 10 years so I'm watching this in preparation

[@zbutler3111]

@@RRRIBEYE got me there

[@zbutler3111]

@@RRRIBEYE yeah this video did not prove as useful as I had thought🤷‍♂️

[@zbutler3111]

@@RRRIBEYE this past year has shown me i need to be a little more self sufficient.

[@zbutler3111]

@@RRRIBEYEGood idea. Its always tripped me out that our money is only worth anything because the government says it is. I've got a nice bank account that won't be worth anything when the grid goes down.

[@OaK-_R]

I'd be pissed if I owned that green house.

[@dramen1013]

MikeD factory

[@cowboy9348]

He’s tali I about the color

[@dramen1013]

Mayo Guardian ?!

[@ophiolatreia93]

Pretty stupid place to build a house tho.. Lol

[@StrangerThingsLover-kq9vy]

🤣

[@Angelica_04]

The guy recording in the beginning of the video sounded like he was saying “yeah boi!” XD

[@stelampology]

Exactly what I heard!😂

[@xhanni9155]

It was swedish lol

[@silje8711]

@@xhanni9155 norwegian, but close enough i guess lol

[@annaclar5259]

@@stelampology você não saber falar português não é

[@annaclar5259]

@@silje8711 tu saber falar minha língua

[@writer125]

Very glad for the technology that enables me to be able to see this from a very safe distance away. WOW, that was amazing to see. Thanx for posting this.

[@greensombrero3641]

translation - "wait one minute, I'm in the green house, just grabbing my mobile charger"

[@davidwaynemain]

I would have LOVED to have seen this from under the water looking up as the avalanche travelled into the lake.

[@dianalee3059]

Can’t even wrap my head around this

[@WinterPhoenixForestKirin]

Beautiful but deadly. Incredible.

[@johnmca5643]

Was there any structural damage to the buildings?

[@TheOicyu812]

It's like a "pyroclastic snow".

[@thomasoneill5877]

At first I'm like, "phhhh no way" about half way thru the video I'm catching my jaw dropping!!Then bye the end I'm like, " well there ya have it"... World's biggest avalanche!!

[@randallparker8116]

After pics would be cool. Building's survive?

[@syreallewyatt5048]

Yeah, thats what I was thinking (after pics) Im sure building survived, they'd been there for some time, but would be nice to know how deep the snow was afterwards.

[@marenkuether-ulberg3311]

Nah, they’re remodeling.

[@boomerangsruckflug8513]

The lockdown lockdown.

[@savage7882]

That aint an avalanche. Someone blew up one of pablo escobar's freight planes

[@photographybyliamanderson1659]

hahaahah i laughed too hard

[@royalcurrie3218]

It’s called avalanche control

[@theconsigliere8463]

@@royalcurrie3218 wooosh 😭😂

[@titmouse-distribution]

No U Also r/woooosh

[@Arctic_Dude]

Thx, needed a good laugh!😁

[@louvierejacques]

love that deadpan "we're fucked" at 0:33

[@annaattah531]

THAT WAS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@galadirk7843]

"Welcome to another episode of KZbin's Random Recommendation"

[@MrBenjiii]

lol, I searched for avalanches and this video appeared

[@ninobrown2283]

Yeah was looking for big avalanches as well

[@jasonwillis2928]

I also searched for this intentionally lmao

[@Wooooahhh6272]

Definitely searched this

[@qingooo]

Me too niko

[@chriswarr3676]

Imagine clearing the snow off that factory roof then they trigger an avalanche... I'd be pissed, but it looks stunning though.

[@TheZaynPro]

I see this kind avalanch in dreams

[@sdHansy]

Nothing better than horizontal video. It's getting alarmedly rare these days...

[@dfl4701]

Lol at the second one and the last sneaking around all the men to get behind the truck.

[@vtripletake8847]

Hey do you know where I can find someone in a neon green top?

[@newforestpixie5297]

my Geography Teacher from 1975 to 1980 was a Yorkshire guy called Mr Goddard - for many it was a first hearing of a Yorkshire guy pronounce “ Tuunn-drrra “ & everyone was doing their best to replicate this sound…😁👍

[@mushroomhead4207]

This isn't the world's biggest avalanche but still cool

[@cc5960]

I wish it showed the aftermath!!!

[@E3ECO]

Was it supposed to engulf the buildings at the bottom?

[@ElSmusso]

Nice to understand the language, it’s from Stjernøy (star island) Norway.

[@admiralbenbow5083]

0.52 Chap behind the camera makes observant and incisive comment, says "That is snow thats coming down there".

[@studypurposesonly]

Gf: You pulled out right? Me: Yeah Also me:

[@fishermansr1]

I saw ONE PERSON "get the heck out of Dodge!" 😆

[@mortenlund779]

I am from Norway and I cant believe it its massive

[@user-fi4yd2kf6g]

Very impressive!!

[@brianbassett4379]

I'd love to be in a small skiff on the water.

[@peeyoudeepeeyoudee6269]

The water had a beautiful blueish color to it at the end of the video

[@Waggybooooo]

holy cow i would be running

[@avonleamontague2469]

Wait for it, waaaaait for it

[@davidfox5827]

One out of 30 was smart enough to walk away

[@MarvinTheMartianQ38]

It's one of the biggest "manmade" avalanches caught on video.

[@gheffz]

Exactly... I questioned the title, too!

[@moshunit96]

That makes more sense.

[@StephenASmith-lm6gz]

Most avalanches are caused by humans

[@MarvinTheMartianQ38]

@@StephenASmith-lm6gz That's true .

[@danb.709]

@@StephenASmith-lm6gz Not true, natural avalanches occur all the time, most are caused by the weight of new snow, or snow being redeposited by the wind, which again adds weight. Or simply rising temperatures which makes the snow less cohesive. It's as natural as waves in the ocean, it happens all the time.

[@valerievelarde62]

😮 WHOA!!! 😳

[@RegebroRepairs]

- "What do you mine here?" - "Cold."

[@POSEIDWNAS13]

It is unbelievable how it is travelling over the lake like that

[@CaptainBreny]

Thats the Ocean

[@teddytac253]

Anybody else reminded of Mulan when watching this?

[@mysteryrida]

Alright boys! Get to diggin!

[@tigergutt93]

Welcome to Norway :D

[@danrodrigues3531]

Did any of the buildings sustain any damage?

[@sigsin1]

The first time I heard avalanche guns at a ski resort, I was a little freaked out. I don’t ski but my husband does and I had no idea what they were.

[@ezekielbrockmann114]

2:17 Smartest guy in the video.

[@ernee100]

Good to hear the muppets Swedish Chef is back working.

[@jefft4303]

Ahhh...you guys DID just use the one stick of 40 percent per placement, not a whole case, right? Right?

[@rachelridgill6499]

That looked so COOL!🤣

[@bernecomp]

All those yellow jackets are thinking how cool it is to be to watching this spectacle on the clock.

[@ilivemylifeaquartermileata9147]

wow..... Nature... you SCARY!

[@davidaames1347]

Avalanches are like tsunamis that run ashore in the Pacific Ocean. That's amazing.

[@kylesmith1359]

Avalanche happens: you: yessss content. Avalanche: hold my snow

[@joejackson1920]

StealerEmu *hold my snow balls*

[@meawesomedaniel22addmeplst74]

Public youtube...com.www

[@tiger8696]

Explosive initiated avalanche.

[@tonyb8660]

hot lava, a lahar and a tsunami: we just can't avalanche: hold my beer

[@MikeSmith-mp7lf]

5 days ago 1-21-2021 an avalanche occurred on Mount Everest that made this look like a snowball!

[@janmyszek1560]

How do you know that? Any footage?

[@jak.cr1ym]

@@janmyszek1560 bruh search youtube

[@TheChiz18]

The shockwave from the everest one is mind blowing

[@anthonymendoza1327]

@@janmyszek1560 There is lots of footage from both Everest and especially Annapurna. Just do a quick search.

[@CaptainBreny]

No shit considering Everest is 20 times higher from sealevel than this. The water they are standing by is the ocean for reference

[@-_____________________________]

Even though I probably know the answer that it looks the same, I would want to see what the waterfront looks like after that influx of snow.

[@powdergame8354]

So satisfying...

[@marcothorsen950]

Beautiful ❤

[@stopstalkingplease]

Bruh you need to move GO GO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cowofthemonth]

how to hide your secret mountain lair

[@theevilneedle1285]

Like a pyroclastic flow!!!!

[@jeevanghai1385]

Mad respect to the guys at the front

[@JumpStart_YT]

If this was a volcano I would call that a pyroclastic snow

[@lhaviland8602]

Petition to rename avalanches cryoclastic flows.

[@RodCalidge]

I'm just curious about the title. What criteria did you use to decide this was the world's biggest avalanche?

[@mercoid]

The “Clickbait Criteria”. Well known criteria for people who are motivated to add even more confusion and misinformation to the world for the sake of earning a small profit.

[@placebo4917]

Watching the trees to the right topple over is crazy

[@whytebearconcepts]

"...Sven, you DID close the windows, right?"

[@Oshidorinohina]

they detonated the avalanche to ensure that the slope stays safe

[@aidanbrown6513]

thanks caption obvious

[@samuelwallace2427]

@@aidanbrown6513 some people don’t know, isn’t that obvious 😂

[@massabielle2821]

I don’t ski, or at least the one time I did, even the snow asked me to give it up, and I had no idea about why this was purposefully done. So thank you Poopy and Samuel, for the explanation. Signed, Mrs. Captain Dimwit

[@bloxidy8752]

@@aidanbrown6513 I didn’t know

[@bigdaddydiesel5520]

@@aidanbrown6513 It's not that obvious Capt. Dingleberry.

[@stillwater62]

It looked like three explosive charges were setoff at the top to start the avalanche. I would have liked to see the aftermath after the dust had settled. I expect some of the structures were buried, or destroyed.

[@stillwater62]

@navidski You are an angry, unloved, self-loathing person. Have a nice day.

[@fmar.8311]

@@stillwater62 I agree with the other guy, you're an idiot. The avalanche was clearly set in advance.

[@Torrque]

That’s human genius for you. That is, building costly infrastructure in avalanche chutes.

[@themechanictangerine4337]

Workers looking back for reassurance from their bosses, bosses no longer there 😂

[@AndreaCalligarisClimbing]

«Ohi ohi ohi...»

[@frogeniix4009]

OMG I would scream and run I am not that brave

[@suSnayC]

@@zyrekxl

[@markyanh6630]

GREAT

[@rickybobby6579]

"and if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills, will the landslide bring you down?"

[@ztbt]

Gonna go out on a limb here and say that this is most certainly not the worlds biggest avalanche

[@filthyindustries69]

Not even close. Here in Canada that would be considered small. A class 5 in rogers pass would take out a whole city.

[@zardozmania]

zero info on why they set off this avalanche.

[@beastlypenguin1]

The snow is in dangerous conditions which means it could fall at any time. They manually trigger to avoid tragedy.

[@china-trip]

My best friend, Wonderful video dear. I enjoyed watching. Hope to see you soon...

[@lyonmc]

great nature

[@butchbrown8333]

I've done alot of things but never ever wore a hardhat on a boat.

[@primateinterfacetechnologi6220]

I'm pretty sure I haven't either... I have, however, donned scuba fins on the sidewalk in San Francisco. in a residential district though... not in a business district- that would be ridiculous. I always laugh when the suits show up at the job site, clutching papers, and wearing their hard hat even though the job is still below their knees. I suppose somebody might turn suddenly, because a fish farted to their left, and accidentally smack him in the head with the bundle of 200-pound roof Rafters they were carrying under their arm... probably ought to play it safe. I should probably get a new hard hat myself... cut a hole in mine and put a fan and a solar panel on it- probably violating some guidelines somewhere... okay: rant over. peace be upon you, sir.

[@cosimomariozizza6595]

HI, I just miss: what mountain is it? At least I won't go there trekking! Cheers.

[@Katie-rx8ql]

Noticed a few of those blokes moving away 😂

[@phillydisco]

Those people in the buildings on the right be like: I just shoveled the driveway!!!

[@lewistaylor9328]

There was an Avalanche on k2 and another on cho you that must be 3 times the size of this

[@peterwinters8587]

cho you - when Cho Oyu tells you to fuck off

[@irenan6585]

Wow, even the fishes fell prey to this one. They all laugh, I guess it's funny :-)

[@user-fb8eb7cw6d]

🤩lovely

[@ernee100]

Do you realize how lost we would be without the narration?