@@troubl3gum originally you couldnt choose your video thumbnail on youtube. it took the thumbnail exactly from the middle of the video. hence why the title is put there again.
There's a big ski area further down on this mountain, complete with chairlifts. They blast the snow above it so it doesn't get too deep,then suddenly come down when people are skiing. That avalanche was actually smaller than the one they'd have if they didn't do that.
What is really scary here is... the lower slopes caught up in the fracturing aren't that steep and not what you would typically associate with avalanche terrain... A perfect metaphor for too big to fail...
I could snowboard on top of that. Sure it's a hellova lot of snow, but the slope is not steep at all, and it's not moving very fast like most avalanches. Looks like fun. I had no idea New Zealand had mountains like this.
Reminds me of when my uncle Bobby's coveralls split down the side bobbing for apples at the farmhouse when i was 11 - that was more of a flab-o-lanche though.
hidochan; That was a canon being fired. Look closely at the shaded part of the slope you can see it detonate. They do this all over the world to trigger avalanches to make it safer for skiers, climbers, boarders, etc.
This is the glacier on Mt Ruapehu central north island NZ, true left of the Turoa skifield. The peak on the left looking up is Tahurangi, the outer right peak is girdlestone.
ok, this thing didnt have me gasping for air, but what it did have me doing was scratchin my head... and questioning myself, " How in the Blue Hell is this the Avalanche from Hell?"
True there was a charge that initiated this slide, but this was NOT control. This was a couple dudes fucking around causing a MASSIVE slide. This was done in a "National" park. They were disciplined. Amazing!
Yeh they start the avalanches using what is basically a big gun. They monitor any high risk areas and stop the snow building up, so there is less risk of massive avalanches. However this time, I think they left it a bit too late...
looks like it was a controlled avalanche caused by the blast in the beginning. it's done on purpose so that avalanches don't occur by accident when there are people near by.
my grandpa, Willi Unsoeld, died on Mt. Rainer in washington. I wasn't born yet, but let me tell you, avalanches are no laughing matter. My grandpa was the first to ascend the west ridge, and most difficult ridge, of Mt. Everest, yet he died in an avalance on a mountain half the size, and also his "home mountain." avalanches can be triggered by the slightest prod of a ski pole, so please people, ski or ride or climb with at least one partner, and avalanche gear for back country journeys.
I almost forgot the name of the video halfway through, luckily they threw it in again to remind me.
I DID THE SAME THING HAHA +xXDauntlessRonXx
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@@troubl3gum originally you couldnt choose your video thumbnail on youtube. it took the thumbnail exactly from the middle of the video. hence why the title is put there again.
"it's not even big!" *big avalanche comes* "Oh"
First I was like, "That's not that big...", but then it triggered the rest of the snow and I though "holy fucking shit".
Me too haha!
LOL IRL
Well it ~was~ from hell…
It's amazing how Fresh Thick Powder like snow can resemble a Lava river flowing down a mountain. Nature is beautiful
There's a big ski area further down on this mountain, complete with chairlifts.
They blast the snow above it so it doesn't get too deep,then suddenly come down when people are skiing. That avalanche was actually smaller than the one they'd have if they didn't do that.
"And THIS is why we can't have nice things" said Mountain to the snow.
up to like :40 i was like "this is a wimpy avalanche. why did i watch this" and then it set off and was sickk
Wow! That avalanche had so much momentum that from 1:08 to 1:14 it started to run uphill.
I'm hope Gandalf wasn't up there.
Law of fluids in spate. Spated fluids may flow uphill and go in different directions, heither to not expected.
What is really scary here is... the lower slopes caught up in the fracturing aren't that steep and not what you would typically associate with avalanche terrain... A perfect metaphor for too big to fail...
i don't know why but i love the way the mountain looks like it shatters it's like.. beautiful
Yes, I agree. Quite surreal.
Hell will freeze over before they have an avalanche that big
the ski patrol who go along and blast the snow must be some of the most bad-ass ppl in the world
Such a beautiful sight when the base just starts cracking like glass and then shoots off the cliff. wow.
It's the music which scares you more than the avalanche
thank you for posting this, it is so educational.
At first I was like, "Yeah, I could out ski that shi... Wow! Maybe not!
the way the snow splits is amazing
Right before I went through my divorce I went to hell and this avalanche was there. So you can trust them when they say its from hell.
up to 0:40 i was like "nothing really is happening" then i see all the cracks in the snow and i instantly changed my mind 5/5
hell just turned out to be a very cold place
Good thing we wont have to worry about these anymore in just a few years
Lol true. Here in Switzerland there's no snow this year.
+Luana Vasco I feel you bro. Here its usually -10 to -25 C in winter but this year its +10 C
There's this thing called El Nino that disrupts global temps...look it up perhaps!
meanwhile its snowing in south texas
I could snowboard on top of that. Sure it's a hellova lot of snow, but the slope is not steep at all, and it's not moving very fast like most avalanches. Looks like fun. I had no idea New Zealand had mountains like this.
This guys is an absolute beauty
Avalanche from hell?
Hell must have finally frozen over!!!!!!!
:D
Hell is not always the firey furnace as preched by religious preachers of fire and damnation.
thats one sick avalanche :s
Trinity and Beyond soundtrack, specifically the nuclear cannon segment. Great music to a great vid :-)
Reminds me of when my uncle Bobby's coveralls split down the side bobbing for apples at the farmhouse when i was 11 - that was more of a flab-o-lanche though.
If this avalance was from hell, the snow would be melted by now. :P
hidochan; That was a canon being fired. Look closely at the shaded part of the slope you can see it detonate. They do this all over the world to trigger avalanches to make it safer for skiers, climbers, boarders, etc.
holy cow, it's like the whole mountain is an avalanche
this is an Avalanche from heaven...An avalanche from hell would be more like a hot volcano spewing lava and debris...
Ah yes, because smaller avalanches are positively saintlike.
Hell is the last place you'll find one of these
I've seen it over and over. Its 2019 and still impressive as van be
NO it's not. It's 2022
watching it pour around obstacles like a river is terrifying.
This is the glacier on Mt Ruapehu central north island NZ, true left of the Turoa skifield. The peak on the left looking up is Tahurangi, the outer right peak is girdlestone.
Avalanches are like a cold volanic eruption hahaha
Holy, shit, didnt think it was much at first. That is a huge one. Glad they disapated some what of the risk for back country.
At first I was just like, yeah that looks alright, just a.. OMGWTFBBQ! It looked like the whole bloody mountain was going down.. Awesome capture!
i hope that copy Right credits were mentioned for the movie trinity and beyond after all that music played here was for the 280mm cannon in that movie
its . . . . . . . . . . . . BEAUTIFUL!!!
That is really amazing and that it was so well video'd!
It looked like an impossibly fast glacier towards the end
starts out small but gets bigger
Bonus points for using music from "The Atomic Bomb Movie". brings back memories of high school social studies class...
Gandalf's been fighting Balrog's again...
Yeah at 1st I was like "You could totally ski out of that things way... NEVERRR MIND..."
imagine snowboarding, gettin caught in the middle of that. haha just, "...shit"
that was effed... I was at first like, oh.. that aint so big.... then BAM!!! the whole thing gave way... holy!!
at first I was disappointed, but then...
THE BEAST WAS UNLEASHED!
What a monster... they should make a class 5 category just for slides like that.
this is what a river of snow would look like. literally its a river of snow larger than many real rivers
Avalanche from heaven...
i love the part on the end where it almoast looks lake a glacier commin down the mountain.
The first thing that came up my mind was.. milkshake.
ok, this thing didnt have me gasping for air, but what it did have me doing was scratchin my head... and questioning myself, " How in the Blue Hell is this the Avalanche from Hell?"
True there was a charge that initiated this slide, but this was NOT control. This was a couple dudes fucking around causing a MASSIVE slide. This was done in a "National" park. They were disciplined. Amazing!
Wow. I expected expansion but did not expect the entire valley.
that really reminded me, for some reason, of a tsunami of snow.
Cant believe this video is from 2006
Fr Fr I’m his kid on god
Love the sound effects.
it is actually from an atomic bomb video czcams.com/video/UTdy1Yp1h5A/video.html
i always thought hell was hot. you know like the expression
you don't stand a snowballs chance in hell
It is so big it looks more like a "river of snow"!!!
Yeh they start the avalanches using what is basically a big gun. They monitor any high risk areas and stop the snow building up, so there is less risk of massive avalanches. However this time, I think they left it a bit too late...
looks like it was a controlled avalanche caused by the blast in the beginning. it's done on purpose so that avalanches don't occur by accident when there are people near by.
I love snowboarding, but if I ever go to New Zealand, it will now be for fly fishing only.
my grandpa, Willi Unsoeld, died on Mt. Rainer in washington. I wasn't born yet, but let me tell you, avalanches are no laughing matter. My grandpa was the first to ascend the west ridge, and most difficult ridge, of Mt. Everest, yet he died in an avalance on a mountain half the size, and also his "home mountain." avalanches can be triggered by the slightest prod of a ski pole, so please people, ski or ride or climb with at least one partner, and avalanche gear for back country journeys.
That is one of the most amazing yet scariest tings I have ever seen. Fucking awesome though!
I knew it! as soon as I said "Well that's not so bad" Ka-roomf! "Oh Sh**! There goes the mountain!"
I wanna be the first one to go tubing on an avalanche :)
It's funny that the mountain right next to it is the one they used to shoot Mount Doom in Lord of the Rings
was driven along driven along. Oh look honey look at the small avalanche... OH SHIT HONEY! RUN FOR YOUR FUCKING LIVES!!!!!!
it looked like a load of cement runnin down ha
This mountain wants to move away ...
This is one of the many avalanches that where done to make Shaun White's Halfpipe :)
Ripped the audio straight outta trinity and beyond lmao
My cat went all "Maoo-wwoooow"
At first I'm like, that thing is tiny!! And then all of a sudden the whole thing cracked and and I'm like "holy +%@$!!!!". They hadda szoom out XD
An avalanche from hell would be a tsunami instead.
YES!This is an Avalanche!
Would not want to be climbing that mountain when that goes down
they started the avalanche so that no snowboarder or skier would set it off...
that would be a sic ride after the avalanche was gone
These awesome powers of nature are beautiful, just like lava.
Looks monstrous, like a volcano, just with snow.
I'm glad to present you this new river xD
the same part of my brain that loves cracking the top of a creme caramel goes berzerk at 00:40
Hell doesn't like getting frozen over.
apparently thats how mulan defeated the huns :D
looks like a river flowing
The whole mountian comes down it looks like a river of snow!
reminds me alot of a volcano eruption, the end shots of the ice flow are just like lava flows.
Damn. Seriously, what the heck? Cool video!
Is there snow in hell!?!?
I was honestly also thinking that
There has to be, heat rises. And in some depictions, the devil is seen laying on a bitterly cold frozen lake.
Yea man, dante says the devil in encapsulated in ice
Not from hell, human intervention actually. Spectacular 👀
true, i was disapointed at first but i watched it out and nearly pissed my pants
dude, that avalanche is ufckin vile
the whole mountain just went ... *insane
it looks like GIANT vanilla ice cream lol =D
I am bad Pokemon. I was sleeping under snow, but you woke me up and now I'm gonna destroy the World!
i have never seen an avalanche run like a river!!!! crazy