So many rocks, so little time! Thank you Nick Zentner, you are the best!

Hey Nick, here is a rundown of the Cascade Crest Peaks you asked for in this episode. Peaks are listed from left to right: Hibox Mountain(small bump); Chikamin Peak; Lemah Mountain(multiple, serrated summits); Chimney Rock(West and East, separated by deep gash and with large glacier on flanks); Summit Chief Mountain and Little Big Chief Mountain(snow patches on flanks); a large space with no major peaks(Dutch Miller Gap); Bear's Breast Mountain(dark, no snow); and finally Mt. Hinman(flat top with snow patches...light colored granite). Mt. Daniel is hidden by a branch of the fir tree in far right of video. So there you have it! Thank you for another fun episode!

I think it is amazing, that this fella decided to jump out of his specialty and expertise, to learn more about aspects of geology he is not as well read up on, while taking us on the ride of discovery with him. HE could have stuck to his expertise and left it at that, but he is branching out to better his own understanding, and he is taking us along , so we can learn what he is learning at the same time. Well, almost the same time. Who else by THE NICK ZENTNER would even consider doing such a thing? That is why this guy is far and away my favorite teacher and geologist.

April 4, 2022; still wonderful travels by Nick, adding to my collection of mineralogy thanks Nick and we love you too.

Wow. From finding your older videos of roadside geology and the lectures you have given to all these new ones during the lockdown; you are a dream come true for a arm chair geologist. Thank you so much for what you are doing. Having driven through and hiked some small areas out west and wondered what the rocks were, how they got there and why are they shaped the way they are; you are the man with the answers. From Elkhorn Wisconsin a great big hug and a thank you again.

Just a quick thank you for all your contributions these past months, Nick. We're stuck in California for now, but it's great to experience parts of the PNW vicariously, while enjoying your presentation style and sense of humor. And learning, to boot!

Thanks for the maps at the start. It helps give me context of where you are exploring and I can follow along on my maps. $5 - now I see how you are funding your research.

More great instruction sir! When the world makes me wanna throw my hands up and be done with the whole kit and kabutle of um... Nick always gets me thinking about what's really important Our world and all the hidden beauty so easy to overlook when I get carried away with the lunatics trying to control my existence... Much Love Sir! Stay Well! Thank you ! ✌️😁🤙

Thanks for all the field time spent for your videos. All very interesting! Kevin in Alaska

Hello Dr Z-love your channel. I've learned so much from you. When you pointed at the foliage & said "plant"-I burst out laughing. I have a t-shirt with a bird on it & arrows pointing to various parts. "Biology to physicists"- every arrow ended with "Bird". The same kind of t-shirt could be made with a plant with arrows-"Botany to Geologists"😆 Thanks again & stay safe.

My mother's ashes are in one of those meadows on Peaches ridge. ♥ When we came back from that day, the whole meadow out there on the end of Quartz had 10+ mountain goats in it - not exactly what I expected to see there but goats gonna go wherever they feel like, lol. The big rocky mtn you were seeing down from the ridge is prob Clifty... Lookout is a little less dramatic. The "jaggedy guys" out to the west are Lemah peaks, Summit Cheif, Three Queens, etc.

These trips with you are fun, thanks!!!

Another wonderful field trip. Loved the maps and papers - and that you share your "voyages of discovery" with all of us. Thank you!

So good to be out in the 'field' with you, reading and looking and banging on the rocks.

I am enjoying how you show us how a Geologist thinks and explores and brings his scientific papers with him. good job on finding money, one would say your search is on the money

I'm just impressed. It seems in every episode of Nick on the fly I get to learn about a rock or rocks I never heard of. Than you Nick keep it up

The three dislikes I see are probably cruise ship workers, because this was a good video.

lots of thumbs up for Nick. he is so good at which he does. and enjoyable to listen to. thank you.

You know, you mentioned one of my 'rock star' rocks, Tonalite. This rock was first introduced to me at Devils Tower and I was told by Dr. Sanderson as it got its name from the peculiar ring it makes when getting hammered on with a rock hammer. It makes a special ringing type of sound. Pretty cool, eh?

Fore give me Nick I’m severely disabled from injuries. At age 75. I have to take 60 mags of morphine just to get out of bed and walk. But my life was great!🤗🇺🇸

I was thinking about the new title maybe Nick of the north or Nick on the ET's. Anywhozle can't wait for class!

Prof Nick. Thank you again for your travels, and lessons about RockETerranes.

I live the central high pains of Mexico and have often thought of taking a hammer and wandering around the desert close to my house. How would I go about finding geology maps similar to what you have that feature my area? Oh BTW, I love you back.

Just north of McCall, Idaho, is the Idaho batholith and Granite Mountain. If you head toward Burgdorf Hot Springs (which is an excellent idea...) you will find the hot spring is right next to Crystal Mountain. It is literally a mountain of quartz. Not crystals, but snowy white quartz. I know the rocks are trying to tell me a story, I have never quite figured out what that story is. I was hoping maybe that was the story you were going to tell me in this video, but no luck. So let me put a bug in your ear and see if maybe you might get curious and do a video on it? You can't get there until about June, but I assure you, you would love it. Nook a cabin at the spring, spend a couple days, it is a great get-away. And I could toss in one more enticement... Ruby Mountain is also right there. I know, I know, you are a Washington guy now but Idaho still loves you...Come play with our rocks some more lol!

Love you Nick!! It's bc of people like you that I'm excited to begin my academic journey towards a degree in geology!

Nick, thanks for your work. I watched the program with me heels on the desk. I made a meatloaf and ate while enjoying your fine work. My meatloaf on the the other hand tasted like diorite. I should just have ordered a pizza.

Love that you go for hard copies of journal articles! I much prefer reading printed copies to trying to read electronic ones.

Nick remember the oil/ mining geology has proven 7/10 of the earths water is in the bedrock and mantle it’s the lube of platonic’s. It doesn’t have to be the surface water. California could find and tapped all its water needs in the bedrock or below and bring fresh hot water to the surface without fear of reducing volume because its size is so immense. An ocean underground.🤗🇺🇸

Sitting in a folding chair in the woods. A person after my own heart.

That scene at 5:05 and the palette of color is spectacular

I have done the 4x4 trail that comes in from the naches river side, I believe it is forest road 676, it’s the continuation of the main road going up to quartz mountain. Beautiful drive, high clearance vehicles only.

Thoroughly enjoyed it!! Love your field trip videos. I "almost" feel like I'm right out there with ya. Love the discovery aspect. Thank you again, and again, and again.

Nick, The mystery mountains are the Entiat Range, with Seven Fingered Jack to the left, Mt. Fernow, and Mt. Maude to the right.

Yesssss. Thank you again, Nick. Perfect for views and info. Cheers from Hereford (NOT Meadow, and mainly Old Red Sandstone) in England, and Jane.

Hello, Nick from NSW Australia. I'd safely assume that the earlier field Geologists would have identified most of the rocks and minerals mentioned by Thin Slide mounted samples. In the case of the Granitic rocks, thinned sliced twice (90 deg) It's really the only way to accurately identify rocks, especially the fine-grained types.

Some ideas to talk about: Crack in the Ground, OR (near Christmas Valley), Dry lakes in the Oregon Chicago Valley, Steens Mountain (large fault-block mountain) next to the Alvord Desert (OR).

HIT THE THUMBS UP FOR NICK!

Came in late.Watching again.

Another beautiful location and beautiful rocks! Thanks!

My first year college geology instructor would have said thzt landscape was "as pretty as a picture," especially with that terrane underneath.

Good work Thats Elk Country. Some large quartz out croppings down the hill on the north side of the road. Have a 50 Lb. specimen in the flower bed.

Okanogan County Geologic Society is a group of "amateur" rock chasers with a collectively huge knowledge base. Some of them even have their own rock hammers.

Everyone will want to move to Washington it is so beautiful!

Enjoyed a lot!!

I think a cupola is a dome. That was fun seeing the Exotic Terranes. Thanks Nick!

Ready with popcorn 🍿

I got cought in a fast moving mid summer thunder and lighting storm on top of look out mountain a few years back . It was intense and scared the crap out of me . I made a record decent back down to my campsite.

The Dry Meadow and Hereford meadow legends caught my eye and brought to mind the dwarfed botany in the Siskiyou serpentine zone. Could the soils of these meadows be derived from the lookout mountain schists?

The picture is amazing...

so if we want to contribute to Nick's expenses we now know we can leave $5 notes across the Pacific Northwest

From Google, more specifically wikipedia: "In geology, a cupola is an upward protrusion from the roof of a large igneous intrusion, such as a batholith. It may also refer to small outlying igneous bodies which may connect at depth with larger igneous masses."

I was on Rainier about two weeks ago, nice to see its still there!

In geology, a cupola is an upward protrusion from the roof of a large igneous intrusion, such as a batholith. It may also refer to small outlying igneous bodies which may connect at depth with larger igneous masses. Cupola-type magma chambers might form above larger basaltic magma bodies and differentiate to create intermediate or felsic magmas, which in turn may reach the surface to produce small eruptions of intermediate or felsic lava.

that piece of paper with abe lincoln on it looks like Zentnerite!

Thanks! Watching from Robin Lakes as the sun sets over Mount Daniel. :-)

For the exotic terranes discussions, do you think the land from Mexico came up as one big sliver with some uplifted sea bed attached, or did the land move up as islands, capturing the seabed as it moved. The colored terrane maps show islands of exotic terranes pushed and spread out against the Stuart Range like mud that might encounter a non moving object and flow around. That is where my thought came from. Not descriptive enough for a title, but Slip Slide and Away.

"Cupola" implies some sort of dome structure or a small dome inside or on top of a larger dome; in geologic terms I don't know if "cupola" is that much different from "outcrop," depending on its origins.

Hey, that fin payed for your Egg McMuffin and coffee. Cheers, Mark

I grew up on Cove Rd, we used to make loops up Taneum or Menastesh Canyon on old Irrigation motor bikes, one of the rides took us down Peaches Ridge, hell of a ride on motorbikes, probably want to be dropped off on Quartz and then wander down Taneum Creek to your other car.

Yup. That's a latte right there, and a good use for it too.

Nice plume of smoke under Rainier. Better than coming out of the top anyway!

The Quartz MTN. I know is at the far end of Manastash ridge as far out from town as the road will take you. Past Buck Meadows, past frost mountain which has a lot of Quartz( what they digging up their for anyway?) Keep on going past Hereford and Wells meadows and boom there you are.🤗🚙🚙🚙🚙

Money! Always good! Loved this excursion, but how in the world do you make sense of the bits of fruit cake? Watch, listen, read, observe and learn I guess!

Page 1285 tun = n 1 a large beer cask. 2 a measure of capacity, usually equal to 252 wine gallons. ▪ vb tuns, tunning, tunned. 3 (tr) to put into or keep in tuns. [OE tunne]

left most peak with snow- 3 Queens, double dark towers with prominent snow below- Chimney rocks, next right of fir tree- Summit Chief, and yes I think you were right, Mt. Danial on the north end. Viewing at 10 min.

My show name suggestion is: “Nick’s knack for rocks.”

Terranes on the Brain 🧠

NICK, MIGHT THERE BE A CHANCE TO GET THE USERS ACROSS THE VARIOUS AREAS INVOLVED IN SUPPLYING VIDEO CLIPS, ANY DETAILS AND LOCAL SAMPLES OF THE EXOTIC TERRANES IN QUESTION, AND SPECIFICALLY ONES YOU DONT HAVE AND ARE INTERESTED IN FOR THE FALL SERIES? PUT US TO WORK ON THE TASK, I AM SURE THERE ARE PLENTY PEOPLE HERE THAT WOULD LOVE TO HELP IN ANY WAYS THEY CAN! MAYBE YOU COULD COLLECT AND FILTER ENOUGH DATA TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT ADVANCEMENT.

31:03 Of all the places to find a $5 bill. I can hear Bob Miller now calling you up saying "Fork it over bruh."

What are the areas.on your map that say private? Can you still drive thru? Or no?

Is the yellow rock next to the weird intrusion Rhyolite? I can really see why they are called Exotic Terranes! All that twisting and intrusions.

When talking to Gizmo, or any camera for that matter, it is important to compose yourself.

geologists are nice people

10:03/39.23 Mountain Range, I think its Chimney Rock & surrounding peaks, west of Mt. Stuart. Mt. Daniels is in the area.

DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER WHEN THE SKY WAS BLUE WITH NO WHITE HAZE . . . . . . ?

Just saw vid of Nick doing Green River. You know by CCR. Different kind of rock.

I love you talks, I have learned a lot about the PNW geology. That would of been perfect if that money was Pesos.

Make a lot of arrowheads and scrapers!

10:46 this looks like a forest fire to me near Mt. Rainier.

Ok, question... why did the map say Hereford Meadow and the sign pointing it out said Hepeford Meadow?

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As always, "neato"!

31:09 GAS money?! Double cheese with extra mcpickles, small fry and a large drink (if they’re still a buck) money, Mr Z!

Nick, Is there any way your online viewers could audit your freshman Geology 101 class through a Zoom connection?

Menastesh Ridge road has way more outcrops on it! Get off the main road and hit the side roads.

Nice find on that $5 bill 😆

How to move from master to PhD, by nick. The benefits of experience and extra time on hand....

Forrest fire at 39:10 ???

Nick you miss a big opportunity. Why is Quartz Mountain not forested like surrounding mountains? I don't see evidence of burned trunks or even reproduction of young forest trees. So fire is not the reason. What is happening here? Could it be that the soil cannot support the forest species that the surrounding mountains do? Are th soil minerals different on Quartz Mountain? I believe there is a chemical reason that Quartz Mountain is not forested. My first introduction to Continental Drift was in a 1973 Graduate Seminar at Central Washington State College. Before that I took "Rocks 101" from then State Senator Charnley at Shoreline Community College. "You mean continents move?" what a surprise. I had absolutely no Paleontology courses available as part of my University of Washington Zoology degree. Fortunately Central had both Paleobotany K-burg and Paleo-mammal courses available. But I was trained to identify the plant fauna and then ask the question, is this the plant community that you would expect, given the moisture (rain or snow, temperatures (which often means elevation) or is something missing? Is there a limiting factor, like soil minerals, that is shaping the plant community (forest in this case)?

There is a forest fire in front of Rainier.

When is it acceptable to get out a shovel and dig until you get to bedrock?

Chamber of commerce weather! Greg in TN

Nik your camera might be like the channel AvE, he gets his in focus with a phrase. Focus you *uck, it works every time!

In geology, a cupola is an upward protrusion from the roof of a large igneous intrusion, such as a batholith. It may also refer to small outlying igneous bodies which may connect at depth with larger igneous masses. Cupola (geology) - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cupola_(geology)

Can't tell the players without a program.

Nick said it's "schist"! That's not gneiss!

You failed to mention the forest fire!!

#3 cryptocrystalline quartz.

"In search of ET"

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