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Never heard of the place but this is like a PSA for hiking anywhere and especially for those who seldom do it. Thanks!

The temperature was probably similar when a high school friend and I decided to jump into a beautiful pool below a culvert under the road in Breckenridge, Colorado. This was mid May when the spring snow run off was getting underway. Me, a scrawny 6' and 145 lbs. probably left scratch marks in the rocks clawing my way out, and my overweight friend swam around like a polar bear!! It probably took two hours for a certain part of my male anatomy to come out of hiding after that!!!

I have passed by the turnoff countless times when I was a truck driver. I always wanted to stop and see it. Thanks for all the advice, now I'll be prepared for the hike.

I just stuck my foot in there and was immediately in pain. Great job explaining this as most ppl I asked there had NO IDEA it was part of the Blue River... I looked it up later as I had been there before to see waterfalls and was very confused.

I've been in the Blue Pool. It is so much colder than I could have imagined, but it was also very refreshing on the long mountain bike ride all the way down the MRT. Thanks for sharing!

I've ridden by Blue Pool on my mountain bike while doing the Mackenzie River Trail. I think they have re-routed the mountain bike trail now. There were a lot of people cliff jumping and having fun. It really is a beautiful pool and as you point out, a popular destination. Great detailed video.

This is such a beautiful pool, we love Oregon! So many treasures here

Just found your channel about this amazing and dangerous place I’ve never heard of before.You’re really informative,thoughtful,compassionate and positive! I really appreciate your content Mr.Matt Cook!!

Amazing place, thanks for the information about safety. It's good for people who does not really knows anything. Great video Matt.

The stats of how long the average adult can survive in 40 degree water are impressive for their brevity. Because the pool is not a normal part of a river the rocks are very rough and some are rather loose. When the valley is 98, the mountain streams and lakes are wonderful, just have a bit of sense. I once dove into a narrow rock trough carrying glacial melt in Glacier Park. I was SO hot and sweaty from the hike up with full pack... I swear I came out faster than I went in, like a spawning salmon jumping up a waterfall: I have no idea how I did it.

That was Beautiful Matt, many people are coming to this Ch., more often and in higher numbers then ever. Your Ch. continues to not only be experiencing rocket growth but is being recognized and recommended by several sources of Oregon wilderness Authority's. Your work consistently offers a grand source of Authoritative Info on exploring Oregon"s Wilderness and hidden Jewels! To have included such concise safety information along with the disclosure of Blue Pool was a responsible and excellent service to your viewers, not for just B.P. but correct gear advice for many day hikes. Well done and Professional as Always Pal, a real joy to have watched. Thanks very much! ... Mike.

Hi Matt! Great video- beautiful! Thanks for the history and warnings! Very interesting how this pool was formed and how the water stays so cold! 👍👍👍🌲🌲🌲

Matt And Family~~~ Your the best ever !! ~~~Thanks again for taking us somewhere that my Hubby would have a hard time getting into and myself. Cannot wait for the next one ..!

What a beautiful place... I can see why people get hurt or even die looks really slippery and steep that one for sure be one of my favorite places!!!! Great video Matt... you did an awesome job!!!!

GORGEOUS scene! Love the walking narration of the scenery!!!!

Such a beautiful place! I hope to finally go there this summer. This video is really informative & helpful. Thanks!

Stunning spot. Quite the juxtaposition, the dialog of extreme danger with the incredible shots you captured.

I've never heard of this place. I had thought this was a different location entirely. Near Oakridge there's a Blue Pool Campground. This is a good survival education video. One thing to add to the list would be basic wilderness first aid training.

Those 10 items are so critical! Your editing is great on this one.

Amazing Blue Pool, you have made a great filmed for us, thank you so much.

What a beautiful pool to hiking to. Loved the way you did this video with the warning to others to be safe when out in the wilderness. So happy I saw your name on a friend's channel so that we could connect.

Thank you very much for making your videos sharing

I'm so glad you left a comment on my "Shaky-cam" birding hours around Klamath Falls! It made me find your channel... This video is wonderfully filmed, and filled with good advice. Not that everyone is able to take such advice at heart, but you did try. I will continue look through your content.

a gentleman scholar outdoorsman thanks for your wonderful oregon wilderness guide I try to avoid venturing too far from any highway here.

Thanks for the video! We're visiting blue pool in the next few weeks, so this was very informative and helpful! Didnt realize that it was that cold!

This is a hike I've wanted to do for some time but keep putting it off due to the crowds. Beautiful views, thanks for the tips and recommendations!

well matt your trip to the pool is all i need you have photo and hosting qualities most will never gain thank you and that beautiful dog too

Great video, excellent information. I've never hiked in to Blue Pool and did not realize how treacherous it was.

I respect being thoughtful and properly prepared for any trip out doors in Oregon. I'm from Alaska and have been outside in inclement weather plenty of times, but I have to say I would be alot more worried in Oregon's thick forests. Long before sunset you could find yourself out of luck and unable to navigate even well groomed trails in those areas and that makes prep essential in my book 💯👍🏾

That was cool and informative. Thanks for sharing!

wow just found your channel and all your contents are amazing! can't believe you still have dislikes. Thanks so much for sharing all the nature and views.hopefully i can visit Oregon in near future!

Hey Matt, great video. As a born and bread Oregonian I can honestly say I've never heard of this place and I grew up all over the state. Very cool to learn of and I shall check it out. Thanks for the info~ it was all good

Love your videos. I’m new to OR and not knowing much about some hikes/destinations prevents me from exploring as much as I want to

Great video! Throughly enjoyed it. Been here a few times dark and early to enjoy the serenity of the plae

Sir, your videos have matured in composition and editing. Love what you’re doing and I always look forward to your next upload. Thanks for posting. Cheers!

For all the talk of dying this is a very calming video

Nice work Matt! Another spot added to my must visit list. 👍

I'm really enjoying binging your content. The style is kind of like an NPR documentary from my childhood. Very soothing. :D

Excellent video and commentary!

Love this place, I jump in every time.

This should be a PSA. As someone who used to hike, many points are just common sense and can be used regardless of location.

Amazing info about the Oregon Territory!

My favorite little hike!

Getting there early before the crowds is the greatest thing, especially in spring during monarch season (hence my pfp) awesome video!

I'm hooked on your videos now. It's great to see quality videos on my local home land. I'd love to see you do a video on quartzville and the history of the mining history of the area. Same with Sharp's creek near Bohemia mountain. Yachats is great on the coast, cape perpetua is a amazing area with thor's well very near by and huge trees right in land and amazing tide pools and geological features everywhere.

Wow this is gorgeous! 💜 I wanna go here, the river is gorgeous

Lovely Matt... very nice!

I wish I could go there...looks absolutely beautiful ❤️

This place is drop dead gorgeous, I jumped off the 32 foot cliff. Never do it again, but glade I experienced it once.

Great production

Cool video! I'm in the Rogue Valley and love learning about nearby awesome. 😍

Tons of footage must have gone into this! Nice work man

When I was a kid we would spend a few weeks at the YMCA summer camp on Spirit Lake. This was back in the early 60s, before St. Helens blew her top and nobody but the locals knew who Harry Truman was. Anyhow....That water was COLD!!! It was hard to take a breath while swimming, it was so cold.

This is a good video with good information. Too many people undertake visits to wilderness areas with unrealistic expectations. I used to Iive near the start of the Appalachian Trail. When people would get lost, we worked with search and rescue. I had two back-n-tan coonhounds and three Rotties. The hounds could follow a scent and the Rotties could tree a bear if we met one. A surprising number of people we found had the idea that their trip to the Appalachian trail would be like watching Discovery Channel from the couch.

Great video Matt, thank you. I love smart wool as a base layer because it retains 80% of it's warmth when wet. I'm glad you mentioned cotton. You probably know the saying "cotton kills" because it will cool you down faster than if you were naked when wet. I suggest always having more water than you would drink and have an additional large bottle in the car. As a Dietitian I can confirm you made great suggestions re: food items. I hope people will take note and have a great, safe time at blue pool.

Thanks and nice to know.

This is a pretty spot! Went right by it 7 years ago when I was mountain biking the McKenzie River trail have not been back there since.

Congratulations Matt making the Oregon live page story on blue pool and this video!

I was like 20 min away from that place today ima check it out next time I'm there . Thanks for the video!

Blue Pool is absolutely amazing! Such a spectacular site to see. I carefully climbed down and slowly dipped in the water. I did not completely submerge myself in the water. My feet pretty much went numb when I stepped in.

Wonderful voice and beautiful video. Very inspiring editing, content and narration skills.

Thank you, a place I’d love to visit sometime

The first time I jumped into the blue pool I was 14 years old and I immediately got out and never jumped in again lol Now we just hike to it have a picnic and hike out.

Very pretty place, Matt! I was curious to see the blue-to-not-blue transition into the river. Is it fairly gradual, or a sudden shift to brown and murky? Or (I guess I should have left this option) does it stay just nice and crystal clear but not deep enough to look as blue?

Great video as always! :)

Nice video. I'll make the hike soon!

Another great video with vital information for visitors. I love your drone shots. What kind do you have?. Take care!

Great video. Love the title. Can’t wait to use it in my class one day. :)

This is so good.

I liked your list of 10 items to carry with you on hikes. I would add one item which is the Garmin InReach device that has an emergency

Well done! I enjoyed the video😊

Great video!!!

Every year someone’s life is changed forever there, it’s a dangerous place and people definitely die there!

Great video thank you

"Blue Pool is a beautiful place that everyone should see." Got it. I'll bring binoculars.

Hello fellow Oregonian! I got to swim in this couple years ago, week before some guy had to be air lifted out after his muscles siezed up from cold

Dude! I live so damn close, camped @ Clear Lake multiple times, never heard of this place.

Gorgeous! So glad to get both the beauty and the beastly narratives of what it's like to be there. Makes me appreciate the place even more. Please keep making videos! They are so engaging and well done. Thank you, Matt Cook. :)

Great information on safety. Drugs and alcohol don't mix well with rugged terrain but mankind will never change.

One more note: It would be a very smart move to keep a portable VHF/UHF ham radio on hand when going into places like this. Getting your ham license is NOT expensive and well worth the time to get it. My radios have been good comfort to have when I've operated in places no cell tower could ever reach, but with ham radio repeaters all over the place, I've been able to get help if I ever needed it simply by having the radio on hand.

Thanks Matt.. What a beautiful place to be. Regards from Ody Slim

Cool thanks work for a forestry company in Oregon been allover never heard of it.

Wow that place is amazing! I'm trying to put myself in the shoes of the indigenous peoples of that area 500+ years ago as to how they viewed and thought about that pool.

Gorgeous dog!

A huge tourist attraction and worth the hike in. Beautiful presentation, and very much needed. How to get this out to visitors to prevent tragedy is a good question. The local Forest Service and County should prepare a plaque at the location and trail head for advice. Thank you!

go up to Timothy lake at the base of Mt Hood...one end of the lake is fed by very cold streams coming off the mountain (and it's glacier if it still has it) the other end is dammed up with an outlet pipe and is quite deep and warm during the summer

Amazing 😻

Is there any currents or under water caves in Blue Pool?

Hi Matt, thanks for the great tips and even better if you could list all the stuffs you have mentioned. 😊

dunno why youtube recommended this video from another continent, but it was quite cool and helpful anyway. 😁

I did not notice what is often THE most important survival item: a whistle .

Very informative video.I will say I expected a video of a geological oddity with anomalous characteristics.The tips the presenter provides are excellent and he did a fantastic job,very thorough.Instead of making it sound "Blue Pond" specific he should make it a general "How to survive and not die in the outdoors."

Wow.. Hey your heart is definitely in the right place for wanting to keep everyone safe, and warn them of the dangers of hiking.. I just assumed this was all common sense!.. lol.. I guess some times I forget, most people don’t use that thing called common sense! Thank you for the video and info!

Can you make a video playlist for hot springs in Oregon?

Great video. Watching the kid sitting on the cliff edge putting on a mask made me stop and check what year this was posted. Strange how a mask will key us in on the year of filming. Makes this video that much more historical :D

Blue hole just outside Santa Rosa NM. 100ft across 90ft deep, blue water and a river flows out of it. How many can there be?

What are a couple great places to visit but also swim around Portland? I am going in June!!!!!!

Is the water safe to drink? Love how clear it is!

Lots of people going to these spots these days we have a spot a mile down the road from me . Locals usto go but not it is to packed with people .we all knew not to go in the watter untill late August beacus it is all fed by snow melt . Every year someone ends up losing their life tragically and we have lots of spots like this in WA as I know u guys do in OR .it is important for people to do their research and to remember to be respectful and safe/ prepared thanks for this vid . I lived off 62 many years ago I miss the OR coast line