In the early 60's my friends and I were able to camp inside the crater directly beneath the cliffs. Thank you for this wonderful reminder. One memory for me that stands out is seeing lights from farms appearing randomly across the desert as the sun dropped below the horizon.
Nice video!! I lived at the Cabin Lake USFS guard station for several years in the early 70s. My living room and bedroom windows looked directly at Ft. Rock, just a half-dozen miles away. Great memories!
When I roamed Oregon I saw the desert west of Boise, the alkily lakes of the SE, Crater Lake, and the Pacific coast. I had relatives that lived in Coos Bay for over 50 years. Thanks for filling in the gaps! Again, the quality and the content of your videos is outstsnding! Thank You!
Thank you David. This one is pretty old and I could up the quality on a redo. But the goal when making these was that they would still be good 10 years later.
Great video. Clearly a lot of thought went into it. Very comprehensive. Thank you, I think I'll visit it and never would have known/cared about it before... Again, great job.
This was fascinating. The explanation of what we were seeing was clear. The part about the sandals and the close up shots, which detailed the weaving, were just fascinating. Thanks very much for including those. I have an interest in "oldest known piece of clothing type X". I absolutely would have guessed China or Egypt - for known long occupation by people, and dry environments. Never would have guessed Oregon. They were beautifully made as well.
Thank you very much. This video is 4 years old! Still good in some ways but I could make it a lot better I bet. There are some other things in the area I would like to cover too.
@@MattCookOregon Many people w/UA-cam channels of several years standing look at their older work and see what they'd like to change. Look at it this way, artists and artificers have been feeling that way about their work for at least 5000 years. Whoever made those sandals is probably thinking "I wish some of my later work had survived. I got such much better!" Would love to see what else in that area there is to cover. Very interesting neck of the woods the Pacific NW. Thanks for making your pieces about it. I really liked a spot in one of your climbs where you speak of the connection between a shrubby pine and the bird which eats and is sole distributor of the pine's seeds.
I remember living in la pine back in 2005 n going to fort rock n walking way up there. Beautiful place. One of the good reasons why I fell in love with the high desert n love it more than any other area in oregon. Can’t wait to go there again some day.
Having stopped for a break on the wave-cut ledges on the south side on bicycle tours ... you can see the lake. As it retreated to a pluvial lake, then to the remnant lakek near Valley Falls, notice the flats on the way are spotted with obsidian flakes from bird hunting for millennia. A new site near Burns dated to >>15ky had a class-3 rapids river running by it, now footprints at WhiteSandsNP push habitation back to 21ky-23ky ago. My tours studied archeology & geology on dirt & pavement ... the roads follow theirs, stop at the tiny store at Valley Falls, they kept me warm returning in bad weather, even a ride to past the snow flurries in fall, the last of the ranchers, really. Great place area, connected to the Black Rock Desert that was 600ft deep, fishing & birds, large game in the hills; the pluvial lakes interconnected to take up the NW 1/3rd of Nevada, the stand lines of drying out, the Northern Pai-Ute lived here till late 1800's. Drying out all mainly from the Warner Range going up fast, 15cm/6" max on the west wall of Smoke Creek Desert, it shot up, so drying out not as much from post-glacial climate changes that came last for both basins. Fort Rock was erupting near the last interglacial period, never visited the museum, knew of the sandals, too far off the highway, only one store is open late in Goose Lake ... barely made it. Next day Fandango Pass, climbing it back, the party campfire was near the top of the haul, where they took off extra teams. Fwiw 🍺
@@MattCookOregon reaction, try state pub's indexes, like Sch.of Mines on geology for OR, NV & CA, there are books on geologic history at most city libraries, mine's in storage for Oregon, was a textbook. ☕️
I'm always looking for an undiscovered lava tube entry. I have moved aside obstructing stones to enter or exit. Because I enjoy being the first of my species to see it.
Your "Hole in the Ground" video brought me back to this one again. I did not mention in my previous comment that this attraction was one I visited along with "Crack in the Ground" during my 2 day stay there. Like I mentioned, man am I glad I had carried extra gas!! I spent 2 weeks exploring Oregon's Basin. Thanks Matt, no Creator hits home like you do.
Thanks Mike. Ya know I bought extra gas 4 years ago and never used it. Now it is expired. What to do... Know any 'dont walk here' signs that need burning?
@@MattCookOregon HA! What, no gas stabilizer? Wheal Sir, if I ever do see a "Can't Walk Here" Sign, I'll be sure to film and post it's Ash to Dust Hell Fire Demise!
Same I go here a lot! I actually did a video at crack in the ground right after this one! Check it out: ua-cam.com/video/t7iT3iOp39k/v-deo.html Hole in the ground i think is the crater you are talkin about. Might be worth going back.
I am SO delyed in watching this. Sorry about that, Matt. Every time I watch one of your videos I just want to travel to Oregon! Great climbing! Quick stops are great! Just fantastic! Hart Mountain will be awesome, I'm sure!
I had friends in Christmas Valley. which is close to Fort Rock. So beautiful and quiet out there. Late one night I pulled into the Christmas Valley motel (the only motel) noticing there was only one car, I asked for a room and the front desk gal said let check. Really? ha,ha. I tried to avoid hitting the jack rabbits on the way in but finally gave up.
@@MattCookOregon Water erosion looks like the Sphinx enclosure . The "grooves" wear down not across like seen in your video . Not trying to be harsh , just commenting on something I saw in the video .
@@MattCookOregon My mistake ..... I prefer to go with what my eyes tell me instead of what someone else says . How about this ? ..... Your video .... time stamp the water erosion marks because I missed them .
@@I_am_Diogenes It is more what you don't see. The whole wall is missing from erosion. But there is a shot at @4:43 that shows a ledge at the bottom. I would say that is an indicator of erosion. This video is ok but it is a bit old and also quick. I have done some much better and more extensive ones since then. Here is my favorite, a movie on Newberry Volcanic Monument: ua-cam.com/video/8ysL_8SlF6o/v-deo.html
@@MattCookOregon yes I'm lookiting and planning, it's The Sacred Energy I'm after my bro. Going to a drum Ceremony at Medicine Lake to share my stories of white Medicine lol
@@MattCookOregon hahahaha those names sound so dull n boring for an attraction if u think bout it but that’s ok. I love the wilderness n the tranquility it has to offer compared to the fast city life…. Listening to a whole bunch of silence and nature is extremely peaceful.
@@danielflannery2549 Thanks for the input. I thought it was very fitting for the dessert landscape. It is a very old video and I could make it fit better these days.
I lift up my eyes to the hills - where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. - Psalm 121:1-2Beautiful Creation!
In the early 60's my friends and I were able to camp inside the crater directly beneath the cliffs. Thank you for this wonderful reminder. One memory for me that stands out is seeing lights from farms appearing randomly across the desert as the sun dropped below the horizon.
Thank you for that comment and memory. Just camp in the crater? How cool. They would never let us get away with that these days.
I'm a Oregonian and I've been all these places. You can live a lifetime and not see all of oregon. You do a great job representing this state.
Thank you very much. I still find new things out in the woods. It really would take more than a lifetime to see everything.
Nice video!! I lived at the Cabin Lake USFS guard station for several years in the early 70s. My living room and bedroom windows looked directly at Ft. Rock, just a half-dozen miles away. Great memories!
Thank you. That sounds fun. I keep meaning to stay at one of those lookout towers. They are so hard to reserve.
THANKS! I always appreciate outstanding work.
Thank you. 6 years old wow! I almost want to redo it.
When I roamed Oregon I saw the desert west of Boise, the alkily lakes of the SE, Crater Lake, and the Pacific coast. I had relatives that lived in Coos Bay for over 50 years. Thanks for filling in the gaps! Again, the quality and the content of your videos is outstsnding! Thank You!
Thank you David. This one is pretty old and I could up the quality on a redo. But the goal when making these was that they would still be good 10 years later.
Great video. Clearly a lot of thought went into it. Very comprehensive.
Thank you, I think I'll visit it and never would have known/cared about it before...
Again, great job.
Thank you. I would do this a bit different today but it has some good stuff. I highly recommend this spot.
Never heard of this landmark in Oregon. Looks like a hidden gem to me. Great video!
Thanks a bunch. Yeah Fort Rock it is just too out of the way I guess.
Taking the fam this weekend! Great video thank you 👍🏻
Howd it go?
This was fascinating. The explanation of what we were seeing was clear. The part about the sandals and the close up shots, which detailed the weaving, were just fascinating. Thanks very much for including those. I have an interest in "oldest known piece of clothing type X". I absolutely would have guessed China or Egypt - for known long occupation by people, and dry environments. Never would have guessed Oregon. They were beautifully made as well.
Thank you very much. This video is 4 years old! Still good in some ways but I could make it a lot better I bet. There are some other things in the area I would like to cover too.
@@MattCookOregon Many people w/UA-cam channels of several years standing look at their older work and see what they'd like to change.
Look at it this way, artists and artificers have been feeling that way about their work for at least 5000 years.
Whoever made those sandals is probably thinking "I wish some of my later work had survived. I got such much better!"
Would love to see what else in that area there is to cover. Very interesting neck of the woods the Pacific NW. Thanks for making your pieces about it.
I really liked a spot in one of your climbs where you speak of the connection between a shrubby pine and the bird which eats and is sole distributor of the pine's seeds.
@@MattCookOregon More to come?
Awesome video. I love seeing cool places like this that I have never heard of before.
Glad I could entertain you = )
What a great video! Beautiful country! outstanding imaging, commentary, and editing! Thank you so much!
Regards
BCB
BushCraftBums Thank you very much. 🤗
I like the music. Cool video all around.
Thank you. I cringe watching a 4 year old video of mine but it has some good things to it.
I can never get enough of your content. The story, the landscape, the shots... excellent
Replying to old comments here. UA-cam started showing unreplied ones. Oh man this was before you got big!
This is a great video. Thank you for the upload!
Thanks for checking it out. Glad you enjoyed it!
Another very good video- thanks!
Oh wow thanks. This is very old. I could do much better today. But eh might as well move on to other things!
Been there, loved that.
I was just there this weekend. Covered in snow it was great.
That's really cool Matt! Good job! Makes me want to go!
I think the fans want to see Jungle Jay out of his element and in the desert.
Looking to make that happen soon.
I remember living in la pine back in 2005 n going to fort rock n walking way up there. Beautiful place. One of the good reasons why I fell in love with the high desert n love it more than any other area in oregon. Can’t wait to go there again some day.
Nice there is a lot over in that area too. Since far away from any large city, always pretty empty. Its great out there!
I can’t get enough of this...
I can't get enough of your comments! People saying stuff is what keeps me going. Thank you.
Beautiful.
Biker Bushcraft Thank you very much Dr Biker 🏍️
Excellent.
Thank you!
Having stopped for a break on the wave-cut ledges on the south side on bicycle tours ... you can see the lake.
As it retreated to a pluvial lake, then to the remnant lakek near Valley Falls, notice the flats on the way are spotted with obsidian flakes from bird hunting for millennia.
A new site near Burns dated to >>15ky had a class-3 rapids river running by it, now footprints at WhiteSandsNP push habitation back to 21ky-23ky ago.
My tours studied archeology & geology on dirt & pavement ... the roads follow theirs, stop at the tiny store at Valley Falls, they kept me warm returning in bad weather, even a ride to past the snow flurries in fall, the last of the ranchers, really.
Great place area, connected to the Black Rock Desert that was 600ft deep, fishing & birds, large game in the hills; the pluvial lakes interconnected to take up the NW 1/3rd of Nevada, the stand lines of drying out, the Northern Pai-Ute lived here till late 1800's.
Drying out all mainly from the Warner Range going up fast, 15cm/6" max on the west wall of Smoke Creek Desert, it shot up, so drying out not as much from post-glacial climate changes that came last for both basins.
Fort Rock was erupting near the last interglacial period, never visited the museum, knew of the sandals, too far off the highway, only one store is open late in Goose Lake ... barely made it.
Next day Fandango Pass, climbing it back, the party campfire was near the top of the haul, where they took off extra teams.
Fwiw 🍺
The ancient lake is so interesting. That might make its own video. Hard to find much info on it.
@@MattCookOregon reaction, try state pub's indexes, like Sch.of Mines on geology for OR, NV & CA, there are books on geologic history at most city libraries, mine's in storage for Oregon, was a textbook. ☕️
Nice work bro!!! Loved the transition from Google Earth.
Thank you very much. I love that transition too. I always try and remember to get a good overhead shot for that.
That was awesome bro excellent job on the video💪
Yankees Outdoor Adventures Thanks! 😎🤠
Very Nice Video - Thank You for sharing - Super Like #30
Thanks!
Wow way cool Matt! I felt like I was watching a national geographic channel or something like that. Great job :)))
That is kinda the vibe I am going for. Thanks!
Nice video. I love that place, I like to coyote hunt right near there. 👍🏻
Natezoinks Wow I woulda loved to get a Coyote on video! I never see em
I went there about 5 years ago...i definitely need to go back.
I wouldn't mind revisiting and redoing this old video too.
Great video, loved the music too!
Thanks! I use this artist in most of my gold mine videos. Very cool western feel. I kind of want to make a western one day.. Big project.
@@MattCookOregon With the right script, it could be done quite inexpensively these days.
That my friend is an awesome start to your video.
I am all about the intros haha. Thanks.
Awesome video!!
Thanks! =)
I'm always looking for an undiscovered lava tube entry.
I have moved aside obstructing stones to enter or exit.
Because I enjoy being the first of my species to see it.
There are some nice caves in that area, but mostly on private land.
Excellent video! Looks like such a cool place.
Thank you Dr F
Your "Hole in the Ground" video brought me back to this one again. I did not mention in my previous comment that this attraction was one I visited along with "Crack in the Ground" during my 2 day stay there. Like I mentioned, man am I glad I had carried extra gas!! I spent 2 weeks exploring Oregon's Basin. Thanks Matt, no Creator hits home like you do.
Thanks Mike. Ya know I bought extra gas 4 years ago and never used it. Now it is expired. What to do... Know any 'dont walk here' signs that need burning?
@@MattCookOregon HA! What, no gas stabilizer? Wheal Sir, if I ever do see a "Can't Walk Here" Sign, I'll be sure to film and post it's Ash to Dust Hell Fire Demise!
Awesome video Matt ... I never knew of that place, sounds so cool ....thanks for sharing 🖒
Thanks for watching = )
Love that place!
Good to hear. Summer Lake and Fort Rock together are a fun day.
Beautiful area💞love the museum info👍Love your channel content. New supporter here
Hey thank you for stopping by. Oregonian? Sometimes I worry my channel is only good for Oregon people.
Just moved to Pendleton. Anything near here would be awesome.
Only thing I have videos close to there is Wallowa area. Howard tram, Sacajawea mountain, Cornucopia gold mine.
Well made video!
Thank you Jason!
Been there many times through the years you ahold check out crack in the ground not far from there also there is a large crater also in the area
Same I go here a lot! I actually did a video at crack in the ground right after this one! Check it out:
ua-cam.com/video/t7iT3iOp39k/v-deo.html
Hole in the ground i think is the crater you are talkin about. Might be worth going back.
Matt.Cook.Oregon saw that video right after I commented you could do a trifecta video it’s a pretty geologically interesting area
The bird at 4:40 is a raven(Corvus corax). Note the "wedge-shaped" tail.
Thank you. That wall is just a bird haven!
I am SO delyed in watching this. Sorry about that, Matt. Every time I watch one of your videos I just want to travel to Oregon! Great climbing! Quick stops are great! Just fantastic! Hart Mountain will be awesome, I'm sure!
You are awesome. Thank you so much.
I've been to Fort Rock several times and was lucky not to encounter high winds on any visit.
Nice. Not sure I remember no wind there ever.
Nice video
Thank you Ninja
awesome
Thank you Nita!
I had friends in Christmas Valley. which is close to Fort Rock. So beautiful and quiet out there. Late one night I pulled into the Christmas Valley motel (the only motel) noticing there was only one car, I asked for a room and the front desk gal said let check. Really? ha,ha. I tried to avoid hitting the jack rabbits on the way in but finally gave up.
Always a special experience leaving the big cities to me. I saw some land for sale in Christmas valley, VERY CHEAP. Tempting...
Can't believe I was born in Burns and we never went to that structure!
Me too! More people need to see the Eastern side. Or people have it to their selves is nice too.
I've heard of it but haven't seen it up close until now. Who was the climber? Do bird attack climbers when they're defending their nest/roosts?
Everyone has to see this one in person. The climber was me. I have had birds attack my drone before, but not me!
Nice video 👻👻👻👻
THẢO NGUYÊN DDS thanks 🤗
Any fossils found at Fort Rock?
I think so. There is a nearby place called Fossil Lake! Not sure if its open to public collection or not.
was here in 1959 maybe 1960 as a kid
Wow. Looks the same?
Definitely a giants castle
Maybe bigfoots?
Timber Gorge, please, thank you.
What is the deal with Timber Gorge?
@@MattCookOregon You said make requests.
@@HuangXingQing Absolutely. Though I haven't heard of that and can't find anything online. What is it exactly?
@@MattCookOregon I've only seen an Instagram drone shot. Looks very cool. SE Oregon. I'm thinking about driving through it on the way to TX next week.
How do waves rework a formation without erosion marks ? hint : THEY DONT .
Thanks for the comment. Most scientific studies of this place talk about erosion from water. I'm going to take their word for it.
@@MattCookOregon Water erosion looks like the Sphinx enclosure . The "grooves" wear down not across like seen in your video . Not trying to be harsh , just commenting on something I saw in the video .
@@I_am_Diogenes So most articles on Fort rock are wrong? For example:
volcano.oregonstate.edu/fort-rock
@@MattCookOregon My mistake ..... I prefer to go with what my eyes tell me instead of what someone else says . How about this ? ..... Your video .... time stamp the water erosion marks because I missed them .
@@I_am_Diogenes It is more what you don't see. The whole wall is missing from erosion. But there is a shot at @4:43 that shows a ledge at the bottom. I would say that is an indicator of erosion. This video is ok but it is a bit old and also quick. I have done some much better and more extensive ones since then. Here is my favorite, a movie on Newberry Volcanic Monument:
ua-cam.com/video/8ysL_8SlF6o/v-deo.html
A alguien se le ha ocurrido pensar que esto podría ser la secuelas de un impacto estelar
Not really. The crater is not below ground level. Lots of proof of volcanic activity too. Depends on if you trust scientists or not.
Natives say the Hairy Man can be found there at times.
Really?! Seems so open.
@@MattCookOregon Caves, they hide their caves with huge rocks. Try camping alone in spring/ fall.
KUDOS.
Thank you!
hat point
Never heard of it? Interesting?
Underground caverns
I got some cave videos!
Crater lake.
Thanks that would be a good one. Such an iconic spot I gotta do it right.
Oooo thank you ❣️ been trying to get my partner to go for years, I'll just find a girlfriend, it's so beautiful and barren
You gotta go! Lots of other attractions too, big hole, hole in ground, crack in ground.
@@MattCookOregon yes I'm lookiting and planning, it's The Sacred Energy I'm after my bro. Going to a drum Ceremony at Medicine Lake to share my stories of white Medicine lol
@@MattCookOregon hahahaha those names sound so dull n boring for an attraction if u think bout it but that’s ok. I love the wilderness n the tranquility it has to offer compared to the fast city life…. Listening to a whole bunch of silence and nature is extremely peaceful.
I really did not like the music on this one
@@danielflannery2549 Thanks for the input. I thought it was very fitting for the dessert landscape. It is a very old video and I could make it fit better these days.
I lift up my eyes to the hills - where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
- Psalm 121:1-2Beautiful Creation!
Thats nice. Thanks.