Incredible footage. I love that part of the state. It’s been a hard summer. I’m in the Longmont area, and the smoke has been intense. Thanks for posting.

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

It is such a beautiful part of our state. We’ve enjoyed many family trips up there and so sad to see how much the fire has burned. Hoping cooler weather will eventually calm this thing down and looking forward to the day we can go back up there and support the local businesses! Thanks for your comment!!

In similar tragedies, we've lost so much here in British Columbia over the last decade or so. We also have vast swaths of beetle killed pine. That in itself is heartbreaking -- great bull pine that I lived amongst in my youth, when I lived in a cabin in the Purcell Mountains, stand like great skeletons on the arid hills of the Okanagan and Kootenays. We did get a bit of a break here this summer, locally, but we were often choking on the smoke drifting from California and Washington. Scary. Climate change affects the whole world and we who live on this fantastic continent are not immune. I hope that we get a good snowpack this winter and the long-term drought conditions will ease. Keep on exploring and reminding us of the beauty we still have. Perhaps we will care for it a little bit better in years to come.

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

Oh man, you’re naming off some of my favorites in BC. We lived in Squamish for several years and then lived right in downtown Vancouver for a year .... really enjoyed my time there exploring every chance I could get. Breaks my heart to know these wild places are suffering and at such high risk of wildfire. So many special places this last Summer were altered for the rest of our lifetime at least ... and while the popularity of these places continues to rise (thanks very much COVID), they are changing or altogether disappearing at an even faster pace. Not a good combination for these treasured places...

@RaymondParkerPhoto

3 жыл бұрын

@@WhatMyLensSees Well, I'll be ... stands to reason why we connected. I (almost) lived in Squamish, since I spent so much time climbing and developing climbs there -- driving out from Vancouver, even after work (at MEC and other outdoor stores) to get some climbs in. I developed the now popular day-climbing area, Octopus's Garden for which the Alpine Club awarded me a broken piolet -- perfect for hacking moss out of those granite cracks! I lived in just about every neighbourhood in Vancouver, launching my studio in Point Grey, in 1984. After a stint in Toronto commercial studios and another 3 year sojourn in Vancouver, moved to Vancouver Island. Recently retired to the boonies, overlooking the strait of Juan de Fuca and Olympic Mountains of Washington.

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

Legendary stuff Raymond! Thanks for sharing and already had much respect, but it just went up even more ⬆️ ⬆️⬆️ thanks for sharing!!!

This made me cry. I’ve lived close to here for 46 years. Great footage. Little did you know how devastating this would become along with the E Troublesome.

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

I've been going up there for years .... but nothing on the scale of the time you've spent there. So very very sad. I hope that the area can recover as best possible ... and I know I'll be heading up there to support the local businesses when the time is right. Still mind-boggling how monstrous this fire and E. Troublesome fire evolved into. The Summer of 2020 (and the year for that matter) ... will be one I will never forget. Thanks again for commenting, Dan

Thank you so much for sharing your talent. Sorry your fishing day was ruined; however, I am grateful that you were able to get the footage and document the beginnings of this tagedy.

Great video! We where camping off of Manhattan/fire road 571 that day with our Grandson. I have a few pics that I took at 3:53 of the fire. I know we were a few miles away from Chambers lake. We decided to pack up and leave. With all the dead wood and lack of fire mitigation up there, it wouldn't be long. I'm heart broken that some of our favorite spots to camp are no longer there. I am thankful that the fire teams and those that has worked tirelessly to safe lives and property. (The real heros in my book!)

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you got outta there safely! And 100% agreed, it's heartbreaking and truly thankful for all the firefighters that have battled this monster. Thanks for your comment and hope you'll be able to find some new campsites this next Summer! dan

I was just in this area yesterday and the burn scar was heartbreaking to see. We’ve had our share of devastating fires in Colo Springs but obviously nothing compared to this. I remember watching afar from the news as this fire happened, but to see the aftermath in person was something else. I watched the Waldo Canyon fire grow before my eyes from a small plume of smoke to burning hundreds of homes. It was nuts to watch!

Our rangers from State Forest State Park were the first on-scene.

I bet if someone told you it would eventually burn houses just north of Masonville two months later you would not have been able to wrap your head around that at all.....I still cant

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

Dean, you are so right man. It’s hard to fathom how long this fire has lived and how har it has traveled. Blows me away. And breaks my heart. Hoping that all the snow from last week is enough to keep it under control from here on. Thanks much for the comment and channel support, dan

What a rough year with the fires. I was especially sad about this one as I grew up near Ted's Place ( entrance to Poudre Canyon) and spent a good amount of my early teens hiking and fishing up there. The good news is we are finally over 50 percent containment on this fire!

@JJimenez69

3 жыл бұрын

Check out my channel we captured the start of the Grizzly Creek Fire 🔥

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

So that's basically your backyard. So sad my friend. Very sorry. Hope you and your family and friends will be able to get up there and enjoy it once all this is over. We are definitely planning to go back up and support the local businesses, etc. Such a beautiful area of the state. I just saw on the news this morning that it's made another big run due to the high winds last night. Weather just hasn't been cooperating enough....I thought that big snowfall would be the end but guess not. Just incredible how powerful these fires are!

@noybiznatch

3 жыл бұрын

@@WhatMyLensSees The tribulation of the Bible is soon to begin. You haven't seen anything yet.

The poudre Canyon was where I grew up fishing it's where I still fish and ever since the flood the fishing was slowly getting better but don't know how it's gonna be in the high country after the fire

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear it man. It’s such a beautiful area and an awesome place to fish. I’m hoping for the best but bracing for the worst. I know the south platte struggled for a number of years after the Hayman fire and I’m guessing a similar situation may play out with the Poudre. Thankfully the South Platte bounced back strong eventually, so hopefully the Poudre will too. Appreciate your comment and hope you can still net some nice fish in the coming months/years up there!! Take care

Very interesting. Nice video. Very unfortunate it is our local fire. A couple of questions. You mention it just started a couple of minutes prior, but that plumb with dark smoke indicates flash-over and it looks like about an acre on the ground. If you see this, I am curious how long had you been at Chambers Lake before you noticed and was there any weather rolling through 45 minutes to an hour prior to this? 2 hours before? Lightning strike fires usually start with 1 or 2 trees, and take a little time to grow through the initial phases to get to canopy flash-over. Usually you have a small wisp of smoke, but it is usually observable due to local weather. Thunderstorms often have a bit of rain, sleet or snow in the air.

@geoffrobinson7104

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry... Usually you have a small wisp of smoke, but it is usually not observable due to local weather.

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

@@geoffrobinson7104 hey there Geoff, I arrived at the Chambers Lake area right around 215pm that day and started filming as soon as I got to that first day use parking area. It was such an unreal sight, and just naturally grabbed my iPhone and started recording. In between filming, I also talked with some of the forest service folks (they were all just sort of watching in awe) and the campground attendant to try and understand what they were planning to do with all the campers (and it still hadn’t completely sunk in that my plans for fishing/camping that afternoon had come to a screeching halt!) So, unfortunately, I can’t speak to what weather may have been in the area in the minutes/hours before because I was still on my way up (drove up from Fort Collins via Poudre Canyon and had a nice lunch along the way before I arrived at Chambers). I can say that when I arrived ... the skies were relatively clear, it was a very hot Summer day, and the wind was really whipping! Such a sad day and one I will never forget. Appreciate your comment. Dan

Post notis!!!

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

Noice!

Wow... We drove up 34 from Loveland to the visitor's center and saw the smoke on August 14th. I've never seen anything like that before.

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

I bet that was quite the scene and likely felt very close even from the Visitor's center! Watching it from Chambers Lake that day was something I'll never forget. Just unbelievable. And I was just checking the news this morning ... so much strong wind last night is now pushing the fire South. Unfortunate news. This may end up being the largest wildfire in Colorado's history 😢

That is too bad!. I was there 2 weeks ago and every thing was all burned!.

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

Will be such a shock to go back up there.

We were driving through Poudre Canyon that day and saw the birth of this fire too. I said to my husband this is going to be a bad one.

I was there that day hiking down the blue lake trail. I had to run hard to get away from it, nearly choked in the smoke.

@WhatMyLensSees

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you made it outta there safely! Such a beautiful area, and was such a hard day for so many reasons for so many Coloradoans. Appreciate your comment and hope you're still out there enjoying the mountains!

@jejeejjeene1780

2 жыл бұрын

I was also on that trail when I saw some weather and lightning so I was walking down hill when I saw smoke (it took 45 minutes to get to we’re I was) I remember me running down the hill in full panick mode because the fire was chasing me, it was such a sad day and i could barley see anything but I got down to chambers lake and told the ranger what happend he told me to get out of there as fast as possible, I’ve never seen a fire spread as fast as that one.

this is gonna be useful in the investigation into what started it I'm sure.

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

Hope so. Just tragic and hope they eventually get to the bottom of it. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@usingThaForce

3 жыл бұрын

Lol. Hes a real meteorologist must be🤷🏿‍♂️👨🏿‍🏫

@meyatetana2973

3 жыл бұрын

I bet it's going to be a Meth lab in a shitty trailer, those things were all over that national forest

@rylanrussell9595

3 жыл бұрын

I kept warning the hikers heading up to Blue Lake that day not to proceed, as the fire was too close to the trail. They all reported the same thing "the guy in front of you said it was just a few trees, probably a controlled fire." Many of them didn't take me seriously and proceeded to hike. I was running down the trail and never caught up to this person in front of me who kept minimizing the seriousness of the fire to the people heading up. When I got to the trailhead, that person was no where to be found. Whoever he was, I am confident that person started the fire. I backpacked out there that night. It rained overnight and the morning was a very clear, nice, 75 degree morning.

@rylanrussell9595

3 жыл бұрын

@@meyatetana2973 the spot the fire started had no buildings. It was close to the Blue Lake trail, about 40 yards off the trail. I saw it when it was still perhaps 40-50 trees in size.

I would sure like to see the pictures now from that same location. The fires in Colorado made me cry. At my age I'll never see those forests ever again 😒

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

Forever changed :( still gonna plan on going up there next Summer to support some local businesses and embrace the new environment as best I can. Appreciate your comment, dan

@rylanrussell9595

2 жыл бұрын

I went out to Blue lake, walked right past where it all started. It's still beautiful, just in a different way now. I encountered moose in a meadow on the way up, was good to see they've returned. Hardly any hikers out there now, very isolated. In some spots the forest is still completely untouched, where in much of it It's burnt to a crisp.

@sinbads.4189

2 жыл бұрын

@@rylanrussell9595 You were there recently? Is there enough forest to keep the moose safe this winter? It will be very pretty in a couple of years but like you said forever changed. 😒

@rylanrussell9595

2 жыл бұрын

@@sinbads.4189 Yeah, I was there about 6 weeks ago. That's tough to say, but I would think the moose would be fine. They were about a mile east of blue lake. Only patches of forest remain unharmed east of blue lake, I believe the forest west of blue lake pass however was never burnt, although I could be wrong as I didnt look on the other side of the pass to see.

Do you think chambers is destroyed?

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

Hey there Noah, from what I can gather, Chambers Lake campground was saved although the surrounding wilderness has burned. Will be interesting to see if the fish can survive in the lake when heavy rains was lots of sediment into the lake. Fingers crossed. Such a beautiful area and a place my family really liked to visit. There's a ton of campgrounds up that way, and so far, the only one I've heard of that was damaged/destroyed is Jacks Gulch Campground. Amazing considering how much has burned that only one campground was directly impacted!

@JJimenez69

3 жыл бұрын

Check out my channel we captured the start of the Grizzly Creek Fire 🔥

We have had this coming for awhile now....all that pine beetle kill...i just knew this was going to happen sooner or later....Bless you firefighters so much...Bless you Colorado!😘💜💕

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words and support. Colorado will need all the positives vibes and prayers possible today. Shaping up to be a tough day up in Estes Park, RMNP and Grand County. Hoping the snow comes earlier than forecasted and gives these poor communities and firefighters a much needed break and time to start healing. Thank you again for your support! dan

@marlinnomaders5888

3 жыл бұрын

@@WhatMyLensSees bless you my friend!💜💕

Sad to see this. Unreal the fires out West

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

Man it’s so damn sad. And it’s literally out of control. Yesterday, this fire ran 15 miles to the east and just exploded. The photos from along the front range are just 100% apocalyptic. I’m hoping cooler weather this week will slow it down and no more people’s lives are affected.

@ahamham4532

3 жыл бұрын

Joel 2:30-32 “And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. 32 And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the Lord Shall be [l]saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be [m]deliverance, As the Lord has said, Among the remnant whom the Lord calls.

Yesterday I watched and read and listened and my heart broke for your loss. Now that has become the 2nd largest next to Cal Wood. If people don't understand climate control now then they are a big part of the problem. Heartbreaking. Thanks from the nature lovin gramma in Minnesota. ✌💖☔

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind words. I’m so tired of these wildfires taking so much from so many people this year. It’s heartbreaking and I hope the cooler/snowier weather we are getting tonight/tomorrow will be enough to make them go away. Colorado needs to start healing asap. Thanks again for the support! dan

@Ami-of7yp

2 жыл бұрын

MINNESOTA FOR THE W

Just 5 days later and it’s already jumped to the #1 Largest in Colorado history and burned over 200,000 acres. You could clearly see the glow of the fire over Horsetooth Rock from the middle of Fort Collins last night :/

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

So sad. And honestly just hard to believe how far it has traveled since that day up at Chambers. Stay safe and hoping for no more big runs or flare ups this coming week!

And I sit here now, watching this burn in Loveland.. this is so sad

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

Hard to fathom how far it has traveled. I hope that the fire gets under control before it affects major cities like Loveland & FoCo ... and you and your family/friends can stay safe.

this will be known as the year northern colorado burned. def. human started. that would have to be a ton of decay to get a fire going like that. although, with the last 15 years and a century of bad fire mgmt.... We are just lucky the fires didn't make it South of Tabernash or West of Jones Pass. Most of the trees near Frasier/Winter Park are dead.

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

Thankful winter park area was spared because you’re right...So much dead wood in that area. Was a sad summer, and unfortunately very fitting for 2020. Here’s to hoping 2021 is a bit kinder and gentler!!

Jehovah is awesome

I hope whoever owns those cattle managed to get them out just fine!

So devistating

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed Bob.

And the month that followed where the firefighters weren't actually fighting it and just letting it burn. That first team was a bunch of idiots never just let it burn in the ROckies.

When your leaders are busy playing politics, how much time do you wish he could spare to care about forest management?

@JJimenez69

3 жыл бұрын

Check out my channel we captured the start of the Grizzly Creek Fire 🔥

@danielgriffith8911

3 жыл бұрын

@@JJimenez69 hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

@skiidzman

3 жыл бұрын

Oh what its Trump's fault there is a forest fire? Do you also blame him for you being a complete loser?

@kimbrown7406

3 жыл бұрын

@@skiidzman This fire started in NATIONAL FOREST..so its Federal lands..that would be Trump.

@geraldbennett7035

3 жыл бұрын

@@kimbrown7406 Obama changed forest management rules so that dead trees (Beetle kill) cannot be removed. This is the Obama Fire. Obama also gave transients EBT cards, which are the people who may have caused this. Obama Fire

all those beetle-infested trees will be wiped out and the forest will regenerate itself naturally (but without the beetles). This will be a good thing in the long-term.

@ahamham4532

3 жыл бұрын

Prophesy see Joel 2:30-32 “And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. 32 And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the Lord Shall be [l]saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be [m]deliverance, As the Lord has said, Among the remnant whom the Lord calls.

Again poor forest management, Oh don't cut the trees! Typical.

You're more worried about your day at the lake being ruined. What about the thousands of acres and the possibility of homes being destroyed.

@nildaluzrodriguez

3 жыл бұрын

Good point

@coloradofishingadventures2309

3 жыл бұрын

Simply untrue, the guy has the purest of hearts and you obviously didn’t watch his statements at the end of the video, example of people being ignorant. Hope you can have a good day and make people’s day instead of bring them down 😁

@WhatMyLensSees

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this 🙏 I chose not to even reply to a few of these comments because they were so ridiculous 🤣