Massive rockfall down the west face of Clouds Rest -Yosemite

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Massive rockfall down the west face of Clouds Rest -Yosemite

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Back on June 14th there was a massive rockfall down the west face of Clouds Rest. Reported by Rock and Ice here: http://www.rockandice.com/lates-news/ma ... aya-canyon

Can you image being on your way up when things started to loosen up?!
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Re: Massive rockfall down the west face of Clouds Rest -Yose

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Yikes! Pretty crazy to seeing those photos (and progression of photos in the video).

I remember a few years ago camped at the top of Snow Creek, waking in the middle of the night to a thunderous roar echoing through the canyon. Given the time of year (late spring) I chalked it up to a snow avalanche further up Tenaya. Only when hiking down did I realize a chunk of half dome had fallen off that night. Kind of puts things in perspective.
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Re: Massive rockfall down the west face of Clouds Rest -Yose

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This is pretty freaky, check out this memo by Yosemite NPS, and especially the date. http://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/rockfallrisk2012.htm
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