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  • Highway 140 – El Portal Road Open

    Highway 140 – El Portal Road Open

    The rocks have been cleared and the road is now open to traffic again.

  • Rockslide Kills Climber on El Capitan

    Rockslide Kills Climber on El Capitan

    At least one person was killed over the weekend in one of two rockslides Sunday on El Capitan. The fatal slide occurred about 9 a.m. The person killed was apparently climbing the south face of the iconic stone. A second rockslide occurred about seven hours later, according to witnesses.

  • Images of the Big Oak Flat Rockfall

    Here’s an image published by the NPS on Facebook of the rock slide on the Big Oak Flat Road. It’s pretty evident the road will be closed for some time. Do you have photos of the rockfall? Please feel free to send them in and we’ll share them. You can email them to info@yosemiteblog.com

  • Slip Sliding Away

    Slip Sliding Away

    Garry Hayes, my former Geology professor, was on his way to Yosemite for a relaxing day off and caught a small rockslide along Highway 140 on video

  • Smashed!

    YosemiteTrekker has a great write up and some great photos from yesterdays geologic event behind the Ahwahnee. Ok they got really cool photos of smashed stuff from the rock slide! Check it out: Yosemite Trekker.

  • Exclusive! Ahwahnee Rock Slide Photos by Maggie Rentz

    Here are 5 photos sent in from Maggie Rentz who happened to be at the Ahwahnee at the time of the rock slide yesterday afternoon. Click on the images for larger versions. Wow! Maggie says, “My boyfriend and I were visiting Yosemite for the first time, and on our way out decided to ride through…