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2007 Middle Brother rock fall

An oblique perspective of a rock fall source area on a steep cliff face, circled in yellow.

A small to medium-sized rock fall occurred from Middle Brother. One boulder, approximately landed on the northern lane of Northside Drive and several smaller fragments were scattered nearby. Evidence included fresh streaks on the cliff below the source area and a large Ponderosa Pine on the tales slope below the source area freshly broken mid-way up.

UTM East: 269688; UTM North: 4179996; Elevation: 1966.89001464843

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Yosemite National Park, Code: YOSE

Three Brothers
Latitude: 37.7382996979579, Longitude: -119.61373204

Middle Brother
Yosemite National Park, California
Latitude: 37.8399200439453, Longitude: -119.540397644043

Rock Fall Database GroupID for YOSE : 2007121801
Rock Fall Database ID for YOSE : 2007121801-3

Yosemite Rock Falls Collection

20080122

12/18/2007

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Organization: Yosemite NP
Position: Park Geologist
Address: El Portal, CA 95318
Email: greg_stock@nps.gov

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