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Windy Point rock slide

A close perspective of fresh rock slide debris in a gully between two rock cliffs. At the bottom of the gully the rock debris widens across the hillslope below.

A rock slide occurred midway up the north-facing canyon wall opposite Windy Point. A block fell from the top of a rounded cliff and slid about 65 m into a gully, breaking up into several large boulders. The debris moved down the gully to where it widens out on a ledge, and from there rolled and tumbled out of the gully and onto the forested hillslope below, destroying numerous canyon live oaks and leaving a large area of fresh talus.

UTM East: 258979; UTM North: 4173633; Elevation: 931

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Yosemite National Park, Code: YOSE

Merced River Gorge
Latitude: 37.678256673412, Longitude: -119.73303443

El Portal Road
Windy Point
Yosemite National Park, California
Latitude: 37.8399200439453, Longitude: -119.540397644043

Rock Fall Database GroupID for YOSE : 2010122901
Rock Fall Database ID for YOSE : 2010122901-2

Yosemite Rock Falls Collection

20110107

12/29/2010

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

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