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2014 Staircase Falls rock fall

Person standing by a fresh boulder in the Curry Village Residential Area.

A rock fall occurred from Glacier Point in the early morning. Several fragments of fresh flyrock came to rest in the Curry Village Residential Area (CVRA), mainly near the "Plants" buildings complex and the parking area on the south side of CVRA. Several fresh boulders were found in western portion of Curry Village.

UTM East: 272758; UTM North: 4179434; Elevation: 1788

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Yosemite National Park, Code: YOSE

Glacier Point
Latitude: 37.7340065607436, Longitude: -119.57874863

Staircase Falls
Yosemite National Park, California
Latitude: 37.8399200439453, Longitude: -119.540397644043

Rock Fall Database GroupID for YOSE : 2014021101
Rock Fall Database ID for YOSE : 2014021101-1

Yosemite Rock Falls Collection

20140213

02/11/2014

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

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