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2014 Indian Canyon rock fall

A close perspective of a thick dust cloud billows from a steep canyon wall.

A medium-sized rock fall in eastern Yosemite Valley on the eastern wall of Indian Canyon. An overhanging rock mass near the top of the east wall of Indian Canyon detached and fell to a steeply dipping ledge covered with live oaks. Here, the block fragmented, creating a large brown dust cloud and then fell to the floor of Indian Canyon. The rock fall produced a large dust cloud and resulted in broken trees and a severed phone cable.

UTM East: 272788; UTM North: 4182123; Elevation: 1969.58996582031

U.S. National Park Service

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Yosemite National Park, Code: YOSE

Indian Canyon
Latitude: 37.7582261320021, Longitude: -119.57924921

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

Rock Fall Database GroupID for YOSE : 2014062901
Rock Fall Database ID for YOSE : 2014062901-4

Yosemite Rock Falls Collection

20140629

06/29/2014

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

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