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Upper Yosemite Falls Trail rock fall

A rock fall came from high on the Forbidden Wall, damaging over 20 switchbacks of the Upper Yosemite Falls Trail, injuring one person, and temporarily stranding 14 hikers above that section of trail. An exfoliation slab approximately 9 m tall, 2.5 m wide, and 1.5 m thick detached and tumbled down a series of joint-controlled ledges creating a dust cloud, then free-fell approximately 230 meters to the base of the cliff.

UTM East: 270649; UTM North: 4181814; Elevation: 2104

U.S. National Park Service

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Yosemite National Park, Code: YOSE

Yosemite Falls
Latitude: 37.7549101616307, Longitude: -119.603410082157

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

Rock Fall Database GroupID for YOSE : 2024122601
Rock Fall Database ID for YOSE : 2024122601-1

Yosemite Rock Falls Collection

2024/12/26

12/26/2024

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

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025 6:34:06 PM

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