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1999 Windy Point rock fall

1999 Windy Point rock fall. A photograph taken by NPS Roads and Trails Branch Chief Jim Cyr shows 3 cubic meters of rock, in the form of one large boulder and several smaller ones, on the westbound lane of the El Portal Road near Windy Point.

A photograph taken by NPS Roads and Trails Branch Chief Jim Cyr shows 3 cubic meters of rock, in the form of one large boulder and several smaller ones, on the westbound lane of the El Portal Road near Windy Point. The rocks appear to have fallen from the cut slope approximately 5 meters above the road.

UTM East: 258494; UTM North: 4173494; Elevation: 805

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Yosemite National Park, Code: YOSE

Merced River Gorge
Latitude: 37.6768777118196, Longitude: -119.73848225

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

Rock Fall Database GroupID for YOSE : 1999090701
Rock Fall Database ID for YOSE : 1999090701-1

Yosemite Rock Falls Collection

20220601

09/07/1999

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

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