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2015 Hetch Hetchy Road rock fall

A person stands next to a large boulder in a forested, snow covered area.

Two rock falls in quick succession onto the Hetch Hetchy Road, on the one-way loop portion of the road between the Law Enforcement Office and NPS/Hetch Hetchy Water and Power housing areas. One boulder punched a hole into the road that fully spanned one lane. There were no vehicles on the road at the time. The source area was apparently from the boulder-covered slope above the road, as opposed to the bedrock cliffs higher up.

UTM East: 255403; UTM North: 4202763; Elevation: 1424

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Yosemite National Park, Code: YOSE

Hetch Hetchy
Latitude: 37.9395552234814, Longitude: -119.78337471

Hetch Hetchy Road
Yosemite National Park, California
Latitude: 37.8399200439453, Longitude: -119.540397644043

Rock Fall Database GroupID for YOSE : 2015122002
Rock Fall Database ID for YOSE : 2015122002-2

Yosemite Rock Falls Collection

20160112

12/20/2015

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

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