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Late Night Rockfall Rattles Curry Village

“A small rockfall occurred at 2:53 am on Saturday, June 9 behind Curry Village. The release point for the rockfall was ~550 meters (1800 feet) above the Valley floor, at the top of Staircase Falls. A rock about 20 cubic meters in size (60 tons) fell down the path of Staircase Falls, sweeping additional debris down with it. Seventeen tent and hard-sided cabins in Curry Village are closed as a precautionary measure pending assessment.” ~NPS

I’ll post any further info as I get it. If anyone has pictures please email them to me. Thanks.

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This entry was posted on June 11, 2007 and is filed under Safety, Events, News. It was written by by Loyd. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.



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