A 1,000-foot stretch of the John Muir Trail in Yosemite National Park has been covered by a large rockfall/NPS
A stretch of the John Muir Trail in Yosemite National Park has been covered by a rockfall that has covered about 1,000 feet of trail and which will take weeks to clear.
The rockfall came down shortly berfore midnight on April 15, covering the trail between Clark Point and the top of Nevada Fall with hundreds of boulders, trees, and other debris.
The trail will require significant repair, including drilling and blasting of large boulders, according to park staff. Geologists were assessing the potential for additional rockfalls.
The trail, which was already closed for the winter season, will be closed for at least several more weeks, the staff said.
Gates are closed across the John Muir Trail at Clark Point and near the top of Nevada Fall. Park officials ask that you not enter the closed section of the trail.
It will take weeks to remove the boulders and open the section of trail/NPS
Comments
Trail crew will clear it. Likely a few months rather than weeks but $$ will tell. Hard work all around- the drilling alone is a nightmare.
Let alone working in a rockfall zone drilling rock with hearing protection on... which means you are a sitting duck without the means to hear rockfall that might come down in such an active zone
Please advocate for your local NPS trail crew and the need for hazard pay for work under such deadly environments.