There is a trail closure at Yosemite National Park after a huge rockfall from a slope above the John Muir Path. Park authorities announced the event and the path closure on Instagram yesterday, but they state the rockfall occurred on April 15. Fortunately, it happened during the night.
“At 11:23 pm on April 15, a large rockfall happened from the slope above the John Muir Path in between Clark Point and the top of Nevada Fall, sending out hundreds of boulders onto the trail,” Yosemite officials composed.
In fact, boulders, trees, and other debris now cover almost 1,000 feet of path. Yosemite says the path will need significant repairs, consisting of the “drilling and blasting of big stones.”
The park says geologists are now evaluating the area’s risk for additional rockfalls, and the path stays closed. There is presently no known reopening date. Yosemite officials ask that nobody goes into the closed section of the John Muir Path for their own security.
A rockfall from a slope above the John Muir Trail left about 1,000 feet of path covered with debris at Yosemite National forest.