Isolated travelers escorted past Big Sur road collapse as state parks in area remain closed

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- A landslide on Highway 1 adjacent Big Sur caused large problems this past play and present officials are telling out-of-towners to enactment home.

All authorities parks successful the Big Sur country are present closed until further notice. This comes connected a fashionable abrogation week arsenic respective schoolhouse territory are connected Spring Break.

According to CHP, this play betwixt 1,600 and 2,000 radical were stuck successful Big Sur aft this slide.

Viewer video shows the damaged country connected Highway 1 adjacent the Rocky Creek Bridge successful Monterey County.

In that video you tin spot a conception of the southbound lane going into Big Sur is present missing aft it slid down the cliff Saturday afternoon.

No 1 was wounded but Caltrans instantly closed the highway, meaning nary 1 successful and nary 1 out.

"I'm similar ohio my gosh are we gonna beryllium stuck present for weeks? What is happening? This is not planned," said Linda Molinari of Hollister.

Molinari was with her boyfriend. They made a past infinitesimal determination to spell person luncheon successful Big Sur and ended up having to enactment successful their camper Saturday night.

They estimation that this descent happened 30 minutes aft they drove on this lane.

"So that's conscionable brainsick to adjacent deliberation about. So galore radical are messaging maine similar wherefore don't you conscionable spell southbound and spell astir this roadworthy that goes implicit the hill? And I'm similar origin 1 is closed southbound also, that portion slid distant months ago; truthful there's virtually nary roadworthy that goes done the upland to get to 101 oregon anything. That's the lone way," said Molinari.

Caltrans says that portion they bash show each of Highway 1, they hadn't been specifically eying this area.

"We'll effort to instantly effort and stabilize that borderline and plan a repair to marque a structural hole astatine that location," said Kevin Drabinski of Caltrans District 5.

Caltrans volition let organized caravans of indispensable workers and residents to spell done astatine 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. implicit the adjacent fewer days. They are asking tourists to enactment home.

"Big Sur is not the spot to spell right," said Nick Pasculli, communications manager of Monterey County.

"We are encouraging radical to enactment distant from the area!" said a Monterey County Sheriff's Commander.

Linda and her fellow were 1 of astir 300 vehicles that made it retired midday Sunday erstwhile the road reopened for the archetypal Caltrans caravan. They took video showing the agelong lines and the damaged roadway. She's blessed to beryllium home, grateful they had their camper, but saddened to walk Easter similar they did.

"It was truly hard erstwhile the firefighters said like, 'Oh you get to slumber present contiguous atrocious it's not gonna open.' Like each of the mean similar large household gathering that happens, similar grandparents you cognize it's Easter time what bash you mean we can't spell home? We can't miss the full household solemnisation truthful astonishing to get home, but inactive that bittersweet similar you missed a vacation conscionable trying to spell to luncheon connected a random day."

The origin of this descent is nether probe but it was raining truly hard astir the clip this happened.