This is where rockslides are most likely to occur in Yosemite

YOSEMITE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The astir highly trafficked country successful Yosemite National Park is besides the astir apt to acquisition rockfalls, according to implicit 150 years of data.

In February, parkland unit announced they updated their rockfall database, which present spans from 1857 to 2024.

According to the interactive map, the bulk of rockfalls occurred successful Yosemite Valley, the astir visited country successful the park. In September 2017, a antheral died and his woman was injured aft a rockfall connected El Capitan. They had travelled from Wales.

More recently, successful December 2022, a rockfall conscionable a fewer miles distant killed a joined mates from San Jose. It happened adjacent the park's Arch Rock Entrance on Highway 140, the aforesaid roadway that was the tract of a recent rockslide that blocked postulation to the parkland for astir 2 weeks.

Mar. 17, 2025, Rockslide blocks Highway 140

While calamity does occur, the representation shows that the bulk of the park's rockfalls are not deadly. It besides reveals that astir of the rockfalls occurred successful wintertime and were induced by immoderate signifier of precipitation.

To instrumentality a deeper look into the park's rockfall data, click here.