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I
felt it worth mentioning two BIG rockfall events I saw in the
Rockies this week.
The first was July 30th around 2500m on an
east aspect out of a limestone face between Mts. Schaeffer and Biddle
and was easily the biggest I have ever seen. It really looked like a big serac
fall. I will take a wild guess and say it started as a 150
cubic meter chunk. Lots of refrigerator sized pieces flying far out of the
dust cloud. Ouch!
The second was a huge volley off the NW face of
Ringrose on August 5th- I would guess over 50 big blocks hit the glacier
HARD. It looked like a quartzite event but we couldn't see where it
started.
With the heat still on, there will be more to
come from all over the ranges before things cool down and get frozen in
place again. Yipes!
Larry Stanier
Mountain
Guide
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