PPT Slide
[from USGS Open-file Report 99-385]
Effects of Curry Village area slides...
Notes:
Rockfall effects in the Curry Village area
The map shown above, created by the United States Geological Survey, shows the areas impacted by fly rock during the first three of some fifteen total events as of this date. These occurred on November 16, 1998, May 25, 1999, and June 13, 1999.
The November 16th event damaged at least one tent cabin and resulted in the evacuation of 500 employees.
The May 25th event resulted in a temporary evacuation of parts of Curry Village.
The June 13th event resulted in rocks hitting two tent cabins in Curry Village. This event also claimed the life of climber Peter Terbush and injured two others on the slope below Glacier Point.
For additional information see: Wiezoreck & Snyder, 1999. Rock falls from Glacier Point above Camp Curry, Yosemite National Park, California. U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 99-385.
http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/open-file-reports/ofr-99-0385