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Rock Fall at Canal Zone

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Oldschool · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Nov 2015 · Points: 0

I was hiking the canal today and it appears a rock fall occurred some time before the Friday snowstorm. Not sure if the routes were impacted, I didn't want to hang around. Debris was scattered from the route "beastso" to "lambada" - basically the length of the crag. The event was not a massive rock fall, but enough came down that if it happened during climb time everyone in that section would have been injured or killed.

ErikaNW · · Golden, CO · Joined Sep 2010 · Points: 410

Thanks for the notification! Went up there this morning and you're right -it was a big rockfall. Will post pictures later, but wanted to bump this thread.

If you are planning to climb at CZ - it looks like there's still some unstable rock- wear a helmet, be prepared for loose rock on routes, and it's possible some bolts/anchors may have been impacted esp on the right side of the crag.

ErikaNW · · Golden, CO · Joined Sep 2010 · Points: 410

Here are some photos of the rock fall taken this morning (22Nov) - guessing it happened after the snow and cold spell (rocks sitting free on top of ice/snow). Maybe during the windstorm early this week? It's a very good thing this happened when no climbers were present - it would have been pretty devastating.







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