Hetch Hetchy Rockfall

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HighTraverse

Trad climber
Bay Area
Apr 10, 2014 - 05:57pm PT
Data??
Enquiring Minds MUST know!
aspendougy

Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
Apr 16, 2014 - 05:58pm PT
"One serious question. When they say the area is closed, does that mean that it would be illegal (rather than merely off trail) to approach Hetch Hetchy Dome from the bottom?"

John

I have yet to ever see a ranger on duty at Hetch-Hetchy, so even if it's illegal, the chances of getting arrested are very low; my guess is "trail closed" means cross at your own risk.

Maybe someone familiar with Park regulations could weigh in on just what are the legalities or lack thereof, when it comes to "trail closed" signs.
RasVegas

Trad climber
Goodyear
Apr 16, 2014 - 06:43pm PT
Glad you weren't doing a route over there when it happened!
Sean Jones

climber
Apr 17, 2014 - 02:30pm PT
I think that thing just demoed one of my routes.... Zoe Temple..... it looks like it hammered it.
JEleazarian

Trad climber
Fresno CA
Apr 17, 2014 - 03:09pm PT
I suspect you're right, aspendougy. I've hiked up the Ledge Trail more than once, with the signs at the top and bottom that say, essentially, "Don't go up here because it's dangerous" as opposed to "It's illegal." On the other hand, I've heard of people being ticketed for going up the Four Mile Trail during winter when it was officially closed. That was about 40 years ago, though.

John
tithaf

Trad climber
Sierra Madre, CA
Apr 18, 2014 - 02:23am PT
I've been traveling too much of late to do the lidar differences yet - but here is the drape of the spectrometer data on the topography - (LEFT) 23 March 2014, (RIGHT) 7 April 2014. This is the coarse resolution data - high resolution will come soon.

sierracanon

Mountain climber
Sacramento, CA
May 3, 2014 - 09:54am PT
I was just down at Hetchy a couple of weeks ago. Backpacked up to Lake Vernon, but took a quick trip out to Wapama to check out the rockfall. I had a ranger tell me that they were getting ready to start blasting (and indeed, I hear an explosion on my way out to Vernon), and hoped to have it open by August. Anyway, a couple of photos attached.
sierracanon

Mountain climber
Sacramento, CA
May 3, 2014 - 10:08am PT
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