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Rockfall on Rockeries Pass 24 Jan 2008 16:34 #49

There was a fairly recent rockfall on Rockeries Pass which rolled right across the trail. The trail has been modified somewhat to circumnavigate it in the upper parts and it crosses the rocks lower down. Quite a sobering sight! I guess the Berg is still steadily crumbling away...

This picture was taken towards the end of last year. Does anyone have a more exact date of when this happened?
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Last Edit: 05 May 2010 17:13 by intrepid. Reason: insterted image thumbnail

Re:Rockfall on Rockeries Pass 24 Jan 2008 17:07 #51

This next photo shows the rockfall's position in relation to the pass. It's the white streak to the left of the picture, with the last bit of trail before the top, bottom right.
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Re:Rockfall on Rockeries Pass 05 May 2010 17:20 #1264

Revisiting an old thread.

The above rockfall still looks pretty much the same, with the trail more established around it. This pic was taken in April 2010.


As mentioned elsewhere on the forum, we encountered a very fresh rockfall on April 6. It may have occurred on the 4th. Small tufts of grass with soil were still scattered everywhere.


Note the streak across the centre of the pic:


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