#rockfall — Public Fediverse posts

Two days after a severe storm, a major #rockfall occurred today on the south face of the #Matterhorn. According to current information, no one was injured or caught in the rockfall.

📍 August 5, 2026 #BreuilCervinia #AostaValley

https://aostasera.it/notizie/cronaca/frana-dio-grandi-dimensioni-sul-cervino-nessuna-persona-coinvolta/

Fall.
Burgtobel (Solavers), #Graubünden #Schweiz
#MountainMonday #Rockfall #Naturgefahren

@PizzaDemon @benroyce
"Mt. Fuji is made up of layers of volcanic lapillus and is prone to collapse. Also, owing to the unstable stones and rocks scattered around, rain, wind, earthquakes, and human actions can cause large and small rocks to fall"
"Helmets are rentable at the 6th Station Safety Guidance Center on Yoshida Trail"
https://www.fujisan-climb.jp/en/safety.html
🔸Perhaps taking safety seriously is a reason he's 102 years old?
#Fujisan #rockfall

Aill na Searrach (Cliff of the foals) at the Cliffs of Moher.
You can see in the middle of the cliff face the dust and debris remains of a recent rock fall.
County Clare, Ireland.

Cormacscoast.com walking tours

#wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #cliffsofmoher #burrenandcliffsofmohergeopark #atlanticgeoparks #clifffall #rockfall #Ireland

There was a megatsunami in Lituya Bay in 1958, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Lituya_Bay_earthquake_and_megatsunami . An earthquake caused a massive rockfall into a bay. The impact with the water generated a massive wave with a run up of 520m on the opposing slope. It was a shockingly powerful wave!

It turns out this kind of event is a risk in high latitude mountainous coastlines. The glaciers create steep valleys with fjords. The steep slopes have a high rockfall risk. In Norway, they are doing a mapping program to give warning before such disasters https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/comment-assessing-threat-massive-rock-slope-failures-norwegian-fjordlands

#TIL
#megatsunami
#tsunami
#rockfall

Yesterday evening I watched "La Montagne", a film about a man's experiences in the Alps near Chamonix.
Part of the plot involves (in a mystical way) lights emanating from rocks and ice, with unusual results...
However, I have a vague memory that sparks of light can sometimes be an indicator of an imminent rockfall, perhaps in some kind of piezoelectric process; has anyone else come across this?

#mountain #rockfall #glacier #alpine

भूस्खलन ट्रीटमेंट की सही तकनीक से रूबरू हुए इंजीनियर।

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/uk_rock_fall_soil_erosion_treatment_intoduction_seminar

#uttarakhand #dehradun #india #news #press #disaster #disastermanagement #soilerosion #rockfall #mountains #engineering #engineer #technique

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The end of the road trip?

The culture of 'the drive' requires sisyphean road maintenance, especially in a climate emergency.

Mobile sprawl as a form of 'recreation' eliminates the landscape. It is the annihilation of space and time. Motorists want to get from their door to the spectacle in the fastest way possible. The 'in-between space' viewed through the car window vanishes.

The pleasure cruise from A to B does not just degrade the landscape, but also eradicates possibilities of a livable planet. The overuse by the masses in their fossil fuel boxes makes the hillsides crumble, leads to landslides and erosion. After flash flooding, drought and heatwaves the roads have to be rebuilt over and over again.

Here are three cases of 'scenic drives':
California, Victoria and NSW

Extreme weather is changing California. These road trips show how
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/28/climate-extremes-california-road-trip

Climate Risk : The Path Ahead for the Great Ocean Road
Unsustainable Tourism
https://www.earlywarningnetwork.com.au/news/the-path-ahead-for-the-great-ocean-road

Waterfall Way scenic drive, NSW
https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/driving-routes/waterfall-way-scenic-drive
Why is the road called Waterfall Way ?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-15/waterfall-way-in-dorrigo-coffs-harbour-wet-weather-nsw/12986532

#TheDrive #Cars #roads #ScenicDrive #vehicles #MobileSprawl #tourism #FossilFuels #hazards #RoadTrips #culture #So50s #BigAuto #MobilityDesign #dromology #speed #GreatOceanRoad #WaterfallWay #Dorrigo #NSW #GlenifferRoad #landscapes #erosion #RockFall #FlashFlooding #ClimateCrisis

Global News BC: Section of Highway 3 in Southern Interior reopened after rockfall closure https://globalnews.ca/news/10077466/bc-highway-3-reopening-update-nov-7-2023/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #southerninterior #highwayclosure #Highway3 #Rockfall #Traffic

#rockfall yesterday in the Maurienne Valley, french #Alps 🇫🇷, causing the cut of roads to Italy 🇮🇹.

The relation to the permafrost melting, as suggested in the paper, is questionable because of low elevation of the event…
But any impact from the heavy rains of past days?

#geomorphology

#WalkAcrossTheAlps Day 4: Miralago - Le Prese
The trail soon shows that there might have a rock or two fallen down lately.
#rockfall

Mountains Are Collapsing - A Swiss Mountain Peak Fell Apart, Sending 3.5 Million Cubic Feet Of Rock Into The Valley Below - Scientists Warn Climate Change Could Make More Mountains Crumble.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/mountains-switzerland-collapsing-from-permafrost-melt-2023-8 <-- shared media article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #model #modeling #prediction #geology #engineeringgeology #massmovement #global #landslide #debrisflow #mudslide #mountain #cryosphere #glacier #snow #ice #permafrost #water #hydrology #rockfall #EuropeanAlps #europe #SouthernAlps #newzealand #andes #peru #indigeneous #firstnation #risk #hazard #publicsafety #climate #melting #snowandicemanagement #climatechange #landforms #change #geomorphology #globalwarming #IPCC #naturalhazard #geologichazards