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30 June 2022
The Hallett Peak rockslide in Rocky Mountain National Park
On 28 June 2022 at about 4:30 p.m. a large rockslide occurred on the side of Hallett Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.
24 December 2021
Spruce Tree House – extreme rockfall management
Spruce Tree House in Colorado – rockfall management of a natural arch that shelters a key archaeological site in Mesa Verde National Park
10 September 2015
The West Salt Creek Landslide, Mesa County – implications for hazard management
The Colorado Geological Survey report into the West Salt Creek landslide in Mesa County includes recommendations on the management of hazards both at this site and in the local area
28 May 2014
Grand Mesa: an unusually large and mobile mudslide
The Grand Mesa mudslide in Mesa County, Colorado at the weekend was an unusually mobile rotational landslide / mudflow event that killed three people
2 October 2013
A selfless act of bravery – a father saves his daughter by shielding her with his body
In a selfless act of bravery, a father saved the life of 13-year-old Gracie Johnson by shielding her from rockslide debris in Colorado
1 October 2013
Five people killed in rockslide on Mount Princeton in Chaffee County, Colorado
A rockslide on Monday on the flanks of Mount Princeton in Chaffee County, Colorado killed five people and left a teenage girls with a broken leg
13 September 2013
A video of riverbank collapses in Utah
On September 11th, an interesting video of a series of flood-induced riverbank collapses in Wahweap Creek in Southern Utah was captured by David Rankin
31 March 2009
Terrific rockfall resource
The Colorado Geological Survey publishes a terrific quarterly newsletter on “all aspects of geology throughout the state of Colorado. The latest edition, which is available online for free from here, focuses on rockfalls. It is a terrific read, with some very interesting articles on how and why rockfalls happen; how they can be detected; mitigation approaches; and a number of case studies. It is illustrated with some great photos as …
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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