Massive rockslide in RMNP near Hallet peak

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Re: Massive rockslide in RMNP near Hallet peak

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d_baker wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 4:19 pm
BillMiddlebrook wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:24 pm Man do I hate vertical videos
And the soundtrack. I like the song, but would have been nice to hear the rock fall.
Amazing timing on getting video of it though.
This one has some rock noise, and a lot of "Oh my God!"

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Re: Massive rockslide in RMNP near Hallet peak

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bdloftin77 wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 4:33 pm
d_baker wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 4:19 pm
BillMiddlebrook wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:24 pm Man do I hate vertical videos
And the soundtrack. I like the song, but would have been nice to hear the rock fall.
Amazing timing on getting video of it though.
This one has some rock noise, and a lot of "Oh my God!"

https://fb.watch/dYy-vxrhkQ/
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Thanks for posting that one.
What towers?
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Carl_Healy wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 4:26 pm Really wanting to see what the before and after pictures look like...
One idea is to use "Google Street View" in the area, not sure what side of the mountain.

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Re: Massive rockslide in RMNP near Hallet peak

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XterraRob wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 5:24 pm
Carl_Healy wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 4:26 pm Really wanting to see what the before and after pictures look like...
One idea is to use "Google Street View" in the area, not sure what side of the mountain.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Halle ... 96!5m1!1e4
Think the two large "towers" they talk about are pictured here from Otis Peak in 2015:
Hallet from Otis Oct-2015
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Re: Massive rockslide in RMNP near Hallet peak

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Carl_Healy wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 5:35 pm
XterraRob wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 5:24 pm
Carl_Healy wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 4:26 pm Really wanting to see what the before and after pictures look like...
One idea is to use "Google Street View" in the area, not sure what side of the mountain.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Halle ... 96!5m1!1e4
Think the two large "towers" they talk about are pictured here from Otis Peak in 2015:
Hallet from Otis Oct-2015.jpg
Nice. Yeah Spencer McKee thinks the same thing.

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More like a mountain slide
That thing was huge
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Carl_Healy wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 5:35 pmThink the two large "towers" they talk about are pictured here from Otis Peak in 2015:
Hallet from Otis Oct-2015.jpg
I want to see a pic from this same spot as of today. It's hard to tell how wide and how thick/deep the slide was from the videos. Huge, certainly, but a before and after pic will be rather enlightening.
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Trotter wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 12:22 pm The idiot standing below it and continuing to film, instead of starting to run. Potential death is worth a cool instagram video right? #-o
in fairness to those guys, if you're in the slide path, you're not outrunning that thing.
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For those wondering where it was, per rmnp's Facebook page, upper chaos canyon.



News Story on some guys bouldering in the area (I think are the ones who took videos as well).

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/l ... ional-park
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timisimaginary wrote: Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:25 am
Trotter wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 12:22 pm The idiot standing below it and continuing to film, instead of starting to run. Potential death is worth a cool instagram video right? #-o
in fairness to those guys, if you're in the slide path, you're not outrunning that thing.
not with that attitude
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Re: Massive rockslide in RMNP near Hallet peak

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Some before pictures of the area, although I think the two are different spots and rocks. Rocks look similar though. Doesn't look like fun terrain when dry, but it must see some skiers.
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