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Charlie Lyon

Gigantic rockslide closes major highway into Yosemite – see photos of the mammoth debris pile

Route 140 Yosemite National Park.

A gigantic rockslide on one of the main routes into Yosemite National Park has closed the road, and highway agencies have no idea when it will reopen.

Tons of rock have landed across a portion of Route 140 between Briceburg and El Portal in Mariposa County, burying the road under debris. Wet weather in the narrow canyon is said to have caused the slide.

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