Rockslide on the Sea to Sky

[dakine]

http://www.news1130.com/news/topstory/a ... 31245_9904

good thing it waited until after last weekend...

[Dru]

OMG fresh boulder problems? WIN

[supafly]

woah that's crazy!

[Anders Ourom]

Headline in tomorrow's Squamish paper:

"Rock slide closes Sea to Sky Highway. Vancouver isolated."

[J Mace]

Falcon just announced highway closed for 5 days at least

[supafly]

you're kidding - no weekend in squamish now :'(

[J Mace]

Get a ride from Porteau and you wont have to worry about crowds

or go up via Harrison and go straight to Pemby for your boulders

[supafly]

there should be a bus or boat service from porteau - leave your car and get a ride!

boy the squamish locals are gonna have a peaceful weekend by the sound of things. the bluffs will be like a ghost town..

[Anders Ourom]

The Ministry of Transportation and Highways has now announced that the closure will be for five days. The slide area is about 75 metres long, and covered in up to 10 metres of debris.
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news ... 228f38df3f

It doesn't appear that it would be possible to get to Squamish by going to Porteau, leaving a vehicle there, crossing the slide zone, and getting picked up on the other side. The slide covers the entire area from cliff to ocean, including the highway and railway tracks. It looks like significant blasting will be needed to reduce the debris to a manageable size, which suggests that the public won't be allowed in the area while work is under weigh - 24 hours a day, likely.

[J Mace]

right right...ya umm no way to get there..too dangerous

I will be top roping the grandwall this weekend, if you want a burn just ask

[supafly]

i am seriously looking into the possibility of kayaking there.

do we have estimates on how long it would take me?

i mean.. i got the whole weekend and monday!

[bradley3297]

BWAH HAHAHAHA> FINALLY SQUAMISH IS ALL MINE. MINE. LOCALS RULE THE ROCKS. ITS ALL MINE...so any squamish locals need a partner for the weekend. cause most of mine live in vancouver. sunday afternoon and monday.

[Anders Ourom]

I just noticed that the forum has now transmogrified me into a "junior member". Who'd a thunk it? I vaguely recall signing up as a grown up or something.

Gary: Please fix asap. Just don't put me down as 'sport' or a 'gym' climber.

[Anders Ourom]

The last lengthy closure of the Vancouver-Squamish highway that I can remember was in August 1975. There was a large collapse/slide about 2 km south of the current one, that closed the highway for a week.

There've been several short closures, both weather and slide related, but none of similar length for many years.

The Squamish-Whistler highway is another story.

[tobyfk]

Does anyone know anything about the Harrison-Pemberton road? I have to get my sister-in-law to Van airport from Squamish by Friday evening ... driving via Lilloet looks tedious.