Yosemite’s Popular John Muir Trail Closed After Rockfall

The National Park Service has closed a 1,000-foot section of the John Muir Trail in Yosemite National Park until further notice after a rockfall sent boulders and trees onto it. The large rockfall occurred on April 15, obstructing the trail between Clark Point and the top of Nevada Fall, a 600-foot high waterfall on the Merced River in the park. “Nearly 1,000 feet of trail are covered with boulders, trees, and other debris,” the National Park Service at Yosemite said in an Instagram post April 25. The trail will require significant repair, including drilling and blasting of large boulders, according to park officials. Geologists were assessing the potential for more rockfalls in the area....