Area near the Grand Wall of the Stawamus Chief dome closed to climbers, hikers due to danger of further cracking
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.A climber is dwarfed by the massive rock face of the Chief in Stawamus Chief Provincial Park in Squamish, B.C., on Aug. 16, 2009. Climbing routes on the Grand Wall of the Stawamus Chief in Squamish are closed after a large slab broke off.Numerous rock climbing routes on the renowned Grand Wall of the Stawamus Chief in Squamish, B.C., are closed after a large slab broke off.
The society says studies done in Yosemite National Park in California show that water seeping into fractures running behind and parallel to a sheer rock face can be just as damaging during extreme heat as they are in winter, when the freeze-thaw cycle can pry sheets of rock from the mountainside. “There remains significant risk of further rockfall and there are a number of downed trees in the Grand Wall Boulders,” the site says.
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