Some Curry Village lodging still closed after Yosemite National Park rockslide

About one-third of the 500 or so cabins at Curry Village in Yosemite National Park remained off-limits Thursday after a rockslide that injured three park visitors and destroyed more than half a dozen cabins, park officials said.

Guests who had been staying in the evacuated cabins have been moved temporarily to nearby empty cabins and to staff housing while park workers assess the damage from the 1,800-cubic-yard slab of rock that broke off from Glacier Point and rolled into the village. Park officials say lodging may be limited at the park temporarily due to the partial evacuation.

Still, park officials say all roads and trails remain open.

Concern about the potential for more slides prompted park officials to evacuate all visitors from Curry Village after the initial slide Wednesday morning. But by nightfall, authorities began to reopen the village with restrictions around the rockfall site.

The rockfall was the second in two days at Glacier Point. No one was hurt in the smaller slide Tuesday. Park spokeswoman Kari Cobb said such slides are normal, although Wednesday’s rockfall was larger than most.

— Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times staff writer

[Photo: Curry Village area as seen from the Glacier Point slide. Credit: Tom Trujillo / Associated Press]

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