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| Dust cloud coming from the eastern rim of Grand Canyon near Carbon Creek Canyon. Temple Butte is the high-standing pyramid left of the dust cloud and Carbon Creek Canyon is hidden in front of it. |
On November 21, 2024 the National Park Service at Grand Canyon National Park reported a large rock fall that occurred on Tuesday, November 12 just downstream from the confluence from the Little Colorado River. National Park Service personnel were on a river trip stopped over on river left at River Mile 66 at Espejo Creek. They looked upstream and saw a huge dust cloud coming down the west-facing slope of the east rim of the canyon.
The rock fall and dust cloud appeared to be opposite of Carbon Creek Canyon, a popular and often use campsite on Grand Canyon river trips. Any river runners camping there or passing by the spot in their rafts would have been affected by debris and dust from the rock fall. No reports of incidents involving river runners or of rocks entering the river channel have been reported.
The NPS released a video of the latter portions of the event and it can be viewed here. Thanks to the NPS for reporting this geologic event!
Wayne, did you mean east-facing slope of west rim?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment. I realize that the way I wrote, that might not be the clearest. However, as written, it is correct. The river is generally running north to south in this area. The rockfall came off of the eastern wall down a west facing slope into the river. The carbon Creek camp is on the west side of the river
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