Wild footage out of Zion National Park where a visitor captured a massive rockslide kicked off yesterday in the Weeping Rock area. KSL reports Susan Grove was hiking along with her friend when she heard what sounded like a clap of thunder:

“When you see something like that coming down, it is scary at first. It was quite an experience. It was my first time on Angel’s Landing, and I couldn’t believe we experienced this.” –Susan Grove

Interesting side note, Susan Grove’s husband witnessed the last rockslide in the same location back in 2019. What a coinkydink:

“That’s very interesting that we both watched these rockslides. What does that say about us?”

The 2019 slide at Weeping Rock injured three hikers and stranded dozens more. That slide shut the majority of the trail down permanently. Only a quarter mile trail to the lookout remains open to Zion National Park visitors. No injuries were reported from Tuesday’s slide.

Park tour guide, Nolan Hanson, was lucky enough to see the slide firsthand and understands the rarity of witnessing something like this:

“I have been telling my guests about the 2019 slide for years. And to actually witness this one was unreal. I could be in the park for the next 100 years and never see anything like that again.” –Nolan Hanson, Zion Park Tourguide

The area surrounding Weeping Rock remains closed while scientists from Zion National Park assess the debris.

This video about rockfalls was posted by Zion National Park just one month ago. The 2019 rockfall is @3:40. Pretty nuts:

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