The initial rock fell from the eastern face of El Capitan, not far from Horsetail Fall — the site of Yosemite’s famous firefall. The phenomenon occurs when the setting sun hits the El Capitan ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The massive granite slab that fell from the iconic El Capitan rock formation in Yosemite National Park and killed a British climber was a rare event — but only because the rock fall ...

Visitors to Yosemite National Park this week got a first-hand view of the power of nature. A large rockslide on Monday sent tons of boulders crashing down from El Capitan, the immense 3,000-foot ...

The massive granite slab that fell Wednesday from the iconic El Capitan rock formation in Yosemite National Park and killed a British climber was a rare event -- but only because the rock fall ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Two days of cracking, thundering falling rock at Yosemite National Park have left one man dead, two people injured, and even experienced climbers stunned by the spectacle.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A massive new rock fall hit Yosemite National Park on Thursday, cracking with a thundering roar off the iconic El Capitan rock formation and sending huge plumes of white ...

About 30 climbers were on El Capitan just before 2 p.m. Wednesday ... Here are some more images of the rockfall: Massive rock fall on El Cap. Video taken from Higher Cathedral Spire, with @bmdhacks.

The park indicated that seven rock falls actually occurred during a four-hour period Wednesday on the southeast face of El Capitan. However, it was rare for such a collapse to kill anyone ...

Massive hunk of rock sheers off iconic El Capitan, one day after a rock fall in the same area killed a British tourist and seriously injured his wife; William La Jeunesse reports from Los Angeles.

"Mountaineers from around the world travel to the park in the Sierra Nevada to scale El Capitan's sheer face. Fall is one of the peak seasons because the days are long and the weather is warm.Rock ...

A day after a deadly rock fall on El Capitan at Yosemite National Park, another, larger rock fall on the popular peak injured at least one person Thursday. Thursday's rock fall occurred about 3:30 ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — One person was killed Wednesday and another injured in a rock fall on the granite face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, an official said. Rocks came ...