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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Horsetail Fall is located over the eastern ridge of El Capitan, a vertical rock formation on the western side of the national park. According to the National Park Service, the phenomenon happens ...

Horsetail Fall is located over the eastern ridge of El Capitan, a vertical rock formation on the western side of the national park. According to the National Park Service, the phenomenon happens ...