In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.

The formerly slow-moving Pretty Rocks landslide — intersecting with the park road — accelerated dramatically during the summer of 2021, moving up to two-thirds of an inch per hour.

Aug. 26—Over the past decade, landslides have exacted a mounting toll on Alaska communities. Sunday's deadly landslide in Ketchikan brings the number of people killed in Alaska landslides over the ...

W hen the Pretty Rocks Landslide—a climate change-induced menace that’s been active since the 1960s in Denali National Park & Reserve—cut off half of the main park road in August 2021, hard ...

In 2015, 76 million cubic meters of rock crashed from the rugged cliffs above a southeastern Alaska fjord and into the water below. The landslide sparked a nearly 200-meter-tall wave that roared ...

Fixing the landslide-damaged Pretty Rocks section of road is an ongoing and complex project, involving a specialized bridge and permafrost-protection devices, that is estimated to cost about $100 ...

Much of the ground in Alaska's Denali is losing its top layer of permafrost, ... But now, at mile 45.5 along that stretch, the Pretty Rocks Landslide is causing headaches, ...

In Denali National Park, Alaska, a major road has been rapidly slipping down a mountain as the permafrost melts. Now, a huge project to build a bridge over the Pretty Rocks landslide has begun ...

Landslides don't have to move fast to be powerful. In Denali National Park in Alaska, the 300-ft-wide Pretty Rocks landslide located at about Mile 45.4 of the Park Road, has been active for ...

The Pretty Rocks Landslide intersects Denali Park Road near its midpoint at Mile 45.4, ... Alaska’s Pretty Rocks Landslide to receive CMGC facelift from Granite Construction ...

Alaska’s Pretty Rocks Landslide to receive CMGC facelift from Granite Construction. February 15, 2023 04:30 PM Eastern Standard Time. WATSONVILLE, Calif.-- ...

Dave Schirokauer, Denali National Park and Preserve’s science and resources team manager, and two visitors survey the landslide damage on July 21, 2022, at the park’s Pretty Rocks site.