Precarious boulder at Whitney Portal

[Ryan10]

I took the family camping at Whitney Portal campground this past weekend. As I was in awe of the shear granite cliffs nearly completely surrounding us, I kept looking up. Almost perfectly perpendicular to our campsite about 4000ft above us, I see something strange, so I used my 55-200mm on my X-T2 to get a closer look.

At 55mm.

At 200mm...

It looks like the size of a small SUV. I can only imagine the destruction it could cause if it fell.

 

[AlanLichty]

Don't pitch your tent below that.... I think the question is not if it's going to fall but when.

Gravity always wins.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Thats an amazing area.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

That will come down. Reminds me of the Coffee Pot Rock in Sedona. The spout has a big crack and eventually water will freeze in the crack, expand it a bit more and the people living below will be in for a big surprise