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Santa Claus has left the Rims.
The 150-plus-ton sandstone formation that was dubbed Santa Claus Rock by the earliest settlers in the Yellowstone Valley was reduced to a pile of boulders and rubble early Sunday. (more…) Continue Reading →
A huge column of sandstone that towers over Sixth Avenue North is not going to be blown off the Rims with dynamite, as the “Monkey Face” formation over Zimmerman Trail was. City Engineer Debi Meling said it will be pulled over backward to lie on the rock shelf on which it is now perched. (more…) Continue Reading →
People living near Zimmerman Trail probably don’t need to worry about the prospect of earth-shattering explosions to bring down dangerous rock formations. (more…) Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: If some parts of this story look familiar, they should. This is a revised, combined and updated version of the two stories posted Monday about the falling rock near Zimmerman Trail. (more…) Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: Don’t miss the video of the rockfall, posted by KTVQ. A link is at the bottom of this story. In the story posted just below this one, City Engineer Debi Meling predicted that another giant slab of sandstone would be falling off the Rims near Zimmerman Trail, hours after enormous boulders came down early Monday. (more…) Continue Reading →
Several huge boulders sheared off the Rims just west of Zimmerman Trail early Monday, coming to rest about 150 feet from the home of Scott Kinne and Annette Stone. “We have an RV,” Kinne said. “We spent the night in the Wal-Mart parking lot.” (more…) Continue Reading →
