Here are some photos of the landslide / rockfall / avalanche off of Mount Irvine on the morning of 7/22/14 at just after 6am.
Talking to Doug Sr later that day back down at the store, I heard there were reports that this avalanche made it all the way down to Mirror Lake and some hikers on the main trail had to take cover.
I made them into an animated GIF:
http://makeagif.com/i/vmDPYtThe last frame is several seconds after the first set. I didn't have my camera set to ideal settings for such a thing. It was just a quick reaction.
These photos were taken from about 300 feet above Trail Camp on the sort of shelf that sticks out around the base of Wotan's Throne. Camera is pointed east. A lot of the slope there in the frame goes down towards Trailside Meadow, Mirror Lake, etc. There are some huge rocks flying down the steep slope off of Irvine. I didn't hear of anyone getting hurt and I'm certainly glad about that.
About 10:40am in the vicinity of Mirror Lake, we also heard what sounded like a thunder: a deep rumble sound that was far off. No idea what caused that sound but we presumed another landslide somewhere.
Anyone else on the main trail 7/22 have some insight or experiences to share?
-K
