At the trailhead I found a tiny worksite with chairs, a tool storage shed and a water cooler abandoned . Later I learned that four college-aged kids had undertaken some trailwork along the route. Since there have been no reports of casualties, all four evidently escaped the impact of the falling rock and lived to tell what must be a pretty exciting story about their near miss.
By nightfall, the park service had set up a roadblock with a floodlight along the only paved road leading to the hotel. Guests were shuttled back in groups to reclaim belongings from their rooms, as well as their vehicles. It was a slow process, prompting a few testy confrontations in nearby Yosemite Village, where a staging area was set up near the Village Store. Most guests were re-booked at hotels outside the park, which in some cases involved a long, late-night drive.
