Four hikers narrowly missed a rockfall that occurred on a popular trail in B.C.’s West Kootenay region earlier this week, according to the volunteer-run organization responsible for maintaining the trail.
Chris Kölmel, director of the Friends of Pulpit Rock Society based in Nelson, B.C., said the rockfall happened on Monday from a bluff located about halfway up the Pulpit Rock trail.
Kölmel added that the area had been deteriorating over the last year and recent extreme weather may have caused the rockfall.
“Lots of precipitation, [and] some of the freezing or frozen rains opened up some cracks and caused a rockfall,” he said.
The Pulpit Rock Trail has been closed since Monday after the rockfall. <!–
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