Car destroyed in rockslide on Whistler highway

Misc CDN | 206653 hits | Apr 14 5:17 pm | Posted by: Hyack

A rockslide on the Sea-to-Sky Highway between Whistler and Vancouver destroyed one vehicle early Thursday morning as boulders the size of cars crashed down onto the road.

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by crystalsm
Fri Apr 15, 2011 5:19 pm
Those are some big frickin' rocks.
Guy is lucky to have walked away with just minor injuries!
by andyt
Fri Apr 15, 2011 5:23 pm
The article doesn't mention it, but we've had at least one person squashed by a boulder there. They weren't so lucky. Then there were the people who drove off the bridge that had been washed away by a mudslide.
by Barilko
Fri Apr 15, 2011 5:39 pm
"andyt" said
The article doesn't mention it, but we've had at least one person squashed by a boulder there. They weren't so lucky. Then there were the people who drove off the bridge that had been washed away by a mudslide.

That was all long long ago and it wasn't a mudslide it was a slide-Welcome to mountain driving.
by andyt
Fri Apr 15, 2011 5:42 pm
"Barilko" said
The article doesn't mention it, but we've had at least one person squashed by a boulder there. They weren't so lucky. Then there were the people who drove off the bridge that had been washed away by a mudslide.

That was all long long ago and it wasn't a mudslide it was a slide-Welcome to mountain driving.

A mudslide that reached a speed of 80 km per hour wiped out the centre of the M Creek bridge in less than 30 seconds,
by Brenda
Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:45 pm
"andyt" said
The article doesn't mention it, but we've had at least one person squashed by a boulder there. They weren't so lucky. Then there were the people who drove off the bridge that had been washed away by a mudslide.

That was all long long ago and it wasn't a mudslide it was a slide-Welcome to mountain driving.

A mudslide that reached a speed of 80 km per hour wiped out the centre of the M Creek bridge in less than 30 seconds,

Jesus, that was in 1982... 2 generations have been born since then.
by andyt
Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:52 pm
Fresh in my mind. Guess that's what happens when you get old. At the time I used to drive that highway all the time in the dark to get to the back country or Whistler, so it made an impact on me.

I think the boulder squashing thing was a little more recent. Poor woman was sitting there 'cause the highway was closed and splat.

Barilko was probably thinking of this more recent incident:
Troubling questions arise about the night five people died when Rutherford Creek bridge was destroyed in a massive rainstorm
That was in 2003. But still no rock slide.

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