page_title: Curry Village
section_title: 2008 rockfall
hierarchical_section_title: Curry Village / 21st-century events / 2008 rockfall
caption_attribution_description: English: A photo of a wooden duplex cabin located in Curry Village, California. This photo is from the US National Park Service List of Classified Structures where it has the preferred structure name "Camp Curry Duplex Cabin without bath #296/297", structure number CVL029, and LCS ID 246670.
context_page_description: Curry Village is a resort in Mariposa County, California in Yosemite National Park within the Yosemite Valley.
  A rockfall in 2008 damaged a number of structures, and about one third of visitor units were closed because of risk. In 2012, eight visitors to the park developed hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, and three died.
  In 2016, the name was temporarily changed to Half Dome Village due to a trademark dispute between the National Park Service and a private concessions company, Delaware North. The name was restored in 2019 along with others in Yosemite, upon settlement of the dispute.
context_section_description: A rockfall occurred in Yosemite National Park on the morning of October 8, 2008, near Curry Village. Park officials estimated the rockfall volume at approximately 6,000 cubic metres (7,800 cu yd), from a release halfway up the granite face above the village. Three visitors received minor injuries, and were treated and released. The rockfall destroyed two hard-sided visitor cabins and three tent cabins; three others were partially damaged. The Park Service evacuated visitors to Curry Village. Following a study by geologists, in November 2008, the park permanently closed 233 visitor accommodations and 43 concessioner-housing units at the site, about one third of the total units available in Curry Village. 36 units were reopened.
  Following a three-year study at Curry Village, the National Park Service announced in August 2011 that it would remove 72 buildings located within the rockfall hazard zone. The mostly hard-sided structures, including the Foster Curry Cabin, were to be documented and historic materials were salvaged. Replacement tent cabins were added to the site out of the hazard zone.
caption: A Curry Village wooden cabin
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