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Bluff collapse
Sandstone hillside in Cardiff slides toward staircase
A pedestrian noticed the pampas grass to the left of the stairs pushing through the railing.
A bluff collapse hit below the San Elijo State Campground in Cardiff-by-the Sea on Friday, January 9. No one was injured below.
Cheryl, who walks daily along the beach, said she walking down the wooden #5 staircase that day and noticed the pampas grass to the left of the stairs, pushing through the railing. She thought it had grown rather quickly, as it was much closer than the day before. The bluff was in the process of sliding.
Once noticed, the state park shut down the staircase. State Park’s North Coast sector superintendent, Robin Greene, said an engineer needs to evaluate the slide and the staircase to see if any damage has occurred or if the bluff is in danger of sliding further. As of 4:00 p.m. January 12, no further sliding has been noticed. “The stairs look to be in good condition,” said Greene. “We may remove the material with heavy equipment if removal would not exacerbate the collapse. Either way, the stairs will not open until the bluff and stairs are clearly examined.”
Sandstone bluff collapses are fairly common between Torrey Pines and Carlsbad, usually caused by years of drought, combined with minor earthquakes that create small fissures; winter waves crashing at their base also play a role. State Park’s Green says, “The bluff also contained non-native vegetation such as ice plant, which tends to make the bluffs more unstable.”
Warning signs have been posted for years up and down the beach, advising beachgoers not to sit too close to the bottom of the bluff, nor climb on them. The last major collapse was on January 12, 2011, when 110 feet of bluff in the 1500 block of Neptune Avenue collapsed, taking the homeowner’s landscaping and beach access stairs with it.
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Bluff collapse
Sandstone hillside in Cardiff slides toward staircase
Bluff collapse
Sandstone hillside in Cardiff slides toward staircase
A pedestrian noticed the pampas grass to the left of the stairs pushing through the railing.
A bluff collapse hit below the San Elijo State Campground in Cardiff-by-the Sea on Friday, January 9. No one was injured below.
Cheryl, who walks daily along the beach, said she walking down the wooden #5 staircase that day and noticed the pampas grass to the left of the stairs, pushing through the railing. She thought it had grown rather quickly, as it was much closer than the day before. The bluff was in the process of sliding.
Once noticed, the state park shut down the staircase. State Park’s North Coast sector superintendent, Robin Greene, said an engineer needs to evaluate the slide and the staircase to see if any damage has occurred or if the bluff is in danger of sliding further. As of 4:00 p.m. January 12, no further sliding has been noticed. “The stairs look to be in good condition,” said Greene. “We may remove the material with heavy equipment if removal would not exacerbate the collapse. Either way, the stairs will not open until the bluff and stairs are clearly examined.”
Sandstone bluff collapses are fairly common between Torrey Pines and Carlsbad, usually caused by years of drought, combined with minor earthquakes that create small fissures; winter waves crashing at their base also play a role. State Park’s Green says, “The bluff also contained non-native vegetation such as ice plant, which tends to make the bluffs more unstable.”
Warning signs have been posted for years up and down the beach, advising beachgoers not to sit too close to the bottom of the bluff, nor climb on them. The last major collapse was on January 12, 2011, when 110 feet of bluff in the 1500 block of Neptune Avenue collapsed, taking the homeowner’s landscaping and beach access stairs with it.
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