Christopher Chuck Bailey News Today

Mid-day on Sunday (May 2nd, 2021), I crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains along U.S. Route 250. As I traveled up the mountain, just to the west of the Albemarle-Nelson county line, I noticed a modest pile of rock debris and tilted trees on the uphill side of the highway. A small mass wasting event had recently occurred—this was no surprise as the southeastern slope of the Blue Ridge near Rockfish Gap is prone to mass movement because of its geology.

Inside what caused the Afton Mountain rock slide Published Tuesday, May. 11, 2021, 1:08 pm Join AFPs 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com College of William & Mary structural geology professor Christopher “Chuck” Bailey joins the show to discuss the factors that caused the Afton Mountain rock slide. More on the rock slide Mid-day on Sunday (May ...

BRYAN MCKENZIE The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress It started with a few rocks dribbling onto the pavement from above and ended with tons of soil, rock and debris shutting the road down. Rockfish Gap Turnpike, also known as U.S. 250, was shut down Monday as chunks of greenstone bedrock broke free and slid down the steep mountain side sandwiched between Interstate 64 and the turnpike. Crews on the scene have been working all week to remove the original slide material and pulling dow...