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Highway 168 four-lane to Shaver Lake remains shut down after rockslide worsens

A rockslide on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022, closed the four-lane stretch of Highway 168 in the Fresno County foothills near Shaver Lake. The road remained closed Sunday, with no estimate on when it would reopen.
A rockslide on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022, closed the four-lane stretch of Highway 168 in the Fresno County foothills near Shaver Lake. The road remained closed Sunday, with no estimate on when it would reopen. Caltrans

The California Highway Patrol on Sunday continued to monitor a rockslide that closed Highway 168, blocking access to Shaver Lake and other High Sierra destinations.

The slide, which occurred Saturday, was at the 2,500-foot level.

About 1:30 a.m. Sunday, the CHP reported that the slide had doubled in size during the latest round of heavy rainfall. By late morning, there was still no word on when the road might reopen.

Even emergency vehicles were unable to use the roadway. All traffic up and down the pass was being routed to Auberry Road.

No injuries or other damage was reported.

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Jim Guy
The Fresno Bee
A native of Colorado, Jim Guy studied political science, Latin American politics and Spanish literature at Fresno State University, and advanced Spanish grammar in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
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