This slide starts high on steep hillside

Roadway falling apart because of water drainage

Slide brings down large rocks

North side Grantsville has been struck by a record number of earth slides, some causing the roadways to fall apart.

Following the severe winter, ice storms, snow and the long spring of rain, rain, rain - the county has been plagued with rock and earth slides, possibly a record number.

Some of the slides have been caused by water eroding across areas of large up-rooted trees during the ice storm.

Others are from extremely steep hillsides like the area across the river from Grantsville, long known as Northside.

At least a half-dozen earth and rock slides are still producing and causing problems for the residents.

In recent years a slide destroyed a a Northside house and damaged others. This winter a huge boulder came though one dwelling.

Trees come down with this slide

Another section of road collapsing

Residents concerned about access