In spring 2017 a landslide closed Route 1 near Big Sur, California. A landslide in California’s Big Sur buried a portion of the state’s coastal Highway 1 under 40 feet of rocks and dirt.. On May 20, 2017, the steep slopes at Mud Creek on California’s Big Sur coast, about 140 miles south of San Francisco, suffered a catastrophic collapse. A landslide that dumped about 6 million cubic yards of rock and debris across California Highway 1 near near Big Sur, California, in May 2017 was … A second, larger landslide spilled debris into the ocean. Big Sur Landslide. A portion of California's scenic Highway 1 reopened Wednesday more than a year after a major landslide buried the road, transportation officials said. Big Sur has gotten even bigger, because of a May 20 landslide. Image.

The Mud Creek landslide on California’s Big Sur coast.