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A few friendly faces beginning to drift in for Progressive Rock Failure Conference in Ascona.

Full house for the ITASCA segment of the PRF 2017 numerical modelling workshop

Pre-coffee focus from engineers, geomorphologists, material scientists, and numerical modellers alike

Ascona waterfront

Lake Maggiore on sunset

Several generations of rock mechanics experts walk the rocky plank

Looking south up the Schollenen gorge

$Exfoliation fractures and rockfall above a cogwheel rail line in the Schollenen gorge$

The replacement Haderlisbrucke. Schollenen gorge.

$Getting a little closer to fractographic markings on exfoliation surfaces$

$Discussing modes and mechanisms of exfoliation fracture generation$

Spectacular exfoliated frock slopes

The headscarp of the Preonso rockslide. Credit: A. Voigtländer

Standing below the headscarp of the Preonso rockslide. Credit: A. Voigtländer

some Escapees visit the Contra Dam in the Verzasca valley

the crest of the Contra Dam, Verzasca valley.

The narrow gorge extending down from the Contra Dam to Lake Maggiore

Evening entertainment form Compagnia Due at the conference dinner

Looking down on Lake Maggiore after some morning exercise

A spectacular view across the Schollenen gorge

Bernard Hallet and Brian Collins discuss the formation of arcuate cracks on sub-glacial bedrock

$Finally a sunny day. Time for PRF 'surface' people to get stuck into post-glacial fractures on the Gotthard.$

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