Idyllwild News Rock slide closes Hwy. 243 By Town Crier - February 2, 2017 0 1127 Facebook Twitter Google+ Highway 74 was closed temporarily due to a rock slide last week. Photo courtesy Terri Kasinga, CaltransSplitting the boulder on Highway 243. Photo courtesy Terri Kasinga, CaltransLast week’s snow and rain caused several rock slides throughout Southern California. Here, a boulder blocking Highway 243 in the Poppet Flat area, south of Banning, is split and removed.Photo courtesy Terri Kasinga, CaltransRelated PostsPHOTOS: Spring Dance Concert at Idyllwild ArtsOpinion: Gift giving 2011News of Record: April 3, 2014