Debris from a large landslide blocked 5 Mile Lutak Road for at least seven hours early Monday, but that wasn’t the half of it, said Matt Boron, Haines foreman for the Department of Transportation.

Boron estimates nearly two-thirds of the 1,000 cubic yards of debris that came off the mountain crossed the road and tumbled down an embankment on the opposite side. “We only had to move about a third of what came down. A…