I-70 now open to Copper

[ColoradoSkier]

http://www.black-diamond.com/roadsign.php?sign=36 (http://www.black-diamond.com)

What a nightmare for powder hounds though. 12" new at A-Basin and Vail, 11" at Breck and you couldn't get there...

[ColoradoXJ]

what a weird 'road closure' season we've had... :headbang:


but that's good news. i'm hittin the basin on sunday mornin (road conditions permitting...)

[bigblackrubicon]

We were there for a 2 night stay on Wed/Thurs. Instead of staying last night, we decided to drive back before the weather got bad.

The whole drive from Breckenridge to I-70 (9 miles) took 45 minutes due to blowing snow. I have never driven in 'white-out' conditions before. It was SCARY, all of the sudden you couldn't see 2" in front of you.

We must've made it just in time back to Denver because when I got home (at 10:15 p.m.) I saw that they had closed I-70 again.

We are headed back tonight for another 2-night stay up at Copper. Has the weather settled down?

If I leave at 5:00 p.m. am I going to hit MEGA traffic?

[ColoradoXJ]

prolly...


i remember driving loveland pass last season in a whiteout. twas fun :silly: i got through RIGHT before they closed it. just took it easy and watched out for people speeding up behind me

[Steve]

I-70 was never closed to Vail. :shrug:




Oh, you mean from your side of the mountains. We could still get there. :flipoff2:

[camo kid]

Yeah the snow driving sucks... I am stuck try'n to get home from work but berthoud is still closed... and the damn snow is still blowin over here in Grand lake!

[ColoradoXJ]

i love driving in the snow... i hate when they close the highway, cause i'd have a blast snowbashin i-70 :thumbsup:

[mikee_357]

sis was stuck in vail last night, just left and hit the road.

[mikee_357]

I-70 was never closed to Vail. :shrug:




Oh, you mean from your side of the mountains. We could still get there. :flipoff2:

uh, it was closed at avon last night:)

[cheftyler]

I-70 open to Vail now :)

[Tom N]

I have hit 2 whiteouts in the last 2 days in different spots that were so bad I had to coast to a stop and hope for the best. One of them I ended up on the wrong side of the road next to a snowbank. It is still windy as heck here. I am not going far from home today. Be careful and cross your fingers out there. No one passes me in snow EVAR so don't think I am exaggerating. :D

[BradyTrailRats]

It's no fun driving those conditions in a 4x4 But try doing it in a semi with an empty 53' trailer...it was a mess but I made it from Avon to GJ