Recent Colorado Snowstorm Was One of the Worst in Last 100 Years The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend was one for the record books in Colorado. Up to five feet of snow fell in some areas and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) said it was one of the worst storms the state had seen in the last century. The only other storm that compared to it was the “bomb cyclone” […] Industry News Brent Thomas | January 22, 2024 0 Comments
Settlement Pending in Court Case of Men Who Triggered Avalanche at Eisenhower Tunnel, CO in March 2020 Related Article: Update on Court Case of Men Who Triggered Avalanche at Eisenhower Tunnel, CO March 20, 2020 Evan Hannibal and Tyler DeWitt, two Summit Country backcountry snowboarders who triggered an avalanche last year that buried a CDOT maintenance road and damaged avalanche mitigation equipment, have worked out a deal with their attorney and the 5th Judicial District Attorney to […] Avalanche Mike Bartholow | May 19, 2021 0 Comments
Barricading Loveland Pass, CO Parking Lots Was a Success, Officials Say The Colorado Department of Transport announced Saturday that they will be barricading parking lots at a popular backcountry ski area, to prevent motorists from parking unsafely on US 6. “This has been a reoccurring problem and a growing problem,” CDOT communications manager Elise Thatcher told Summit Daily. “We’ve been working with the Department of Natural Resources and the Colorado State […] SnowBrains | April 21, 2020 1 Comment
Natural Avalanche that Destroyed Guard Rail May Delay Opening of Independence Pass, Aspen, CO While clearing the 12,095-foot Independence Pass, Colorado Department of Transport (CDOT) crews discovered that a natural avalanche has destroyed a 300-foot stretch of the guardrail, potentially delaying the opening of the pass for the first time in 5-years. Related: CDOT Launched 1,500 Avalanche Ordinances this Winter – 22 Failed to Explode and May Be a Threat to Hikers The pass, closed […] Avalanche AvyBrains | April 26, 2019 1 Comment
CDOT Launched 1,500 Avalanche Ordinances this Winter – 22 Failed to Explode and May Be a Threat to Hikers As a record avalanche season slowly comes to an end across Colorado, the state’s Department of Transportation is warning hikers to be on the lookout for un-exploded avalanche ordinances, reports KDVR. So far this winter, CDOT has deployed 1,500 ordinances across the state of which 22 failed to explode. Related: AERIAL FOOTAGE: I-70 in Colorado CLOSED After Huge Controlled Avalanche Hits […] Avalanche AvyBrains | April 19, 2019 0 Comments
Red Mountain Pass, CO: Closed for Foreseeable Future The crazy just keeps coming. The wettest winter in recorded American history has produced a voluptuous Colorado snowpack and dangerous avalanche conditions. Avalanche mitigation work by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) on Red Mountain Pass between Silverton & Ouray produced a slide so large CDOT has abandoned plans to reopen the pass. Several more feet of snow are in […] Avalanche Curtis Weller | March 12, 2019 0 Comments
Crowds are the Constant in Colorado Colorado was pretty Coloradical until it became Crowdarado. Whether you like to admit it or not, the reality is the Centennial State is becoming increasingly more crowded and it doesn’t show any sign of slowing down. Between 2010 and July 2017, the population in Denver and its suburbs increased by an average of nearly 51,000 annually. What we’ve been experiencing is significant […] Featured Article Jon Roubik | February 28, 2019 4 Comments
Wolf Creek Pass, CO Claims Another Victim: 42,100-Pounds-Of-BEER… “It was an absolute fountain of beer…” “The beer was just absolutely everywhere. It was pretty hilarious.” – said Rachel Smith, witness to the truck crash and resident of Durango, Colorado in an interview with the Durango Herald Highway 160 – A semi-truck drivers brakes went out just over the top of Wolf Creek Pass Colorado on June 12, 2017, […] Crash CrashBrains | July 19, 2017 0 Comments
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