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Colorado Traffic

Colorado’s “I-70 Problem”

When the Eisenhower-Johnson Tunnel first fully opened to the public in 1979, it was the highest vehicular tunnel and one of the greatest feats of engineering in the world. An idea initially conceptualized over 100 years ago by William A.H Loveland, the first test bore through the Continental Divide came in 1943, thirty-six years before the tunnel would be finally […]

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Logan Tepper | February 10, 2025
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The 5 Western Ski Towns With the Worst Traffic

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There are few worse feelings than when peak amounts of stoke abruptly vanish as visions of first chair and untouched bowls are replaced with the harsh red of braking tail lights stretched out as far as the eye can see. The euphoria of heading to ski resorts is muted by the dread of highway traffic where you and thousands of […]

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Jared Roberts | October 3, 2024
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Colorado Ski Traffic, an Uphill Battle

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Traveling to Ski Areas is a necessary evil for those who don’t live locally. Specifically, in Colorado, the drive on I70 is often especially arduous. Massive crowds, hours of gridlocked traffic, all for the sake of time on the snow. In recent years, a population boom in the larger Denver area has aggravated already existingย issues. Since most Colorado ski areas […]

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Adrian Dolatschko | March 8, 2019
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