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Colorado Mountain Pass Closed After Mudslide Buries it Under 3-Feet of Mud and Debris

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US 550 Red Mountain Pass in Colorado closed on Tuesday after a significant mudslide buried the road under three feet of mud and debris. Related: Hail as Deep as 1 Foot of Snow Floods Streets of Estes Park as Monsoon Surge Pushes into Colorado The slide occurred just south of Ironton Park, approximately MP 84.5, at 3 pm and CDOT […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | July 29, 2022
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Red Mountain Pass, CO: Closed for Foreseeable Future

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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 […]

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Curtis Weller | March 12, 2019
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Silverton, CO Avalanche Injures 2 Backcountry Skiers & Buries Highway 15-Feet Deep

A skier triggered avalanche on Red Pass near Silverton, Colorado injured two skiers and covered the highway, US 550 on February 13th.  The avalanche triggered was a large wet slab that buried the road in 12-15 FEET of avalanche debris.  The skiers who were caught in the slide sustained minor injuries, but luckily there were no deaths.  The slide was […]

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Keenan Grady | February 17, 2016
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Red Mountain Pass, CO Conditions Report Video | Huck-Worthy Pow on October 11th

Southwestern Colorado has been getting legitimate amounts of snow this Fall (big lines in the San Juans, CO on Sept. 30th, 2013). Legit enough for skiing and riding deep pow on both big lines and tree runs. This video captures 15 seconds of Devon Overton ripping mid-winter pow on Red Mountain Pass, CO on October 11th , 2013. Many of us hope for just one run like this per winter. Devon’s already chalked one up in October. Not […]

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