DENVER (KDVR) — Crews had been detouring site visitors from eastbound Interstate 70 in Silverthorne on Sunday night time as heavy snow coated the roadway, inflicting security considerations.
In accordance with the Colorado Division of Transportation, the eastbound lanes had been closed between Exit 203 and Exit 205 (East Frisco and Silverthorne). The division cited a number of spun-out automobiles and mentioned crews had been working to make sure highway security earlier than reopening it.
All of I-70 between Vail and Idaho Springs seemed to be gradual going for motorists, particularly eastbound motorists headed towards Denver from the mountains. The realm can be beneath an avalanche warning — one thing one driver came upon first-hand when his pickup truck was pushed off the roadway by an avalanche on Loveland Cross.
CDOT famous in a launch shared Thursday that President’s Day weekend is the second-busiest weekend vacation, traditionally, on the I-70 mountain hall. It follows solely Labor with almost 180,804 automobiles touring by means of the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels.
Monday, Feb. 19, is projected to be one of many busiest days of journey with peak occasions on the tunnels anticipated to start at about 10 a.m. by means of about 3 p.m. Winter climate advisories and winter storm warnings within the mountains and alongside I-70 are in impact till 5 a.m. Tuesday.
FOX31 Pinpoint Climate Workforce Meteorologist Liz McGiffin is forecasting upward of a foot or two of snow in mountain areas, however Denver is simply forecasted to obtain lower than an inch of snow.
