{"id":1318395,"date":"2020-02-24T11:57:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T18:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=993918"},"modified":"2020-02-24T11:57:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T18:57:03","slug":"snow-squall-blasts-roaring-fork-valley-monday-morning-ahead-of-winter-storm-causes-treacherous-conditions-and-travel-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/snow-squall-blasts-roaring-fork-valley-monday-morning-ahead-of-winter-storm-causes-treacherous-conditions-and-travel-delays\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow squall blasts Roaring Fork Valley Monday morning ahead of winter storm, causes treacherous conditions and travel delays"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An intense wind ahead of the next winter storm hit the area from Carbondale to Aspen just before 8 a.m. Monday morning, setting off a series of issues for travelers and those trying to make their way to the Aspen ski areas.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service office in Grand Junction sent out a snow squall warning about 8:10 a.m. that ran until 8:45 a.m. for much of eastern Garfield and Pitkin counties. The squall rolled through the Carbondale and Basalt areas about 7:30-7:45 a.m., causing whiteout conditions as Roaring Fork Schools were about to start for the day.<\/p>\n

The storm also interrupted bus service to Snowmass Village going up and down Brush Creek Road from the park and ride for a short time (it resumed about 9:15 a.m.) and also delayed the open of Aspen Mountain and Buttermilk\/Tiehack.<\/p>\n

The Colorado Department of Transportation and State Patrol closed eastbound Interstate 70 over Vail Pass for a couple of hours, also. The interstate had reopened by about 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

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I-70 eastbound remains CLOSED Unsafe driving conditions creating a the safety closure at Vail. #cowx<\/a> #cotraffic<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/mBnOkCKD8k<\/a><\/p>\n

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There were also delays for morning flights arriving and departing from the Aspen\/Pitkin County Airport. Travelers were advised to check with their airlines or at aspenairport.com<\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n

\u201cA dangerous snow squall was located near Aspen \u2026 moving southeast at 30 mph. \u2026 Wind gusts greater than 45 mph,\u201d the warning stated.<\/p>\n

The weather service has issued a winter weather advisory for the Elk and Gore mountains until 9 a.m. Tuesday above 9,000 feet, and it included the Aspen and Snowmass area.<\/p>\n

Another 4 to 8 inches of snow is expected with this storm and winds gusting up to 45 mph.<\/p>\n

Those traveling along Interstate 70 on Monday should expect closures and delays through the day, the Colorado State Patrol said Monday morning.<\/p>\n

The Pitkin County Sheriff\u2019s Office sent a tweet warning drivers on Highway 82 that conditions could change rapidly during the morning storm. A group of cars was stopped near the Aspen airport and Mountain Rescue Aspen building, the Sheriff\u2019s Office stated.<\/p>\n

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An intense wind ahead of the next winter storm hit the area from Carbondale to Aspen just before 8 a.m. Monday morning, setting off a series of issues for travelers and those trying to make their way to the Aspen ski areas. The National Weather Service office in Grand Junction sent out a snow squall […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1318395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-05 15:56:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1318395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}