{"id":801899,"date":"2019-12-02T09:28:50","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T16:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=375375"},"modified":"2019-12-02T09:28:50","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T16:28:50","slug":"fairplay-opened-its-arms-to-over-700-stranded-travelers-over-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/fairplay-opened-its-arms-to-over-700-stranded-travelers-over-the-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairplay opened its arms to over 700 stranded travelers over the weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Snow-hazardous-driving-conditions-_2HR7282.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Snow-hazardous-driving-conditions-_2HR7282.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Snow-hazardous-driving-conditions-_2HR7282-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption><strong>A tanker truck heads north on Highway 285 on slippery roads with white out conditions on Feb. 6, 2019, near Fairplay.<\/strong><br \/><em>Helen H. Richardson \/ The Denver Post<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>When the emergency shelter in Fairplay ran out of blankets Saturday night, volunteers went door-to-door collecting extras from locals.<\/p>\n<p>When the hotels ran out of rooms, managers let stranded travelers sleep in the lobbies. When the shelter\u2019s cots were full, volunteers spread out the high school\u2019s wrestling mats to try to keep as many people as possible off the floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWords don\u2019t even describe what this small group of volunteers pulled off here,\u201d said Dave Kintz, chairman of the South Park Salvation Army.<\/p>\n<p>More than 700 people were stranded in Fairplay on Friday and Saturday after high winds, blowing snow and low visibility made travel impossible at the height of the post-Thanksgiving rush and closed a long stretch of U.S. 285, which remained closed along the Kenosha Pass on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>A group of volunteers stepped in to help manage the crowd as the sheer quantity of those stranded strained local resources.<\/p>\n<p>The town of 762 people sheltered 300 people overnight Friday and 446 people on Saturday, said Gene Stanley, director of emergency management for Park County. Authorities also rescued motorists from at least 30 cars that were stranded along U.S. 285 on Saturday, reaching the drivers by using tracked vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/12\/01\/colorado-road-closures-fairplay-shelters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Denver Post website, click here. (opens in a new tab)\">The Denver Post website, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/fairplay-opened-its-arms-to-over-700-stranded-travelers-over-the-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tanker truck heads north on Highway 285 on slippery roads with white out conditions on Feb. 6, 2019, near Fairplay.Helen H. Richardson \/ The Denver Post When the emergency shelter in Fairplay ran out of blankets Saturday night, volunteers went door-to-door collecting extras from locals. 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