{"id":2441455,"date":"2019-03-07T17:06:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T00:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=301236"},"modified":"2019-03-07T17:06:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T00:06:35","slug":"multiple-cars-buried-after-major-avalanche-on-highway-91-near-copper-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/multiple-cars-buried-after-major-avalanche-on-highway-91-near-copper-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple cars buried after major avalanche on Highway 91 near Copper Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/03\/copperavvy3-498x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/03\/copperavvy3.jpg 498w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/03\/copperavvy3-146x300.jpg 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\"><figcaption><strong>A look at the avalanche path that dumped 15 feet of snow on C0 91 near Copper Mountain, trapping multiple cars in the slide.<\/strong><br \/>Colorado State Patrol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Colin Remillard, a spokesperson with Colorado State Patrol, said Thursday afternoon that in addition to the massive avalanche that trapped cars on Highway 91, there were \u201cmultiple\u201d others in the same area. Where exactly they occurred or to what extent is currently unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Pitman, spokesperson with the Summit Rescue Group, said that it\u2019s still unclear how many cars were trapped in the slide on CO 91, but said at least one vehicle was turned completely upside down and totally buried. The driver has been extricated, and no injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<\/figure>\n<p>At about 4 p.m. Thursday a massive avalanche hit Highway 91 by milepost 21, near Copper Mountain. Multiple cars were trapped in the slide, though there are no reports of injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The avalanche covered about 300 feet of the roadway, with snow about 15 feet deep, said Remillard. He said that at least two cars and as many as four were trapped in the slide. The people inside the cars were rescued, though the cars are still trapped in the roadway.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/multiple-cars-buried-in-avalanche-on-highway-91-near-copper-mountain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A look at the avalanche path that dumped 15 feet of snow on C0 91 near Copper Mountain, trapping multiple cars in the slide.Colorado State Patrol Colin Remillard, a spokesperson with Colorado State Patrol, said Thursday afternoon that in addition to the massive avalanche that trapped cars on Highway 91, there were \u201cmultiple\u201d others in [&hellip;]<\/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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2441455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 01:13:33","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":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}