{"id":2441522,"date":"2019-03-10T09:05:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T15:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=301367"},"modified":"2019-03-11T10:23:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T16:23:37","slug":"if-youre-traveling-i-70-sunday-expect-delays-for-avalanche-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/if-youre-traveling-i-70-sunday-expect-delays-for-avalanche-work\/","title":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re traveling I-70 Sunday, expect delays for avalanche work"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/03\/cdot.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/03\/cdot.png 400w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/03\/cdot-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/03\/cdot-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\"><\/figure>\n<p>Parts of Interstate 70 will be closed intermittently throughout the day Sunday as transportation officials address avalanche concerns in the central Colorado mountains.<\/p>\n<p>Vail Pass is closed first eastbound at mile marker 180 for avalanche mitigation on Sunday morning, followed by a section near Copper Mountain and then and area near Silver Plume.<\/p>\n<p>Operations are expected to take hours with an unknown&nbsp;time of reopening, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation, which has planned helicopter operations throughout the day along the interstate, including Vail Pass.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Colorado Avalanche Information Center has identified many mountain ranges in western Colorado as being at high risk for avalanche slides,\u201d CDOT said in a news release. \u201cIt is very likely that a natural slide could occur and motorists should plan for unexpected closures as well. There is also the possibility of large debris fields with trees and rocks mixed with snow in these slides, which can take maintenance operations longer to clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/if-youre-traveling-i-70-sunday-expect-delays-for-avalanche-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parts of Interstate 70 will be closed intermittently throughout the day Sunday as transportation officials address avalanche concerns in the central Colorado mountains. Vail Pass is closed first eastbound at mile marker 180 for avalanche mitigation on Sunday morning, followed by a section near Copper Mountain and then and area near Silver Plume. Operations are [&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-2441522","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 03:39:59","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\/2441522","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=2441522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441522\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}