Road Conditions... 4/14/2011

CDOT report 04/14/2011 07:27 AM http://cotrip.org/roadConditions.htm

US 285 Pine Jct-Conifer-Turkey Creek Cyn (Poor Visibility) (Scattered Showers) (Snow) (Wet) Chains all commercial
vehicles, including buses, vans 16+ capacity Chains all commercial vehicles, including buses, vans 16+ capacity
US 285 Grant-Bailey-Pine Jct (Icy Spots) (Slushy) (Snow)
US 285 Kenosha Pass (Icy Spots) (Slushy) (Snow)
US 285 Antero Jct-Fairplay-Jefferson (South Park) (Slushy) (Snow) (Wet)
US 285 Trout Creek Pass (Dry)
US 285 Poncha Springs - Buena Vista (Dry)
US 285 Poncha Pass (Dry)


FRONT RANGE HIGHWAYS - DENVER, BOULDER AND SURROUNDING AREAS
I 76 Denver-Brighton (Wet) (Scattered Showers)
I 225 I-225 from I-25 to I-70 (Scattered Showers) (Wet)
I 270 270 from I-76 to I-70 (Scattered Showers) (Wet)
US 6 Denver-Golden (Slushy) (Snow) (Wet)
US 6 Clear Creek Canyon (Slushy) (Snow) (Wet)
US 34 Loveland-Estes Park (Slushy) (Snow) (Wet)
US 36 Denver-Boulder (Rain) (Wet)
US 36 Boulder-Lyons (Slushy) (Snow) (Wet)
US 36 Lyons-Estes Park (Slushy) (Snow) (Wet)
US 85 Denver-Castle Rock (Rain) (Wet)
US 285 US 285 Hampden Ave (Rain) (Wet)
US 287 Ft Collins-Wyoming (Slushy) (Snow) (Wet)
US 287 US 287 Westminster-Ft. Collins (Scattered Showers) (Wet)
CO 7 Boulder-Brighton/US 85 (Scattered Showers) (Wet)
CO 7 Estes Park-Lyons (Snow) (Icy) (Snow Packed)
CO 8 Morrison (Slushy) (Snow) (Wet)
CO 58 Golden-Arvada (Slushy) (Snow) (Wet)
CO 67 Rampart Range Rd-Sedalia (Scattered Showers) (Wet)
CO 67 Woodland Park-Deckers (Scattered Showers) (Wet)
CO 72 Coal Creek Canyon-Ward (Snow) (Icy) (Snow Packed)
CO 74 Evergreen-Morrison (Slushy) (Snow) (Wet)
CO 83 Franktown-Parker (Scattered Showers) (Wet)
CO 83 CO Springs - El Paso CL-Franktown (Scattered Showers) (Wet)
CO 93 Golden-Boulder (Slushy) (Snow) (Wet)
CO 119 Boulder-Longmont (Rain) (Wet)
CO 119 Boulder-Nederland (Slushy) (Snow) (Wet) Closed to Traffic
CO 119 Blackhawk-Central City Area (Slushy) (Snow) (Wet)
C 470 I-70 to I-25 (Slushy) (Snow) (Wet)
E 470 E-470 (Scattered Showers) (Wet)

I was on the roads at about 5:00 am. There was not one freakin plow out there. It was like driving in 4" of wet concrete. I got to a parking lot that had been plowed - it was easy driving there.

It's like the person in charge of the plows woke up, looked out and thought "Wow. what's the white stuff?" Then had a cup of coffee and suddenly thought "OH! snow! We need to do something about that!"

School busses 20-30 minutes late (my son's bus was 40 minutes late). Accidents everywhere, Accident alert called, all becuase there were no plows.

What road was this? 285?

Driving from Fairplay to Breckenridge this morning...not one plow was seen, either on the road or parked in an area beside it.

Road conditions were not as bad as I thought they'd be and were worse in Park County than in Summit County. Blowing, wet snow still coming down, they're predicting until 9 or 10 this morning.

CinnamonGirl wrote: What road was this? 285?

Nope. I commute on 74 and I-70.

I don't know whether this contributed or not, but the NWS cancelled the Winter Weather Advisory for Jefferson County above 6000' and Northeast Park County below 9000' at 3:01 AM today.

Uhhhhhhhh.....this is CO not GA.......

When we left the BOCC meeting about 11:00 am, the wind was so strong it took three people to open the door.

Then, 285 to Kenosha Pass was closed so we had to come through Breck and I-70.

That wind was brutal over there. Gotta love South Park

Waiting for the RTD bus this morning at PJ, I saw two plows headed northbound and two plows headed southbound. This was between 5:25 and 5:45. Then I saw saw a couple more on my lovely drive down the hill. :VeryScared: