Hwy 285 Road Conditions

Ron Bucar 21 mins ago
820am-1015am
285 NB from Salida to Conifer.
High winds and ground blizzards between Buena Vista and Kenosha.
Stay safe out there.

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Ethan James 16 mins ago
Pretty awful in South Park right now. Just saw a 1/2 ton pickup spin all the way across the road, nr MM 178. He was not driving recklessly, and was lucky to stay on the road.

Ma'Kayla Dunn 2 mins ago
285 traveling south of Fairplay is rough. I went 40mph from town to 4 mile fishing club neighborhood.

Travel Alerts January 1

Scanner: Hwy 73 and Surrey Dr, multi-vehicle, non-injury accident.
Multiple slide-offs at/near Windy Point

Darlene Neufeld-Allen 6 mins ago
Getting slick by Safeway on 285. Be safe

Nicole Riffe 8 mins ago
285 is a disaster already. Several spin outs and backed up past Richmond Hill already. Avoid at all possible.

Simone Stewart 12 mins ago
Coming down hard at WP, we got over an inch within 30 min.
Lanes are still mostly wet, but I see some accumulation in the curves headed NB. Be safe out there!

Steve Opperman 29 mins ago
The wife is coming up Kennedy Gulch and Conifer Mtn Road. Very slick and no sign of plowing or sanding. Be careful!!

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Meyer Ranch Open Space (MM239), Conifer

Elk Creek Fire at Richmond Hill (MM233), Conifer

Aspen Peak Cellars (MM222), Bailey

Just went from Conifer to Pine Junction. Roads are slick. Stopping distances greatly increased.

Thank you Blazer Bob.

Mike Tucker 8 mins ago
4pm: Pleasant Park to 470: Conifer is slushy but improves the further down the hill you go. There are a couple of random icy spots coming around Windy Point so be ready for them,l. Highway was just wet once you get to Mariposa and barely that coming through the canyon. 470 is dry. I did see plows on 285. Be safe.

CSP is now on accident alert.

Scanner: exercise extreme caution on roads around Hwy 285, very slick.

Traffic is now backed up heading southbound from Richmond Hill to Foxton Rd. and at a standstill per travelers. Jack-knifed semi reported near Richmond Hill Rd.*
*Edit to update: now reported as a semi stopped in the right lane.

From Susie Price:
Hwy. 285 SB at a crawl south of hwy. 73 junction

Becca Timmons Just now
Icy roads from Richmond Hill to Pine Junction. They were plowed at one point but they were super slick. Sim eyes are pulling over to put chains on cars that do not have all wheel drive or four-wheel-drive were sliding and all over the place. From Pine Junction to Harris Park the roads were better.. somebody took note of the accidents and issues from last storm and laid good amounts of sand on the road making traction and the drive home nice!! Thank you to whoever that was!!

Betty Barnett 18 mins ago
285 & 126 (& my driveway) in Pine are awful .. snowy/deep slush/slick. All stops and turns were treacherous - even taking things super slow.

Simone Stewart 4min ago
Just drove WP to Hwy 73. NB closed by 3 plows blocking all 3 lanes while a tow truck is recovering a vehicle that went down embankment further up near Stop4Gas. SB open and clear.

Kate Gidlewski Christy Just now
Just opened

Leni Lynn 6 mins ago
At about 4:00 p.m. Richmond Hill is slicker than snot on a door knob... a fairly thick sheet of ice that even the plow trucks were slipping upon. Not all vehicles were equipped to get to the top. But things got better past the Kum & go. CDot is plowing, magging and sanding.

Lisa Cummings Williams 2 mins ago
Do not take Kennedy gulch, up to kings valley. Very slick. Many cars in ditches. Stay on 285!

Tammy Ladd on our My Mountain Town Facebook Page 15min ago
Kings Valley is an ice rink. Cars all over the place. Cdot needs to come quickly.

Conditions this morning, per travelers:
Jon Goodale 4:30am
0430 285 dry Conifer to 470

Shadow Mountain very slick.

John Osborn 5:00am
So far roads are looking real good. They got on it last night

Cliff Barrett
43 is snowpacked 285 is not bad only icy in spots and the top half of 73 is snowpacked till around valley hi

Heather Wilt 6:20am
Roads are clear of snow going NB from Bailey but extremely icy in spots especially just before Pine Junction and Richmond Hill.

Kate Christy 6am
Foxton Rd Snowy but not too bad (5:25am)