Travel Alerts - Chain & Traction Laws October 10

Per Kurt Heinrich @kheinrich53 53m
@KOAJetcopter freezing light rain in Bailey...

Road Closed
I-70 Eastbound Vail Pass (Milemarker 180)

Passenger Vehicle Traction Law

• I-70 Westbound / Eastbound between Vail and Copper Mountain (Milemarker 178-195)
• I-70 Westbound / Eastbound between Silverthorne and Georgetown (Milemarker 205-228)

Passenger vehicles are required to have snow or mud/snow tires, use chains/alternative traction devices, or be a 4WD/AWD vehicle.

Commercial Vehicle Chain Law

• I-70 Eastbound Vail to Vail Pass Summit (Milemarker 178-190)
• I-70 Eastbound Silverthorne to Eisenhower Tunnel (Milemarker 205-213)
• I-70 Westbound Georgetown to Eisenhower Tunnel (Milemarker 228-215)
• US 6 Westbound / Eastbound Loveland Pass (Milemarker 220-229)

Chains or alternative traction devices (ATDs) required for all CMV, including buses and vans of 16+ capacity. EB CMVs – There is no truck parking east of Milepost 133 or in Vail Valley. Trucks waiting out the chain law should not proceed past Dotsero – exit 133.

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View at Hwy 285 in Bailey
mymountaintown.com/weather-traffic


View at Evergreen Pkay and El Rancho
mymountaintown.com/weather-traffic/i-70-...-golden-to-evergreen

Passenger Vehicle Chain Law

• US 285 Southbound / Northbound between Pine Jct. and Morrison (Milemarker 229-250)
• CO 9 between County Road 4 and MM 80 (Hoosier Pass)

Commercial Vehicle Chain Law
CO 9 in both directions between County Road 4 and MM 73 (near Hoosier Pass).

Jeffco is on Accident Alert.

Park County is now on accident alert, per cosmiccowboy55.

Multiple issues along the highways:
Accident on Hwy 285 at Richmond Hill (MM233)
Rollover on Hwy 285 on Crow Hill (~MM223)
Multiple semis slid off on I-70 at Floyd Hill, trooper attempting to close I-70 EB per James Richardson
C-470 WB: Crash at I-70; C-470. Right lane blocked. Expect delays.
Westbound lanes of I-70 are snow-packed, no lane lines visible per trooper.

Passenger Vehicle Traction Law
US 285 Southbound Kenosha Pass (Milemarker 200-208)

Commercial Vehicle Chain Law
US 285 Northbound Kenosha Pass (Milemarker 199-208)
US 285 Southbound / Northbound between Pine Jct. and Morrison (Milemarker 229-250)

Hwy 285 Road Conditions in the webcams - snow is accumulating
Bailey at Aspen Peak Cellars

285 in Pine Junction at IMHS

Conditions at Richmond Hill, Elk Creek Fire

Tiny Town exit looking toward Parmalee Gulch/Turkey Creek Canyon

I-70 at Floyd Hill

Road closed
US 285 Southbound / Northbound (Milemarker 200-222)
Full closure both directions Kenosha Pass.

Per cosmiccowboy55: Hwy 285 at MM 213 semi spun out across the highway. Car spun out at MM 226.5 possible injuries on this.

CSP closing Hwy 285 both directions in Turkey Creek Canyon due to multiple slide offs, per James Richardson.

Hwy 285 moving again through Turkey Creek Canyon, per eyewitnesses.
All Passenger Vehicle Traction Laws and Commercial Vehicle Chain Laws Lifted for US 285, US 6, and I-70 except for:

Passenger Vehicle Traction Law (still in effect)
I-70 Westbound / Eastbound between Vail and Copper Mountain (Milemarker 178-195).

Rollover accident Hwy 285 at Windy Point (MM241)