Colorado Interstate 70

We went through there Monday morning and the rocks from the first fall were still on the roadway (they'd cleared one lane each direction). One rock was the size of a full-sized van and had hit the west bound lanes, taken out the guardrail, and fallen down onto the eastbound lanes. Coming back Monday night, we missed the second rockfall by a few hours. Whew. This is the worst rock fall in the last several years, since a rock punched a hole through the west bound lanes. Took months to fix that. In this case, rocks hit both directions, so they've got a lot of repairs to complete just to get one lane open in each direction. Word is they hope to have one lane open this afternoon or more likely tomorrow. A pilot car will lead a procession through. So the traffic on a four lane interstate will all be down to one lane, with alternating traffic for both directions.

I have met several people over the last couple of days who were over here skiing and had to return to Denver to fly home. It's a long detour but I guess at least it's different scenery for many.