Colorado Fires

Radioflyer99 wrote:
We have a trip planned in a couple weeks heading to CO for the fall colors. How bad are the fires and smoke in the Lake City, Leadville and Grand Lake areas.

Depends on the fires - and the wind - the fire in Glenwood Canyon has had I-70 closed for over a Week and everyone hopes it will be controlled and out soon - All of Colorado is Dry and in danger - everyone hopes they will get some Rain.

We just left to return home and plan on driving back in a couple weeks for the Aspen turning.

Use the CODOT cameras to help you out - they are located all around the state - https://www.cotrip.org/map.htm#/default?StillCameraId=10829

road conditions updated -

https://www.cotrip.org/travelAlerts.htm#?roadId=

These two links should keep you informed - as it appears I-70 has reopened - so aside from two way traffic it should be fine.

Updates are on the Colorado sites so they should keep you informed as to current conditions.

Enjoy Colorado - the San Juan's appear to have been spared so far this year, the winds tend to flow west to east and the smoke has been bad in the Denver area recently.

Best of Luck,

edit - Thom is a Colorado resident and his reports are Spot On!