Cliffed-out hikers safely hoisted from Quandary Peak
A long and tricky ascent of Quandary Peak turned into an even longer night at 14,271 feet. Lieutenant Mike Schilling, with Summit County Sheriff’s Office, shares details from a 15-hour rescue mission on Breck’s hometown 14er, where a man and his teenage son left the trailhead at 10 a.m. on June 19. “Their plan was […]
Summer Solstice could bring record heat to Colorado, snow to Glacier National Park
Summit County was toasty today but not quite record setting. We fell a few degrees short of the record of 84 degrees Fahrenheit from 1936. The first official day of summer tomorrow, June 20, is forecast to be a scorcher. National Weather Service predicts a high of 83 degrees in Summit. The all-time high is […]
I-70 shuts down 3 times in 24 hours for crashes and a brush fire
The past 24 hours have been wildly unpredictable on the I-70 mountain corridor. Around sunrise today a pickup truck rear-ended a motorcycle just past Exit 205 in Silverthorne. Colorado State Patrol confirms one person was sent to the hospital. Westbound traffic was jammed up with I-70 down to one lane for more than two hours. […]
3 hospitalized in Vail Pass work zone pileup
Three people were rushed to the hospital when seven vehicles collided on westbound I-70 at Vail Pass today. Colorado State Patrol confirms the pileup happened just after 11:30 a.m. when a semi-truck, a box truck and five other vehicles collided just west of the Vail Pass summit. Westbound I-70 was closed more than three hours. […]
Automated speeder cams coming soon to CDOT cone zones
The electric eye is coming soon to CDOT cone zones. Starting July 21, the state deploys its first batch of automated speeder cameras to the work site on Highway 119 between Boulder and Longmont, known as the “diagonal highway.” These cameras will capture speeders in the act and send you an automated ticket for $75 […]
Fire danger jumps again ahead of a dry, gusty week on the Western Slope
It is a tale of two states this third week of June with worsening fire danger in Summit County and the Western Slope, and rain mixed with hail from the foothills onto the eastern plains. Summit County fire danger jumped to high today, less than a week after it went to moderate. There are still […]
Blue River below the dam will not flood when Dillon Res hits capacity this week
Dillon Reservoir, the largest reservoir in the Denver Water system, will fill completely later this week, bringing a summer of green lawns and flowing taps to 1.5 million customers on the Front Range. Data from Denver Water shows the reservoir today is within 1.5 feet of capacity. It has been filling at a rate of […]
CDOT: 27 hours later and the Loveland Pass landslide is still moving
Untold tons of rock and dirt are still seeping over U.S. Highway 6 at Loveland Pass. A landslide coated the highway just after 5:30 a.m. on Sunday. As of this morning, CDOT confirms it has not stopped moving – and experts do not know when it will. Crews cannot clear the road until the landslide […]
High Country rivers are not immune to wildfire. This local nonprofit is preparing now.
Blue River Watershed Group is protecting Summit County rivers from what comes after a wildfire. Here in Summit the watershed group is writing a Wildfire Ready Action Plan, known as W.R.A.P. “This is the first step for modeling wildfire hazards,” Reyna Shedler with the nonprofit tells Krystal 93. “These are things like flash flooding, erosion, […]
2 massive I-70 projects crank back into high gear next week
CDOT warns truckers and travelers to get ready now for two weeks of traffic holds and detours on the I-70 mountain corridor, from Floyd Hill to Vail. Starting Monday, June 16, rock scaling returns to Floyd Hill just east of Idaho Springs. This comes with hourly traffic holds up to 30 minutes on both sides […]