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  • Re: I-70 west of Denver

    From sticks@21:1/5 to sticks on Wed Apr 2 08:49:31 2025
    On 3/31/2025 10:41 AM, sticks wrote:
    Was planning on going over the Rockies via I-70.  Roads are fine now,
    but supposed to get 7-8" snow in Vail on Tuesday.  That would give them
    2 1/2 days to clear the roads before we would go through there Friday.
    Crap.

    Guess I'll plan the southern route using I-40, and take a look at going through Salt Lake and I-80 in case it looks unpassable.  They actually
    had a 5 mile stretch they just pulled the snow tire/chain restrictions
    for passenger vehicles this morning.

    Can't get over I-70 because you have to have chains now, and can't get
    over I-80 because any RV under 20,000 lbs is restricted because of blow
    over risk.

    Gotta go south. I feel kinda stupid thinking it would be easy.


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  • From bfh@21:1/5 to sticks on Wed Apr 2 21:53:32 2025
    sticks wrote:
    Was planning on going over the Rockies via I-70.  Roads are fine now,
    but supposed to get 7-8" snow in Vail on Tuesday.  That would give
    them 2 1/2 days to clear the roads before we would go through there
    Friday. Crap.

    Guess I'll plan the southern route using I-40, and take a look at
    going through Salt Lake and I-80 in case it looks unpassable.  They
    actually had a 5 mile stretch they just pulled the snow tire/chain restrictions for passenger vehicles this morning.

    Where are you now? Did you find a place to stay? Is it snowing?

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    bill
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  • From sticks@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 31 10:41:31 2025
    Was planning on going over the Rockies via I-70. Roads are fine now,
    but supposed to get 7-8" snow in Vail on Tuesday. That would give them
    2 1/2 days to clear the roads before we would go through there Friday.
    Crap.

    Guess I'll plan the southern route using I-40, and take a look at going
    through Salt Lake and I-80 in case it looks unpassable. They actually
    had a 5 mile stretch they just pulled the snow tire/chain restrictions
    for passenger vehicles this morning.


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  • From sticks@21:1/5 to bfh on Thu Apr 3 05:28:33 2025
    On 4/2/2025 8:53 PM, bfh wrote:
    sticks wrote:
    Was planning on going over the Rockies via I-70.  Roads are fine now,
    but supposed to get 7-8" snow in Vail on Tuesday.  That would give
    them 2 1/2 days to clear the roads before we would go through there
    Friday. Crap.

    Guess I'll plan the southern route using I-40, and take a look at
    going through Salt Lake and I-80 in case it looks unpassable.  They
    actually had a 5 mile stretch they just pulled the snow tire/chain
    restrictions for passenger vehicles this morning.

    Where are you now? Did you find a place to stay? Is it snowing?


    Just getting ready to leave this morning. Conditions have improved dramatically and we're gonna try I-70.

    Here's a good resource for Colorado winter driving conditions

    <https://maps.cotrip.org/event/COSEG-431848/@-106.21807,39.9798,7?show=winterDriving,chainLaws>

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  • From Ted Heise@21:1/5 to sticks on Thu Apr 3 12:58:53 2025
    On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 05:28:33 -0500,
    sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:
    On 4/2/2025 8:53 PM, bfh wrote:
    sticks wrote:
    Was planning on going over the Rockies via I-70. Roads are
    fine now, but supposed to get 7-8" snow in Vail on Tuesday.
    That would give them 2 1/2 days to clear the roads before we
    would go through there Friday. Crap.

    Guess I'll plan the southern route using I-40, and take a
    look at going through Salt Lake and I-80 in case it looks
    unpassable. They actually had a 5 mile stretch they just
    pulled the snow tire/chain restrictions for passenger
    vehicles this morning.

    Where are you now? Did you find a place to stay? Is it
    snowing?

    Just getting ready to leave this morning. Conditions have
    improved dramatically and we're gonna try I-70.

    Here's a good resource for Colorado winter driving conditions

    <https://maps.cotrip.org/event/COSEG-431848/@-106.21807,39.9798,7?show=winterDriving,chainLaws>

    This is probably too late by now, but just an FYI that when we
    drove I-70 west to east through Colorado last March the surface
    was just awful--in very bad repair.

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    Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> West Lafayette, IN, USA

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