OFFICIAL I70 BITCH THREAD....

[fastfred]

HAd an early morning appointment with my shrink in denver. Flew up and down in most excellent fashion.

As I drove around the county later this morning things went from dry to complete shit in seconds, hopefully I can make it back to silverthorne without a headache

[Garth Bimble]

Thinking of taking my snows off

Hopefully you didn't?

[cmsummit]

Getting word of a fatal rollover near Silverthorne. Travel safely.

[MakersTeleMark]

Getting word of a fatal rollover near Silverthorne. Travel safely.

There are photos of the splat, but I hesitate to post them. (Not suitable for sensitive stomachs: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CxfOrAxVQAAqnbF.jpg)

[Name Redacted]

Went off the cliff. Sad.

[The SnowShow]

Holy shit, off the side road onto I70?

[The SnowShow]

Mikaela's pissed! :https://mobile.twitter.com/MikaelaSh...45710986510336

[grskier]

Holy cow, that's quite the tumble. I was wondering why the car was flat... wow.

[Soups]

OMG. That picture of the turn above the cliff and aftermath is horrifying.

The road looks clear, is it really icy up there or just wet and going too fast?

[adrenalated]

Holy shit that's gnarly.

[hatchgreenchile]

Geezus, whoever saw that going westbound will have a tough time forgetting that.

[cmsummit]

OMG. That picture of the turn above the cliff and aftermath is horrifying.

The road looks clear, is it really icy up there or just wet and going too fast?

Roads are very icy. I nearly went down just walking across the street.

This is the same spot where a young woman decided to take her life a few years back by driving over the cliff.

[Garth Bimble]

Roads are very icy. I nearly went down just walking across the street.

This is the same spot where a young woman decided to take her life a few years back by driving over the cliff.

Was wondering about that as well. Maybe not an accident.

RIP

edit...I think it's called ptarmigan cliff, IIRC.

[Name Redacted]

Doubt it had anything to do with the slick roads. I used to live up that road.

[cmsummit]

Was wondering about that as well. Maybe not an accident.

RIP

edit...I think it's called ptarmigan cliff, IIRC.

Yup, that's Ptarmigan neighborhood. My brother used to live up there, so I'm familiar with the roads.....steep and gnarly...often impassible in the winter. He only lasted one winter in that place.

[Elkhound Odin]

Why aren't there cement barriers up there to prevent that sort of thing? (I'm talking about the disruption to important interstate travel, not someone offing themselves)

[Elkhound Odin]

The Vail Pass shit show is as much CDOT fault as drivers. They knew this was coming. Why didn't they treat the shit out of the road to keep the ice to a minimum?

[Name Redacted]

Why aren't there cement barriers up there to prevent that sort of thing? (I'm talking about the disruption to important interstate travel, not someone offing themselves)

You would actually have to try to drive off that cliff, but I agree, that there should be a barrier.

[MakersTeleMark]

The Vail Pass shit show is as much CDOT fault as drivers. They knew this was coming. Why didn't they treat the shit out of the road to keep the ice to a minimum?

Because it's CDOT: "Can't Deploy On Time".

[MakersTeleMark]

Strike 4, over wins: "I-70 EB Vail Pass is closed at MM 176 due to weather. "

[grskier]

Because it's CDOT: "Can't Deploy On Time".

Or they'd waste half their budget putting mag or whatever down that'd end up on the 20k vehicles/day....

[MakersTeleMark]

5th: "I-70 is closed WB MM 173 at West Vail for accident. Expect delays. "

[summit]

Small airplane landed on I-70 near Rifle

[adrenalated]

Small airplane landed on I-70 near Rifle

Thanks, CDOT.

[Soups]

20 car pile up at Evergreen