OFFICIAL I70 BITCH THREAD....

[Foggy_Goggles]

We were driving loaders and snowcats down Highway 40 "stranded at the lodge". This ain't quite like that, at least around here.

[capulin overdrive]

It wouldn't be efficient long term unless there were some major reroutes (Georgia pass for starters )

Yup, Georgia and/or Boreas. Doesn't Georgia come out at the golf course? People with homes there would flip the fuck out!`

[The SnowShow]

No, just make Rte 9 south of Breck and 285 actual highways and bypass the towns. Hoosier and Kenosha aren't as bad as Loveland or the tunnel approach. Quandary would have to have its own exit

I know it wouldn't compete as a comparable route to I70 on a regular day but when traffic is a shitshow (i.e. Every weekend) it could help dramatically.

[hatchgreenchile]

Gotthard Base Tunnel - 35 miles, $12 billion.
Morrison exit -> Keystone tunnel would be 39 miles.
Git er done CDOT.

[Kevo]

I wonder how much it would cost to charter a commercial 737 or 757 and fly from JeffCo to Eagle? Could be a good way to avoid the traffic and it would be a really quick flight.

With a full load of skiers it could be reasonably priced.

[fastfred]

I left Denver at 5am, made it to Keystone by 6:30am, drank coffee and ripped bowls for 2 hours, then did two runs on schoolmarm and headed back at 9am, home by 10:30. I earned my epic mix stoned runs badge.

impressive very

some guys know how to get after it while other know how to sit in traffic

[fastfred]

Member when those two big slides covered I70 back in the early 2000's and closed the highway for a few days? Yeah, I member. We need that again.

more good ideas

you guys are delivering this week!

why have we not discussed a train yet this week, a train would solve all problems and then the real bad asses could actual just rip 70 up and down all day long while the posers ride the train

[Name Redacted]

I wonder how much it would cost to charter a commercial 737 or 757 and fly from JeffCo to Eagle? Could be a good way to avoid the traffic and it would be a really quick flight.

With a full load of skiers it could be reasonably priced.

Talk to Micol


I think they need a tunnel from Denver to GJ with various access points to the surface along the way for towns/resorts.

Another idea I like would be building a second level above the existing interstate. This will serve to add more lanes without expanding the footprint while having the extra added benefit of protecting the lower level from the elements.

[The SnowShow]

Gotthard Base Tunnel - 35 miles, $12 billion.
Morrison exit -> Keystone tunnel would be 39 miles.
Git er done CDOT.

Now that sounds good

[nobueno]

Another idea I like would be building a second level above the existing interstate. This will serve to add more lanes without expanding the footprint while having the extra added benefit of protecting the lower level from the elements.

Awesome idea but couldn't work with the tunnels. They'd just be the choke point again.

[Name Redacted]

Awesome idea but couldn't work with the tunnels. They'd just be the choke point again.

Bigger tunnels. Eisenhower has offices above. Just rip those out for more room.

[nobueno]

Bigger tunnels. Eisenhower has offices above. Just rip those out for more room.

Wonder how much higher they can go. I'm assuming to go higher they'd need to go wider too. At least when you're talking about adding another ~14'.

[Micol]

Talk to Micol

ha ha good memory !

[Lindahl]

Thats what I was thinking. He spent more time driving than skiing. Prob twice as long. Whos the moron again?

[JaytaeMoney]

Wonder how much higher they can go. I'm assuming to go higher they'd need to go wider too. At least when you're talking about adding another ~14'.

Guess what? The tunnel just got 10 feet taller

[rmnpsplitter]

7+ hours from BC to Boulder? She should have gone north through Cameron Pass lol.
Amazing to think she could have skied Jackson Hole, then driven one hour longer than yesterday to get home.

I have been thinking this a lot recently

[Tryingtostaywarm]

Did you ever sample the nightlife of Denver pre-2000? It wasn't all bad. White kids weren't getting shot outside Larimer Lounge.

Or Cold Crush on a Sunday afternoon about two months ago. One girl OD'd that afternoon, and some guy got shot dead.

[rmnpsplitter]

Thats what I was thinking. He spent more time driving than skiing. Prob twice as long. Whos the moron again?

The people driving 4+ hours each way are doing the same.

[Tryingtostaywarm]

I just don't understand why people don't want to take the time to have a properly equipped vehicle for the conditions. No snow tires, no chains, the "gotta get to the mountain the fastest way possible" etc. I am only assuming these are the same people who are in the "it'll never happen to me boat" aka dumb fucks.
On a side note: I sold my 4x4 Truck and bought a Subaru Forester w/ snow tires..this thing handles 10x better in the snow than any truck I have ever owned.

[goldengatestinx]

What are you talking about? Access to skinny jeans and chai latte's? I'm guessing you're one of those who considers all the expansion and development in Denver "an improvement...obviously!".

Denver was a perfectly good dusty cowtown 15 years ago, back when you could park and drive and buy a house for $150K. Now it's just another self absorbed "metro" full of of man buns and tricked out Toyotas driven by "skiers".

Keep your yuppie ass down in Brown Town and we'll all be better off.

Seconded by me and thirded by my wife.

[goldengatestinx]

Yeah denver was waaay better back when 5 points was an unsafe dump.... when lodo was a bunch of abandoned deteriorating warehouses and parking lots, when there were gang turf wars in City Park, when our economy was almost entirely based on the oil and natural gas industry (and the associated booms and busts). Soooo much better when there were no bike paths around the city, and no light rail or public transit into union station and around the city.


I suppose by your logic if denver was more like Detroit that would be a good thing? Since a vibrant growing city is such a terrible thing??


Idiot

Wasnt a problem for those of us who hung in Denver back then. Pussy.

[goldengatestinx]

Late March 03. Skiing was good. Gas stations ran out of gas. Stores and restrautns ran out of food.
Everything was shut down 3 days. Except the lifts. It was deeeeep.
Avi rose was black. They evac'd bakerville. 2 people died in slides and there a lot less BC riders back then.

Hip deep at Loveland that Tuesday before 70 shut down. Heavy snow but awesome. 4 ft at my house in town in Golden that storm.

[WTF is dat]

Word I guess we should all just aim for denver to be the next Detroit


lol y'all are a bunch of NIMBY get off my lawn type folks angry about change and progression

[capulin overdrive]

You white devils were supposed to leave Denver once the gold was gone, at least that's what Chief Hosa thought.

[Micol]

On a side note: I sold my 4x4 Truck and bought a Subaru Forester w/ snow tires..this thing handles 10x better in the snow than any truck I have ever owned.

fyi if its an older boxy model like 2002 , you can fit a 8" memory foam twin size mattress in the back with the rear seats folded....makes a great car camper....did many nights in one , also good for long trips that might require pullover and short snooze to rest a bit