OFFICIAL I70 BITCH THREAD....

**smmokan** · 03-02-2018, 09:06 PM

^^^ Cotrip.org shows it as a closure due to an accident.

**SkiBall** · 03-02-2018, 09:16 PM

Yeah, mi188 accident, shut it at 184. Has a lane open now. Discussions about make it 3 lanes which could be nice to give truckers a place to go, but cotdam the cone zone for that one would be brutally long.

**The SnowShow** · 03-02-2018, 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by SkiBall

Yeah, mi188 accident, shut it at 184. Has a lane open now. Discussions about make it 3 lanes which could be nice to give truckers a place to go, but cotdam the cone zone for that one would be brutally long.

Every major hill should have a freaking truck lane. I80 in WY has it. It’s so enraging when you have a rolling lane closure (a semi) going 30mph up a hill and everyone has to squeeze in, and you have two assholes: 1) the asshole who guns it up the clear right lane to the slow truck and cuts in between vehicles in the left with no room causing everyone to slam on their brakes and 2)the asshole who goes 37 mph in the left lane, passing the truck. 🤬🤬🤯

**WTF is dat** · 03-02-2018, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by SkiBall

Vail Pass EB closed for safety closure. 1st dry closure of the season I believe.

I actually saw this accident happen as I was headed westbound.

A car was fishtailing all over the dry pavement ? Wtf?

**Kinnikinnick** · 03-04-2018, 02:47 PM

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That’s a stop and go west of the tunnel at 1pm

WTF

That’s going to be a total clusterfuck if it starts snowing

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**smmokan** · 03-07-2018, 12:51 PM

If anyone wants to feel a little bit better about I-70 for a few seconds, here's a thread about the Utards bitching about canyon closures.

https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...93#post5278893

**skaredshtles** · 03-07-2018, 12:53 PM

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**Kinnikinnick** · 03-07-2018, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by smmokan

If anyone wants to feel a little bit better about I-70 for a few seconds, here's a thread about the Utards bitching about canyon closures.

https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...93#post5278893

Yeah, When everything is perfect it can be amazingly quick to ski in the canyons but add a storm and a weekend or holiday and holy sheer it can be as bad. I remember a powder day at Brighton and it took 2 hours from the lot to downtown SLC

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**Danno** · 03-07-2018, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by Kinnikinnick

Yeah, When everything is perfect it can be amazingly quick to ski in the canyons but add a storm and a weekend or holiday and holy sheer it can be as bad. I remember a powder day at Brighton and it took 2 hours from the lot to downtown SLC

So, like a good day on I-70?

**hatchgreenchile** · 03-07-2018, 02:57 PM

Get out of here, they are not remotely comparable.
It's like 8 miles from Sandy to Snowbird, plus you can get to PC, Deer Valley, Snowbasin and Pow Mow in ~60 minutes with no traffic concerns.
That is amateur hour. I70 is KING.

**smmokan** · 03-07-2018, 04:23 PM

But 5 hours to go 1.5 miles? That's EPIC. Or IKONIC. Or something like that.

**Kinnikinnick** · 03-08-2018, 03:08 PM

Originally Posted by Danno

So, like a good day on I-70?

Yeah but just 15 miles or so

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**zartagen** · 03-09-2018, 10:25 PM

Thanks, CDOT, for deciding to repaint Vail pass at 4pm during the Burton open. 1:15 Vail to Frisco today. Total standstill at the top of the pass.

**doebedoe** · 03-10-2018, 10:02 PM

Just another 4hr trip home from Copper. Typical Saturday.

**The SnowShow** · 03-10-2018, 10:39 PM

Originally Posted by doebedoe

Just another 4hr trip home from Copper. Typical Saturday.

Sounds awesome.

**toastybroski** · 03-12-2018, 01:06 PM

Yesterday was a trip, no traffic, no lines, great weather and snow. I am very confused. I finally made it to copper instead of WP and there was almost no one on the back side of the mountain. Not sure if that's just a copper thing or I got lucky because every line at MJ is 10+ minutes.

**hatchgreenchile** · 03-12-2018, 02:01 PM

That sounds like Copper back bowls to me. It's always uncrowded back there.

**GPP33** · 03-12-2018, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by doebedoe

Just another 4hr trip home from Copper. Typical Saturday.

My dumb ass made the mistake of taking 6 from Breck instead of 285, almost 2.5 hours to get from abasin to Loveland. Fuck that sucked. Clutch leg got a good workout though.

**smmokan** · 03-12-2018, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by GPP33

My dumb ass made the mistake of taking 6 from Breck instead of 285, almost 2.5 hours to get from abasin to Loveland. Fuck that sucked. Clutch leg got a good workout though.

Why the fuck do people deal with this shit anymore? Jesus that's ridiculous.

**doebedoe** · 03-12-2018, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by GPP33

My dumb ass made the mistake of taking 6 from Breck instead of 285, almost 2.5 hours to get from abasin to Loveland. Fuck that sucked. Clutch leg got a good workout though.

I started down that path. Got to A-Basin, ask parking lot staff for updates -- said 70 had reopened. Driving down from A-Basin, passed stand-still cars lined up to keystone I tried to flash / yell out window that 70 was back. Once back on 70 it wasn't too bad, 10 min delay at tunnel, and 15 min delay into G-town.

Originally Posted by smmokan

Why the fuck do people deal with this shit anymore? Jesus that's ridiculous.

Well, 70 closed at the tunnel for an accident. Cdot only said "No estimate for reopening". People jump on 6 cause google tells them its moving fast, when in reality few people have service going up that road, so google's traffic estimates are basically shit. Then they are stuck there, can't find out what's going on back on 70 cause no cell service, so they hope for the best.

There was minimal weather. It was Saturday at 2:30. Most who ski frequently expected heavy traffic but probably not a clusterfuck.

As for me, I'm done having a season pass at the big resorts on I70 and feeling like I need to make it worth it. Next year back to Loveland. And a Gems card. And a van with a heater. And a dog who likes going bc skiing.

**GPP33** · 03-12-2018, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by smmokan

Why the fuck do people deal with this shit anymore? Jesus that's ridiculous.

That’s what an accident that shuts down the highway will do when that many people all want to travel the same direction. But yea, it was rediculous. And in all fairness it takes a special kind of idiot to drive into that mess. I knew better but did it anyway.

**hatchgreenchile** · 03-12-2018, 05:09 PM

They deal with it because skiing and snowboarding is fun. Period.
Embrace the suck. We're all part of the problem.
They've got to make some changes to 6. Not sure you want people parked under the sisters for entire afternoons.

**GPP33** · 03-12-2018, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by hatchgreenchile

They deal with it because skiing and snowboarding is fun. Period.
Embrace the suck. We're all part of the problem.
They've got to make some changes to 6. Not sure you want people parked under the sisters for entire afternoons.

Could you imagine the mess if one of those slid when that road was packed? Even if no one got hit by the slide just turning everyone around would be a disaster.

**The SnowShow** · 03-12-2018, 05:30 PM

I thought they metered that area so traffic doesn’t sit under the Sisters?

2.5 hours to go from Basin to Loveland?![emoji23]
That is beyond ridiculous. Seriously...you could skin and then ski faster between the two.

**doebedoe** · 03-12-2018, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by The SnowShow

I thought they metered that area so traffic doesn’t sit under the Sisters?

2.5 hours to go from Basin to Loveland?![emoji23]
That is beyond ridiculous. Seriously...you could skin and then ski faster between the two.

They were metering. Which no doubt contributed to the 2.5hr wait for many.