Yo. Colorado Roads Are NO GOOD Tonight

Hey, if you're in Colorado tonight or driving into CO in the next 48 hours, either have your chains ready or better yet, don't even drive - certainly not tonight. It's not the amount of snow - (an inch or less). It's the fact that yesterday it was 75'F and tonight, so far, it's 13'F and dropping. There's ice and black ice everywhere. The wind has been really strong which has made the highways and roads look deceivingly clear but precarious. In a 5-mile stretch tonight, I saw 5 accidents that required Fire Fighters (they respond first here) and Paramedics for each. I saw 10 additional cars, jeeps, and trucks slide off the road in that same 5-mile area stretch. I also saw a Toyota Rav 4 upside-down today.

The roads are too crowded, slippery, and congested with Emergency Service vehicles and road service vehicles.

Call it off, tonight.

- mountain girl

Hey thanks for the warning.

I need to get into Denver coming from Dallas starting tomorrow morning and hopefully arrive Wednesday afternoon. Sounds like perfect timing.

I can go up to Kansas and take I70 straight into Denver(extra 100 miles). Or I can head NW along 287 from Texas. Which do you think would be safer?

MG thanks for the warning, but for me was about 6 hrs late. I came out of Denver in the middle of it all. took me forever to go 5 miles cause of the crash's. I saw 3 in that stretch. plus its too damn cold here for me.

Wow! I lived in Denver for nine years. We would see heavy snow in the morning and by noon the melt off was so drastic, you could wear your street or office clothes with only a sweater! Living in Ohio, with no intention on driving that far west after getting with a company, but who knows what routes the month with a training will involve? Love this site for all the support and thanks for the warning, Mountain Girl! Everybody be safe.

Delivering a load from NE to CA. Fuel routing told me to go through I70 through the Rockies. I rerouted myself through WY and into Salt Lake City, added 50 miles but at least I dodged this! WY had its own problems but not that bad. Dodged a bullet yet again!

Yesterday in Denver was a mess. This was happening while I was getting loaded.....

Got loaded and had to head down CO58 to get over to i76. 3 miles down the road....

Seriously people? 4 to 5 months Denver has to deal with snow and can they drive in it? Well yea. Right off the road.

Sad part is it was not that bad. I got loaded with 4000 lbs of fiberglass parts for Harley Davidson. An entire load and only weighs 4000 lbs.

You would figure I would have some issue last night. Nope. Not a single one if you don't count the people that wrecked. Even with the hills and curves on CO 58 you would figure there might be some issue. Nope.

I knew my weight. I knew the weather. I did not know the route and yet no issues. Not one except those you would normally have while driving. Slow and study. 65 mph? I went 55. 7 sec spacing between me and the vehicle in front of me? Quarter mile was my limit(15 secs). And we are going through Walnut IA as I write this.

People are in such a hurry now a days just to go 5 to 10 miles while I go slower, due to load weight and whether conditions, and we are several hundred miles down the road with no issues. I guess experience really does count for something.

The wind before the snow spooked me more, i was empty and getting blown all over the road. Took a wrong turn and ended up in Denver International Airport. Opps, rookie mistake. Got my load in tho so all is well.

Thanks for the heads up MG!!