OFFICIAL I70 BITCH THREAD....

[Rideski]

That doesn't make sense. Either you vote for staggered plows so you can dodge through, or you vote for rolling road block.

[pappag]

you can still bust through staggered plows ... was able to sneak through on Monday morning.

[Name Redacted]

One of the local towing companies had wrecked cars all lined up on the road in Silverthorne yesterday. Looked like total carnage from the weekend. Must have been 15 cars all jacked up. And that's just one company.

[Foggy_Goggles]

Berthoud Closed this morning for control work. Opening predicated on results and clean up.

I ran the Copper>TrailerThorne gauntlet right at The Tunnel was closing about 8:30 Monday Night. I'm good with that party for another couple of years. Bitches be following the plows into the zip zag gates at the the exit. I'm guessing a just got lucky and made it by no more that 15min.

Does the Hwy just back up and you can't turn left on 9. That felt like what was happening.

[Leshphilling77]

I can't really tell where or what exactly you're asking but probably yes.Guess a semi smashed into a plow today on 70, just saw the truck sitting off Brian in silverthorne and holy hell that thing is smashed in. hope the guy is alright but how does this even happen I wonder

[Shredhead]

You didn't leave early enough!

[Name Redacted]

Apparently there was a bunch of cars piled up on moonstone in breck. Steep road, sheet of ice, and people kept sliding into each other. I heard 13 at last count. Jeez

[skaredshtles]

May have missed the worst of the mayhem yesterday (left Den around 3pm) - but there was still decent mayhem from about Stevens Gulch until ~10 miles north of Silverthorne. Luckily the right lane coming down from the tunnel was basically empty because of people with shit tires.

[Danno]

Driving to Oak Creek later today, pulling a UHaul trailer. Hope I don't become an infamous boat.

[skaredshtles]

Driving to Oak Creek later today, pulling a UHaul trailer. Hope I don't become an infamous boat.

Godspeed, Cap'n!

[blazes_boylan]

of the 19 tractor trailers on i170 we saw yesterday, 2 had chains on, so what's that about 10%.

[Danno]

Update: I was not, in fact, a boat trailer on Friday night.

[Full Trucker]

Update: I was not, in fact, a boat trailer on Friday night.

Good job.

[Name Redacted]

Dude, an eventful day on the I70 hellscape yesterday. We barely missed multiple catastrophes. First, on the way to Eagle, we get cut off by this agro truck driver in a white box truck. I said to my copilot "That guy is the reason there are accidents on I70". But we got past him and went on to be stopped in the 20 min stops they are doing on vail pass. Later on, we see multiple fire trucks, ambulances, and stateys headed eastbound, sure enough there was a wreck behind us that closed the highway for a few hrs. I joked that it must have been that guy. Well what do you know? I look at I70 things later and it was that fucking guy!
Well. after working a few hours in Gypsum, we got our shit done and scooted outta there earlier than expected around 3pm. I usually stop for a beer and some Poke at the place in Eagle, or pizza at the brewery, but skipped it this time, wanting to get home. Well, what do ya know, if I hadn't skipped it, we would have been stuck because of a fucking fire that broke out in red canyon closing the highway for the rest of the day I think. WTF?!?!?
So yeah, the hellscape that is I70 does what I70 does, and I avoided its wrath by the skin of my teeth for one day. I'm sure it'll catch up to me another day.

[summit]

Dang dude! Glad you escaped some of that junkshow.

[Name Redacted]

My copilot just reminded me that we also almost smacked a fucking dumptruck that pulled right out into traffic from the construction on the pass. This was right after we almost caught air off the bump on EB side climbing the pass. The top of the EB side is so fucking sketch right now, and has been for like a month. Narrow AF and all over the place. Semis make it really tight.

[The SnowShow]

Dude, an eventful day on the I70 hellscape yesterday. We barely missed multiple catastrophes. First, on the way to Eagle, we get cut off by this agro truck driver in a white box truck. I said to my copilot "That guy is the reason there are accidents on I70". But we got past him and went on to be stopped in the 20 min stops they are doing on vail pass. Later on, we see multiple fire trucks, ambulances, and stateys headed eastbound, sure enough there was a wreck behind us that closed the highway for a few hrs. I joked that it must have been that guy. Well what do you know? I look at I70 things later and it was that fucking guy!
Well. after working a few hours in Gypsum, we got our shit done and scooted outta there earlier than expected around 3pm. I usually stop for a beer and some Poke at the place in Eagle, or pizza at the brewery, but skipped it this time, wanting to get home. Well, what do ya know, if I hadn't skipped it, we would have been stuck because of a fucking fire that broke out in red canyon closing the highway for the rest of the day I think. WTF?!?!?
So yeah, the hellscape that is I70 does what I70 does, and I avoided its wrath by the skin of my teeth for one day. I'm sure it'll catch up to me another day.

That guy is getting his ass raped on I70things.

[Danno]

I-70 suckage all the time. Took us about 4 hours to get from Erie to Oak Creek yesterday.

[skaredshtles]

I-70 suckage all the time. Took us about 4 hours to get from Erie to Oak Creek yesterday.

You know, it's only about 4 hours if you go over Cameron Pass. And that's a very scenic drive.

[Danno]

yeah, that's the back pocket way, if things ever get really bad. But if google is to be trusted, that was about 30 minutes longer.

[rudy]

Not quite a scenic post fire anyway

[ENDOOO]

And not so fast. Drove back from poudre canyon last night and i-25 construction at loveland/34 overpass add at least 30 min.

[Danno]

I like that my trip to Oak Creek has lots of alternatives. The back way over Cameron. The normal way to Silverthorne-Kremmling, the avoid-the-tunnel way of Berthoud Pass, the I'm-a-glutton-for-I-70-punishment way over Vail Pass to Wolcott.

That said, they're probably all fucked, more often than not.

[Danno]

Yesterday I did take the route through Walden (one alternative from there is to go all the way to Laramie, I did not do that). It took me a way I never had been before, that went over Cameron Pass but skipped FC and Loveland, and went through a little town called Masonville, Stove Prairie Road/Buckhorn Road? Always cool to see new stuff.

[Skistack]

We took that route yesterday too, coming back from Steamboat. Niece is getting married at Stove Prairie Ranch in August and we wanted to check out the routes up there from FC.