NEWS RELEASES
Aspen Snowstorm Causes Horrible Road Conditions and Avalanche Warning
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through The Aspen Times' website.
The Aspen Times reports on a snowstorm last week that brought heavy, wet snowfall to the Aspen area causing roads to become treacherous and raised the avalanche danger to its highest level. A Pitkin Alert went out March 7 warning drivers of poor road conditions in the Aspen area. “The slush is like driving through sand,” said Alex Burchetta, chief deputy of operations for the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office. “It just starts pulling your car everywhere.”
A Pitkin Alert went out in the morning warning drivers of poor road conditions in the Aspen area, according to The Aspen Times article written by Jason Auslander. Road conditions downvalley of Snowmass Canyon were not nearly as bad because higher temperatures produced rain instead of snow, officials said.
The Colorado Avalanche Information Center cranked the rating up to extreme on Thursday, March 7, for the Aspen, Gunnison, Sawatch Range, Vail and Summit County zones. Extreme is as high as it gets. Colorado Department of Transportation is advising travelers to avoid traveling over the mountains on Interstate 70 Thursday, due to a natural avalanche and continued avalanche mitigation work.
Learn more on the developing story at The Aspen Times.