Tag: Wolf Creek Pass
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Semi plunges off notorious Colorado pass, killing 23-year-old driver
A tragic incident unfolded on Colorado’s notorious Wolf Creek Pass on Monday morning, resulting in the death of a 23-year-old semi-truck driver. According to the Colorado State Patrol, personnel responded to the crash at about 8:21 a.m. on the morning of November 3. The crash involved a single commercial motor vehicle – a 2020 Freightliner…
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Driver killed as semi-truck tumbles down Colorado mountain pass
A 23-year-old man is dead after a semi-truck he was driving Monday tumbled down a Colorado mountainside, authorities said. The Colorado State Patrol responded to the crash that sent the semi-truck off the side of U.S. Highway 160 about 17 miles northeast of Pagosa Springs around 8:21 a.m. The driver, a man from New York,…
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Key mountain pass temporarily closed due to flooding with massive boulder seen on road
Southwestern Colorado’s Wolf Creek Pass was closed from Treasure Falls to South Fork for 12 hours on October 14 after heavy rain and flooding in the area prompted the need for emergency erosion control. According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, the safety closure was put in place around 6 a.m. on Tuesday, cutting off…
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A look at 9 Colorado passes over the Continental Divide — and what to see on the drives
Call it the great separator, or the thing that unifies us as Coloradans. That’s the Continental Divide, or the Great Divide, so named for the mighty formation that separates our North American watersheds between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. In Colorado, we know it as the rugged wall between the Front Range and the Western…