Driving from Denver to Vail this winter? Check the route, tires, I-70 conditions, and ski traffic before heading into the mountains. Read More

The Colorado State Patrol has issued its first citations of the winter driving season, ticketing two commercial vehicles for failing to carry chains. State Trooper Gabriel Moltrer said in an email ... Read More

July 28, 1966 Vail Associates president Pete Seibert accused the Colorado State Highway Department of bad faith negotiating in the department's attempt to purchase right-of-way land for Interstate 70 ... Read More

A fast-moving burst of heavy snow that dumped up to a foot in parts of Colorado's northern mountains contributed to a 70-vehicle pileup on Interstate 70 Tuesday - and forecasters warn another period ... Read More

Snow continued to fall in the Colorado mountains on Tuesday morning as the westbound lanes of I-70 were closed near Vail Pass Summit due to a crash. Read More

The Interstate 70 Floyd Hill Project is entering '?a major phase of construction'? that will require intermittent overnight closures, according to a news release from the Colorado Department of ... Read More

Colorado's crackdown on tractor-trailer trucks sliding out and blocking slick mountain highways has kicked into gear - the second season under a new state law - and State Patrol Troopers have ticketed ... Read More

The rest area has more parking space for trucks, allowing drivers to avoid parking on the interstate shoulders or ramps. Read More

The Colorado State Patrol will be conducting chain law enforcement operations on Wednesday along Interstate 70. The commercial vehicle chain law enforcement operation is planned on I-70 near Dotsero, ... Read More

The intermittent traffic holds will occur between 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. as the helicopter delivers avalanche and rockfall fence materials to the West Vail Pass Auxiliary Lanes Project, according to ... Read More

CDOT hopes to speed up how fast they can open and close Interstate 70 using an electronic closure system on Vail Pass. Read More

An early morning interstate closure Thursday was the result of a crash involving a stolen vehicle, the Vail Police Department has confirmed. The driver '?fled from an attempted traffic stop and crashed ... Read More

Colorado State Patrol Sgt. Ivan Alvarado said one person was pronounced dead at the hospital following a roll-over crash on Interstate 70 around 4:45 p.m. on Monday, July 14. Alvarado said a black SUV ... Read More

Colorado State Patrol said at 1:07 p.m., troopers responded to a crash at milepost 217, near the Eisenhower Tunnel, on westbound I-70 involving a 2021 RAM hauling a trailer and a Freightliner ... Read More

Westbound lanes of Interstate 70 are shut down at Gypsum as of 9:30 Monday morning due to a fire, according to an Eagle County Alert. The closure is at Exit 140, while the fire ... Read More

Vail officer in I-70 motorcycle crash recovering, a helmet likely saved his life Officer Stephen Williams was commuting on Interstate 70 on the morning of June 19 when the crash occurred. Read More

Update: A seven-vehicle crash near mile marker 188 has shut down westbound Interstate 70 between Copper Mountain and Vail Pass, according to Trooper Hunter Mathews, a public information officer with ... Read More

As of 12:45 p.m., westbound I-70 was closed between exit 195 for Copper Mountain and exit 190 for Vail Pass Summit, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation ... Read More

All lanes of Eastbound Interstate 70 are closed near the Vail Pass summit for a crash, according to the COTrip.org. The closure began around 11:26 a.m. Wednesday and is impacting travel between mile ... Read More

Interstate 70 congestion, Colorado Highway 82 safety and the availability of public transportation were on the minds of Western Slope drivers, riders and commuters Monday as the Colorado ... Read More

Winter is over, and now the summer highway work season begins. The I-70 corridor from Denver west has experienced its share of winter stoppages and delays due to vehicles getting stuck on the passes. Read More

DENVER - A multi-vehicle crash involving a semi shut down the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 at Vail Pass for about six hours Thursday morning, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation ... Read More

Summit County officials are searching the Officers Gulch area near Interstate 70 for a missing Vail man, authorities said Monday. Suspect, officer injured in north Aurora police shooting May 13, 2025 ... Read More

If you're headed up to Colorado's high country this summer along Interstate 70, there is some upcoming construction you'll want to be aware of on Vail Pass. Read More

Update: The road reopened at approximately 12:25 p.m. Please drive safely. Interstate 70 at Vail Pass is under a safety closure westbound, according to an Eagle County Alert sent at approximately ... Read More

The Colorado Department of Transportation is expanding its text alerts to cover the Interstate 70 mountain corridor ahead of the busy summer travel season. Read More

Both westbound lanes of Interstate 70 at Vail Pass closed Saturday evening due to a multi-vehicle accident, according to an EC Alert sent at approximately 6:55 p.m. There is no estimated time of ... Read More

The town of Vail passed a new ordinance on Tuesday issuing stiffer penalties to truckers who ignore chain-up laws and end up spun out, or worse, on Interstate 70, blocking traffic into and out ... Read More

Colorado Highway 91 has reopened to traffic, according to CoTrip.org. I-70 westbound remains closed between Exit 195 at Copper Mountain, and Exit 180 at East Vail due to a crash. Update 9:20 p.m ... Read More

Unprepared drivers caused an extended closure on Interstate 70 on Tuesday night, March 4, leaving vehicles stranded for hours on end, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. During the ... Read More

As of 9:30 a.m., eastbound I-70 remained closed between Exit 167 for Avon and Exit 168 for Post Boulevard, about 10 miles west of Vail, CDOT officials said. Read More

Interstate 70 eastbound is closed between Avon and Dowd Junction for a vehicle recovery, according to an Eagle County Alert at 8:20 a.m. Thursday morning. Travelers are being asked to use U.S. Highway ... Read More

This story has been updated to correct a reference to the location of the closure. To check the status of the road closure, visit CoTrip.org. 6:15 a.m., Wednesday: Interstate 70 eastbound is ... Read More

Rescuers in a county in Colorado's high country are talking ... an area called the Shrine Bowl about a mile south of Interstate 70 in the Vail Pass area. Two snowmobilers were in the area together ... Read More

Segments of Interstate 70 were closed between Copper Mountain and Vail amid the snow, as was Colorado 119, spanning Boulder Canyon between Boulder and Nederland, as of 3:05 p.m. Southbound Interstate ... Read More

I-70 at Vail Pass is closed eastbound, according to EC Alerts. The safety closure, from mile marker 180 to mile marker 190, has no estimated time of reopening. The closure is one of many ... Read More

I-70 at Vail Pass is closed eastbound, according to EC Alerts. The safety closure, from mile marker 180 to mile marker 190, has no estimated time of reopening. The closure is one of many ... Read More

A semitrailer crash on westbound Interstate 70 near Vail, Colorado, has closed several lanes of the highway and prompted a detour for drivers as some roads remain snowy. Read More

All lanes of Interstate 70 westbound are closed west of Vail, according to an Eagle County Alert around 2:40 p.m. Wednesday. The call came in around 2:27 p.m. for a semi-rollover near mile marker ... Read More

Eastbound I-70 will be completely shut down from East Vail to Copper Mountain so that CDOT crews can finish cleaning the wreckage from a major crash on Vail Pass last week. '?The full closure and ... Read More

Eastbound Interstate 70 will close near Vail for at least six hours Tuesday as Colorado Department of Transportation crews recover a vehicle involved in a crash last week. Read More

I-70 near East Vail will be closed for a minimum of six hours, beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14. The detour, which will be along US 24 to Leadville, Highway 91 and ending at Copper Mountain to ... Read More

The Colorado Department of Transportation closed eastbound Interstate 70 at Exit 180 to East Vail a little after 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 14, to remove commercial motor vehicle wreckage. The roadway ... Read More

Vail Mayor Travis Coggin wants to see massive fines levied on drivers who violate Colorado's traction laws on Interstate 70. The breaking point was a Dec. 30 incident in which more than a dozen ... Read More

Eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 shut down Wednesday night around 7:30 p.m. near mile marker 182 in East Vail for a four-vehicle crash that seriously injured two, according to Colorado State Patrol. Read More

This story was updated to include information about recovering the semi on the side of Interstate 70. Eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 shut down Wednesday night around 7:30 p.m. near mile marker ... Read More

The Colorado Department of Transportation reported that eastbound Interstate 70 was closed near Vail on Wednesday night due to a crash. Read More

The Colorado Department of Transportation reported that eastbound Interstate 70 was closed near Vail on Wednesday night due to a crash. Read More

Eastbound Interstate 70 is closed just east of Vail as of 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, according to an Eagle County Alert. The roadway is closed due to a crash, according to CoTrip.org. This ... Read More

The federal land being made available to Mesa County to purchase is 32 acres. Its north border is Interstate 70, and the Government Highline Canal serves as the south border. The west border will be ... Read More

The first of many expected travel headaches was announced Sunday afternoon by the Colorado Department of Transportation, which closed a portion of eastbound Interstate 70 due to safety concerns. Read More

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Interstate 70 was closed near Vail and Silverthorne on Sunday for '?safety concerns'? as snow battered the Colorado mountains, according to the Colorado ... Read More

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The very first wildlife overpass on Colorado's Interstate 70 could be in our neighborhood - at the scenic vista on Vail Pass. Picture driving under a land bridge covered in shrubs, grasses and trees ... Read More

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - I-70 going eastbound closed at approximatley 10:41 a.m. Friday morning. Read More

Eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 just east of Vail closed around 10:20 a.m. Friday following a vehicle crash, according to an Eagle County Alert. The incident blocked all lanes around mile marker 183. Read More

The mother and her sons were passengers and the father was the driver in an a Polaris RZR that ran a stop sign and crashed into a pickup truck about 3:30 p.m Wednesday at the intersection of ... Read More

Westbound Interstate 70 is closed near Vail on Friday afternoon for a crash and a vehicle fire. Related Articles Crashes and Disasters | Crashes and Disasters | Pilot lost engine before fatal ... Read More

Westbound Interstate 70 is closed near Vail on Friday afternoon for a crash ... after crash I-70 closed at exit 176 for Vail around 12:20 p.m., according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. Read More

This is the final update to this story. For travel conditions and alerts, visit CoTrip.org. For weather information, visit Weather.gov / bou. A winter weather advisory is in effect until midnight, and ... Read More

A May storm has caused multiple accidents on Vail Pass, prompting a closure of the eastbound lanes, according to an Eagle County Alert on Tuesday morning. The closure began shortly after 9:30 a.m. Read More

Interstate 70 closures can often result in problematic situations in the town of Vail, and police officers dealt with one of those situations on Tuesday morning during the most recent extended closure ... Read More

DENVER (KDVR) - A women's ski bus from the Denver area has been stuck on Interstate 70 in the snow for a total of 22 hours ... They usually leave Vail at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and get back to Denver at ... Read More

DENVER (AP) - Thousands in Colorado were without ... To try to keep the highway open, no trucks will be allowed on a portion of I-70 from Eagle / Vail to Morrison until noon on Friday. Read More

This cold-weather habit is boosting Colorado's rise in vehicle thefts ... Major roads impacted include the Interstate 70 mountain corridor from Golden to Vail and Interstate 25 from Denver to south of ... Read More

Due to weather conditions, multiple crashes, and safety concerns the commercial vehicle chain law is being enforced. Read More

DENVER - Multiple crashes due to slick conditions are making for difficult travel along Interstate 70 in the ... lanes between East Vail and Officers Gulch. The bus driver had to be extricated from ... Read More

This past weekend saw plentiful snow from a high-pressure system moving across Colorado ... on Interstate 70. There were no deaths reported resulting from any of the crashes. Some crashes involved ... Read More

Eastbound Interstate 70 is closed at Vail for safety concerns as a winter storm moves into the mountains, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. Related Articles Transportation | ... Read More

U.S. 6 over Loveland Pass and Interstate 70 eastbound in Vail are closed due to safety concerns from snow. The closure in Vail is at Exit 176, according to the Department of Transportation, and U.S. 6 ... Read More

The closure, updated today at 9:01 AM MST by the Colorado Department of Transportation, prompts the following detour from west to east: Take Highway 50 to Montrose, proceed to Gunnison through Monarch ... Read More

Multiple roadways were closed around Colorado on Wednesday due to safety concerns brought on by winter weather and snow removal operations, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. Closures include: Interstate 70 in both directions ove Read More

Both directions of travel on Interstate 70 over Vail Pass will shut down at 9 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 17, for avalanche mitigation, according to an Eagle County alert. For updated travel information, ... Read More

Hopefully their snow dances are creating a preview of more terrain to open as the river of snow flows into Colorado. Let's jump IN ... Snow will fall throughout Monday, mostly north of Interstate-70 ... Read More

Westbound lanes on Interstate 70 are closed on Vail Pass as of 11:17 a.m., Monday, Jan. 8, according to an Eagle County alert. Traffic is stopped at mile marker 190 due to multiple crashes. Read More

Anyone expecting to travel west from Summit County on Interstate 70 should seek alternate routes or hold tight, according to Colorado Department of Transportation officials. I-70 westbound is closed ... Read More

An Adams County deputy killed in a crash on Christmas Eve has been identified as 31-year-old Joshua Maloy, of Greeley. FOX31's Evan Kruegel shares a tribute from the sheriff's office. Read More

Not only does Vail Pass have the highest crash rate for all of I-70 in Colorado, but it's also sent drivers on two bridges deemed '?structurally deficient.'? ... Read More

I-70 heading eastbound along Vail Pass was closed for most of the day due to weather related concerns and crashes. The closure took place between exit 180 and 190. U.S. 6 was also closed westbound ... Read More

Heavy snowfall in the high country resulted in several road closures due to safety concerns from dangerous and slick conditions, as well as low visibility. Parts of eastbound Interstate 70 just ... Read More

Westbound lanes on Interstate 70 were closed due to a ... west of Copper Mountain through East Vail. Portions of the interstate have been sporadically closed throughout the morning as a storm drops ... Read More

A single-vehicle accident that closed Interstate 70 on Vail Pass Wednesday sent two 19-year-old Denver residents to the hospital, according to the Colorado State Patrol. Master Trooper Gary Cutler ... Read More

: The road has reopened, according to CDOT. Please drive safely. An accident on Interstate 70 eastbound at mile marker 185 has closed the roadway before Vail Pass Wednesday afternoon, according to an ... Read More

Eastbound Interstate 70 is closed near the summit of Vail Pass due to a crash, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. Read More

Interstate 70 is closed westbound at mile marker 190 at the top of Vail Pass for a motor vehicle accident, according to an EC Alert sent at approximately 8:03 a.m. Sunday. Motorists are advised ... Read More

Interstate 70 eastbound is closed at the summit of Vail Pass due to a crash, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. Related Articles Transportation | I-70 eastbound reopens at Floyd ... Read More

Interstate 70 through Eagle County experienced multiple closures Thursday morning, Nov. 16, as snow fell on the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Around 9 a.m., the right lanes in both directions shut down ... Read More

Sections of Interstate 70 closed near Vail and Silverthorne on Sunday as snow battered the Colorado mountains, according to CDOT officials. Denver pedestrian killed in crash on North Colorado ... Read More

The westbound lanes of Interstate 70 have closed just east of Vail Pass Summit, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. Read More