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