Power Outages and Road Closures

Crews working to get 550 open Photo by CDOT

Crews working to get 550 open Photo by CDOT

Lisa Schwantes Communications Manager for CDOT next to massive slide Photo by CDOT

Lisa Schwantes Communications Manager for CDOT next to massive slide Photo by CDOT

This last weekend was another round of this winter’s “groundhogs’ day” of snowstorms and another town-wide power outage. We kicked off this last weekend with a 2.2 earthquake in the Silverton Caldera. This was followed by a wet, heavy, robust March snowstorm beginning Friday night and continuing into Saturday. This resulted in Molas and Coal Bank passes being closed by 6:35 am Saturday ...

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