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Colorado mountain highways closed — slammed by snow, wind and avalanche risk

Jan 19, 2020 at 12:19 PM CST

Heads up, slopegoers. Travel in ski country is already becoming a pain as one of the busiest ski weekends of the year kicks off. Colorado Department of Transportation reports heavy traffic plus icy and snowpacked conditions on I-70 westbound. Travel times of up to 2 hours, 30 minutes are needed to cover the 44 miles between mile markers 259 and 215.