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Two backcountry skiers who spent the night outdoors after being caught in Thursday’s storm near Coal Bank Pass were rescued Friday and returned to safety. Ron Corkish with La Plata County Search...
DATE: Feb. 15, 2019 | UPDATED: 15 hours 14 minutes ago | CATEGORY: Local News
On the morning of March 5, 1992, a massive avalanche tumbled down a slide path on Red Mountain Pass just south of Ouray, burying two Colorado Department of Transportation employees. The pair were...
DATE: Feb. 13, 2019 | UPDATED: 3 days 2 hours ago | CATEGORY: Local News
Travel advisories are in effect on Coal Bank, Molas and Red Mountain passes as a snowstorm entered the region Monday afternoon. According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, chains or...
DATE: Jan. 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
The trail system from Molas Pass to Coal Bank Pass, closed during the 416 Fire, reopened with celebratory fanfare. Cross-state hikers on the Colorado Trail are now completing journeys from Denver...
DATE: July 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
It started out as a routine call for Donnie Curnow, owner of Animas Towing in Silverton. On Wednesday afternoon, May 2, a fierce spring storm hit the high San Juans and a motorist slid off U.S....
DATE: May 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
A rollover crash near the base of Coal Bank Pass closed U.S. Highway 550 for a brief period Friday morning. The crash was reported at 11:25 p.m. Thursday near mile marker 51, which is near Cascade...
DATE: Jan. 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Southwest Colorado from 9 p.m. Monday to 6 p.m. Tuesday. Five to 10 inches of snow, with up to 14 inches in isolated areas, is...
DATE: Oct. 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
Heavy snow in the region is expected to continue through Tuesday. Between 6 to 12 inches of snow is predicted in Durango and higher elevations could see up to 20 inches, said Andrew Lyons, a...
DATE: Feb. 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
A winter weather advisory remains in effect for Telluride, Silverton, Rico and Hesperus until 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. Road conditions cleared enough Tuesday for...
DATE: Feb. 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
Coal Bank and Molas passes, between Durango and Silverton, have received more snow this month than any other January since at least 1993, when the Colorado Avalanche Information Center began...
DATE: Jan. 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
Coal Bank, Molas and Red Mountain passes stayed closed overnight Saturday, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. It was too dangerous for crews to do avalanche mitigation on U.S....
DATE: Jan. 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
A slow-moving winter storm drenched Durango and blanketed higher elevations with snow Thursday, closing five mountain passes for most of the day in Southwest Colorado. Two of the passes, Red...
DATE: Jan. 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
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