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• Hardwork, heavy equipment and dynamite help reopen road

  February 20, 2011 5:36 PM

  US Highway 50 west of Cotopaxi has reopened for the first time in nearly a week. Workers with the Colorado Department of Transportation lifted the barriers just before 12:30 p.m. Sunday. An estimated 7,000 tons of rock fell on the roadway last Monday in an area approximately 2 miles west... more »

• Highway 50 through Cotopaxi reopens

  February 20, 2011 2:51 PM

  News First 5's Andy Koen has just called into the newsroom from Cotopaxi to report that the section of Colorado Highway 50 that had been closed for the past several days has just reopened. CDOT crews have been working day and night to clear tons of boulders that fell to... more »

• Rock removal continues near Cotopaxi

  February 17, 2011 3:05 PM

  Rock removal continues on Highway 50 west of Cotopaxi to remove rubble from a rock slide that happened Monday. Crews worked until sundown yesterday and all morning trying to break the larger boulders into smaller pieces so they can be hauled away. Workers are using drills and blasting... more »

• Rock slide clean up to take "a couple days"

  February 15, 2011 5:08 PM

  A specialized team of mountaineers are in western Fremont County scaling a cliff-side in with ropes and pulleys to remove loose rocks at the site of a massive rock slide from Monday. The slide happened about two miles west of the town of Cotopaxi and is estimated to be... more »

• Rock slide will keep Highway 50 closed Tuesday

  February 14, 2011 10:36 PM

  Tuesday morning, a geologist with the Colorado Department of Transportation will assess how dangerous and unstable a rock slide sitting on Highway 50 really is. The massive slide happened late Monday afternoon, west of the small town of Cotopaxi, shutting down Highway 50 in both directions. C-DOT workers... more »

• Rock slide closes Highway 50 near Cotopaxi

  February 14, 2011 7:34 PM

  A rock slide, described as "massive" by a local official, has closed Highway 50 in western Fremont County. Highway 50 parallels the Arkansas River from the Royal Gorge to Salida. The slide area is just west of the small town of Cotopaxi. The road is expected to be... more »

• Rock slide kills Colorado hiker

  September 29, 2010 8:29 AM

  A 30-year-old man has died from injuries after he was caught in a rock slide while hiking in southwestern Colorado. San Miguel County Coroner Robert Dempsey said John Arthur Merrill of Cortez was climbing El Diente Peak in the San Juan Mountains when he was injured. Another hiker saw... more »

• Hwy. 24 closure today for rock removal

  August 11, 2010 9:31 AM

  After rock slides partially closed US Highway 24 twice in successive weeks, damaging some vehicles but causing no injuries, the Colorado Department of Transportation is taking the unusual step of closing the highway to remove rocks. The closure is today, beginning at 9:30 am. They hope to reopen the... more »

• Rock slide closes one lane of Highway 24

  August 9, 2010 5:58 PM

  A rock slide has forced the closure of one westbound lane of Highway 24 near Manitou Springs. The slide happened Monday afternoon near near Cave of the Winds. Work crews are trying to clear the slide. Twitpic photo from Doug Leavy. more »

• Heavy rain sets off Colorado rock slides

  July 28, 2010 8:28 AM

  Heavy rains in southwest Colorado have caused rock slides, closing part of a highway. San Miguel County spokeswoman Jennifer Dinsmore says rocks and debris about 4 feet high slid onto Colorado 145 between Norwood and Telluride Tuesday. No cars were trapped and no one was injured. The slide... more »

• Crews move huge boulder off Denver-area highway

  April 24, 2010 9:08 AM

  Colorado state highway crews have used heavy equipment to nudge a 60-ton boulder off a highway on the far western edge of the Denver area. Colorado Department of Transportation spokeswoman Mindy Crane says the southbound lanes of U.S. 285 near Indian Hills have re-opened after being closed since around 6... more »

• Man uninjured after boulder hits car on highway

  March 27, 2010 9:39 AM

  A Grand Junction man has escaped injury after a 3-foot boulder struck his car in a slide that happened near the same location of a massive rock slide that damaged Interstate 70. The Colorado State Patrol says 53-year-old Kurt Kuxhausen was able to drive his car home after the boulder... more »

• Snow melt leaves behind river of mud, closing road

  March 18, 2010 11:55 AM

  Melting mountain snow has triggered a mud flow near a rock slide area in La Plata County, leaving behind muck as deep as 4 feet in some spots on East Animas Road along the Animas River. County workers closed the road Tuesday as mud and debris coursed down Missionary Ridge... more »

• Workers breaking up boulder threatening I-70

  March 10, 2010 12:30 PM

  Workers are breaking up a huge boulder threatening to tumble down a cliff onto Interstate 70 in western Colorado after a rock slide that closed the highway indefinitely. State officials say they hope to dislodge the boulder on Wednesday. After that, they'll decide how soon at least some lanes... more »