Massive Avalanche in Colorado

[yo-ho-yo-ho]

Massive Avalanche in Colorado Buries Several Cars, Sends Other Cars Over Edge of Pass.

 

[LakeAriel]

Just saw it on CNN..Pray for those people!

 

[yo-ho-yo-ho]

Any update ?

 

[yo-ho-yo-ho]

Berthoud Pass has been closed from I-70 to Winter Park Ski area due to a major avalanche covering all lanes of the highway.

C-DOT is reporting that several vehicles have been caught in the slide.

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/06/colorado.avalanche.ap/index.html


Story Highlights• Search for survivors under way
• At least six people rescued so far
• Avalanche forced cars off U.S. 40, Colorado highway official says
• Avalanche occurred 60 miles west of Denver

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DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A huge avalanche buried several cars and sent others over the edge Saturday on U.S. 40 near 11,307-foot-high Berthoud Pass, Colorado highway officials said.

"Our crews said it was the largest they have ever seen. It took three paths," said Stacey Stegman, spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Transportation.

Crews had rescued at least six people at the site some 60 miles west of Denver, she said.

Rescuers were probing the area for other survivors.

She said some cars were buried by the snow in an area called Stanley near Berthoud Falls between 10:00 and 10:30 a.m.

Berthoud Pass is the main route to Winter Park, one of Colorado's largest ski areas.

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[Sheree Bobbins]

Prayers being said for the saftey of those trapped!

 

[poohandwendy]

OMG, sending prayers out to all affected. That is horrible.