Rockfall restricts traffic in Glenwood Canyon

• Boulders falling onto Interstate 70 west of Hanging Lakes took out large chunks of asphalt. Colorado Department of Transportation crews seals these damaged spots with a temporary "cold patch" that will serve until the "hot batch mix" plants open back up in the spring.
  Ryan Summerlin | Post Independent

  

• Workers assess rockfall last month in Glenwood Canyon.
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• The view from above shows the resting place of rocks that crashed onto Interstate 70 on Feb. 15.
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• Rocks damaged a guardrail in the Glenwood Canyon this morning, but caused no injuries or accidents.
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• Colorado Department of Transportation crews drill into boulders freshly fallen from cliffs of Glenwood Canyon onto Interstate 70. The agency then used "Boulder Blasters," small ordinances used to break up large rocks into manageable pieces.
  Ryan Summerlin | Post Independent

  

• A pair of Colorado Department of Transportation road crew members use a jack hammer to drill into a boulder on Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon following an initial rockfall event the morning of Feb. 15. A bigger rockslide later that day ended up closing I-70 through the canyon for six days.
  Ryan Summerlin / Post Independent |

  

• Boulders tumbled from the north rim of Glenwood Canyon on Feb. 15, rolling over the westbound lane onto the lower eastbound lane. At least one boulder even had enough velocity to be launched onto the southern bank of the Colorado River.
  Ryan Summerlin | Post Independent

  

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