Up to 2 feet of snow expected in mountains; Loveland Pass closed
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- Created on Monday, 17 January 2011 07:00
- Written by Nathan
DENVER — More snow in Colorado's mountains is making for slow and dangerous travel.
The snow began falling Sunday and it's expected to continue into Tuesday morning. The National Weather Service said accumulations of between 1 and 2 feet were expected above 9,000 feet.
The weather has shut down Loveland Pass forcing all hazardous load trucks to use the Eisenhower Tunnel along Interstate 70. Trucks are being allowed through the tunnel at the top of every hour, causing regular traffic to back up.
Berthoud Pass is also closed.
The weather srvice says winds gusting up to 80 mph will produce near blizzard conditions on higher mountains and pases.
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