GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - 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 Wednesday and then decide when they can reopen some lanes.
The boulder is 20 feet in diameter and 900 feet above the highway. Workers will break it apart with compressor-powered drills hauled to the site by helicopter.
A 17-mile stretch of I-70 has been closed since Monday after the slide rained boulders onto the road...

Somebody explain this one.
Boulders as large as tractor-trailers fall from Glenwood Canyon onto I-70 near Hanging Lake early Monday morning. And the damage is done. The largest boulder is a ridiculous 66 tons. That's a lot of elephants. Unbelievably, there were no injuries or damaged automobiles.
What are the chances?
They seem slim, but then again it was midnight. So those chances go up a bit when the canyon goes dark in March. I've driven Glenwood Canyon many times late at night, and early in the morning, returning from Vail or...

2001-2003
Property Damage Only: 26 of 296 total crashes involved rocks
Injury Accidents: 0 of 82 total crashes resulting in injuries involved rocks
Persons Injured: 0 of 121 total persons were injured in crashes involving rocks
Total: 26 traffic crashes of 382 total involved rocks


Other Canyon Work
2003: An 8-feet in diameter rock came down in 2003 and landed on the off-ramp to the Hanging Lake rest area.
May 19, 2003: Following the rockslide that occurred on I-70 in Glenwood Canyon on May 9, 2003, CDOT Maintenance crews and contractor Yenter Companies conducted...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Despite the more-than-200-mile detour to bypass the Glenwood Canyon, deliveries to local stores were only a little behind schedule due to the rock fall that had Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon closed Monday and Tuesday.
The 17-mile section of I-70 remains closed to traffic from Dotsero to Glenwood Springs.
According to Safeway director of public affairs Kris Staaf, the detour pushed delivers back only a little bit, but Glenwood customers do not have to worry about out-of-stock items due to the slide.
"We have adjusted our travel schedules," Staaf said. "These things happen...

EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - Brad Higgins has been wary of Glenwood Canyon since Interstate 70 opened all four lanes through it more than 16 years ago. It didn't help matters when Higgins' truck was hit by a falling rock in the canyon last week.
Higgins, the director of the Eagle County Road and Bridge Department, is a believer in creating an emergency detour route to the canyon over Cottonwood Pass. But he also knows, perhaps better than anyone else, what a project like that might mean in the long run.
In the wake of a massive rockslide...

Junior high hoops tourney coming to Coal Ridge
The Titan Junior High Boys Hoop Tournament is slated for March 20 at Coal Ridge High School.
The tournament is open to sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders and costs $125 per team. Teams are guaranteed three games and an adult coach must accompany each team.
Contact the tournament's director, Jim Harrell, at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or (970) 231-9296 to register. His fax number is (970) 945-8455. Register by March 15.

Top 10s aplenty for Sunlight Buddy Werner racers
Sunlight skiers fared well at the Buddy Werner League Western Council Cup...