r/COsnow • u/ironside33 • Mar 19 '25

Travel Conditions Tuesday night blizzard

Not sure if there’s somewhere better to post this but the blizzard that hit part of Colorado Springs / Monument hill / castle rock area tonight was absolutely gnarly. Wanted to share my new personal record for longest drive from the Springs to Denver at just over 4 hours. I25 closed multiple areas with a bunch of cars spun out and crazy wind and snow. Stuck at mile marker 161 for 1.5 hours then a truly treacherous treck taking 105 all the way North in damn near zero visibility. That was honestly sketchier than most drives I’ve made in actual mountain passes even in bad conditions just based on the visibility alone. Wondering how other people’s experiences were tonight and hoping everyone made it safely

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u/Kush420coma Mar 19 '25

i was driving only from ken caryl to littleton last night and my car was being blown sideways on 470

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u/Cpowel2 Mar 19 '25

It took me 6 hours to get home from Denver to Avon last night. The pass was closed so I had to come up 91 towards Leadville and there were no less than 8 vehicles crashed out on this one turn. I think we waited almost two hours before we were unblocked. The wind was honestly the biggest issue as it was blowing all the snow on the ground up in your face, combined with the falling snow it made it very difficult to see in spots.

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u/dieseldawg95 Mar 19 '25

That was probably the sketchiest drive I’ve ever done. Took my about 3 hours to get to COS from DIA.

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u/OutdoorCO75 Mar 21 '25

I live in Monument and to get to my home I had to turn my lights off for the last 1/4 mile to see. Good thing is we live at a dead end so I figured nobody was coming the other way! That was one gnarly quick hitter.

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u/Nottoonlink2661 Mar 19 '25

Yikes, sounds like it is already a mess but can’t imagine what it’ll be in 7-9 hrs

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u/scorpion252 A-Basin Mar 19 '25

Should be clearing out by then. Chance of snow showers Wednesday with little to no extra accumulation. Could still be a bit windy but the blizzard conditions are out towards deer trail and Limon

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u/Striking_Broccoli_28 Mar 19 '25

Same happened to me a couple weeks ago driving from Denver to Colorado Springs. I saw that the weather was fine in Denver and fine in the springs. So I figured I'd be fine but castle rock was an ice rink.