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Cleanup of a mudslide that forced the closure of Interstate 70 from Dotsero to Rifle wrapped up Monday evening, more than 24 hours after the debris went across the highway.
Colorado Department of Transportation crews reopened the eastbound lanes around 3 p.m. Monday, and then westbound lanes opened three hours later. A mudslide about 5 p.m. Sunday closed the canyon, which also shut down Saturday because of debris flows onto the interstate.
The rainfall event that occurred over Grizzly Creek Fire burn scar dropped about a half-inch of rain over the course of 35 minutes Sunday afternoon, according Tom Renwick, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Grand Junction.
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Steamboat Springs will miss out on much of the snow from a storm moving over the area Monday that is expected to bring large quantities to the Front Range. Still, higher elevations could see light accumulation, and there could be some thunder early in the week. (Photo by John F. Russell)
Many parts of Colorado’s northern mountains are seeing late season snow to start the week, but the Steamboat Springs area will miss out on a big dump with any snow that falls likely melting quickly.
“It is a storm that is going to hit the Front Range the most,” said Mike Weissbluth, a local meteorologist who runs the forecasting website SnowAlarm.com