posted in Breaking News - avalanche buries cars, etc.

[donsu]

have you seen it yet! awful

[malaise]

1. MSNBC has live coverage

frightening. Seems several cars went over the edge as well.

[applegrove]

2. Let us hope for the best.

[SoCalDem]

3. CNN chickie just said the snow had "smothered" some cars

:eyes:

um,, I think I'd be a bit more worried about the PEOPLE !! When I hear "smothered", I don't think of cars..:grr:

[Peace Patriot]

4. Where? n/t

[dogday]

6. Berthound Pass Colorado nt

[janx]

7. Berthoud Pass.

On highway 40, in between hwy 70 and Winter Park. The cars were probably on their way to Winter Park. (Saturday morning, lots of snow, etc.)

[dogday]

5. Hearing more information

Several cars believed to be caught in Avalanche..... I hope they can get to them...

[leftofthedial]

8. I drive that road several times a year

Plenty of avalanche potential there.

That road closed makes it damned inconvenient to get to a popular winter recreation area. There is a train from Denver that takes a different route.

they say here that it was the biggest avalanche the workers in the area had ever seen (which is saying something)

15 feet deep across parts of the highway.

So far just one injury, searching for additional survivors.