Last year after skiing at Crested Butte for the day drove back to DIA around 3pm to catch a 10pm flight. Well unluckily for us the wind was really bad that day despite it being sunny so all the snow was drifting across the roads in the valley. As soon as we got out of the valley we saw where we just drove through was closed. Here's a picture

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Posted by BoostAddict

Member since Jun 2007

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Posted on 11/10/15 at 3:33 pm to CuseTiger

Been through there snowing so hard you couldn't tell if you were stopped or moving or about to drive off a cliff. Then the windshield wipers on the rental froze up and stripped out the shaft on the motor. Lovely day.

And... don't get a car with a 4cyl. engine. At altitude it will feel like it has about 30hp as it struggles up every hill. Get something with a V8 if you can.

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Posted by Hermit Crab

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Member since Nov 2008

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Posted on 11/10/15 at 9:23 pm to CuseTiger

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Last year after skiing at Crested Butte for the day drove back to DIA around 3pm to catch a 10pm flight. Well unluckily for us the wind was really bad that day despite it being sunny so all the snow was drifting across the roads in the valley. As soon as we got out of the valley we saw where we just drove through was closed.

we somehow ended up having to make that same drive. rental place didn't have a big enough vehicle for our family so my dad and I both drove sedans. white-out blizzard conditions on the way there over monarch pass was the scariest driving i have ever done. one guy in a jeep cherokee thought he was a badass and passed us before promptly spinning out into a ditch.

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