Posted on 09/24/2015 7:35:06 AM PDT by beaversmom
To all our friends coming to Mount Carmel today: Two routes to get here. From Hurricane head towards Fredonia/Kanab and north on 89. Or head up to Cedar City and come over Highway 14 then south on 89.
Or just driving down the interstate through the mountains. One time about six or seven years ago we were caught in a traffic jam ten thousand feet up on I-70 fifty miles west of Denver. We found out the next day a large boulder had fallen on some guy's car and killed him. That's the risk you take when driving in the mountains.
Personal pic from Moab area 2006.
UDOT is saying it will open this afternoon.
Incident Road damage - SR 9 at MP 45
Direction: Both Directions
High (more than 15 minutes delays)
Estimated Duration: 16 Hour(s)
Details: Road damage SR 9 CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS THROUGH ZION NAT’L PARK
EST. CLEARANCE TIME: 9/24/2015 6:00 PM
Last Updated: 09/23/15 02:50 PM
http://commuterlink.utah.gov/
The Park Service is saying the same ...
http://www.nps.gov/zion/learn/news/zmchighwayclosed.htm
Is there a coyote underneath it? If so, I know the guy.
Beautiful photo. Is that snow on the rock above the Jeep?
It does happen. Beautiful scenery in my Colorado and Utah. Risky as I guess anything is in life or can be, but worth the small risk to see.
Hey there Binger.
Isn’t it Rockville where the house got crushed by a huge boulder?
Hope all is well with you.
Great eye for details! I do not know. I don’t think so. It was in October 2006. I remember it being warm still.
In Oregon on 101 you could have a large tree fall on you....there’s always something. ¦:}
Well howdy! Yes Rockville was the place. This one is on the east side of the tunnel.
Traffic will be awfully slow today.
That would have been something to see happen.
Looks like the one that almost nailed us between Silverton and ouray co 25 years ago.
ping
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