Colorado drivers should prepare for snowy, icy conditions on mountain roads Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
Light snow started in the mountains Wednesday afternoon and continued overnight into Thursday , quickly covering the roads. Photos posted by NWS meteorologists from Boulder on Thursday morning show sections of Interstate 70 , U.S. 40 , Colorado 91 and U.S. 285 covered in snow and ice.
As of 10 a.m. Thursday, six miles of U.S. 6 over Loveland Pass were closed, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. The pass closure runs from I-70 to mile marker 229 near Grizzly Peak
CDOT officials said the highway is closed for safety concerns and hazmat vehicles are staged at Eisenhower Tunnel. Cameras in the area of the closure showed completely snow-covered roads and windy, white-out conditions.
Traffic near the tunnel, which is near where U.S. 6 traffic enters I-70, was backed up in the snow, according to the cameras.
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