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To: KLP who wrote (130392)	1/6/2007 3:24:41 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Respond to of 225578

Avalanche On Berthoud Pass [West of Denver] Buries Cars, Sends Some Over Berthoud Pass To Remain Closed For Rest Of Day DENVER -- Colorado highway officials say a massive avalanche about 15 feet deep and 300 feet wide buried several cars in Berthoud Pass and sent other vehicles over the edge. "Our crews said it was the largest they have ever seen. It took three paths," said Stacey Stegman, spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Transportation. Crews have rescued at least six people, she said. They were probing the area for other survivors. At least one person was injured, she said. align= Mile Cikara said he was headed up to Winter Park on U.S. 40 and had just made the turn past Empire when he saw about a bunch of cars stopped in the middle of the road. "I asked what happpened and they said there had been an avalanche," Cikara said. "I along with 30 other people grabbed shovels and started digging to get people out. I had a shovel but people were using their hands, skis, ski poles, whatever to dig out," he said. He said there were all standing on about a 15-foot mountain of snow and working furiously when Clear Creek County rescuers came and took over the rescue. She said some cars were buried in the snow in an area called Stanley near Berthoud Falls and she believes the avalanche came down at about 10:30 a.m. US 40 Berthoud Pass is closed at the US 40 exit (mile marker 232) from westbound Interstate 70 to the Winter Park Ski area, 7NEWS reported. CDOT said it will remain closed for the rest of the day and those who were skiing at Winter Park may be stranded there for the weekend. The avalanche covers all lanes of the highway. Berthoud Pass is 11,307-foot-high and is about 60 miles west of Denver. It is the main route to Winter Park, one of Colorado's largest ski areas.