A massive rockslide in Custer County, Colorado, closed parts of Colorado 96 and 165 on December 29, 2024. The highway remains closed as crews work to stabilize the area and clear debris.
A rockslide covered parts of Colorado 96 and Colorado 165 with boulders and debris in Custer County on Dec. 29, 2024. The rockslide closed roads and challenged state officials tasked with stabilizing the soil. Colorado 96 and Colorado 165 at McKenzie Junction in Custer County were closed Sunday afternoon after large slabs of earth dislodged and tumbled onto the roadway.
Colorado 165 reopened Thursday but Colorado 96 remains closed between the rockslide and Wetmore, according to the state Department of Transportation. The fault zone hasn’t been active for nearly a billion years, but is still impacted by snow melting through fractures in the earth, causing unstable soil and slides Cleanup crews had removed more than 7,200 tons of debris from the highway as of Thursday, according to the sheriff’s office. State officials will likely need to use dynamite to lower the slope and move it back from the highway to prevent and lessen the impact of future landslides
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