The pass runs between Shrine Road near Silverton and Amphiteatre Road near Ouray. A photo from CDOT officials posted Wednesday morning shows the boulder, which is taller than the bed of a pickup ...

Previously, a natural slide happened around 11:30 a.m. U.S. Highway 550 was closed for 90 minutes as crews removed the snow.

Friday is a First Alert Weather Day as snow falls overnight and lingers through the Friday morning drive. We will begin improving by mid-to-late morning.

Silverton Medical Rescue and the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office responded a little after 1 p.m. to the scene west of U.S. Highway 550, about 5 miles south of Red Mountain Pass.

A Crested Butte woman was killed by an avalanche while snowboarding on Thursday in Ophir Pass near Silverton. San Juan County Sheriff’s Office and Silverton Medical Rescue were alerted to the ...

The Colorado Department of Transportation will perform winter maintenance operations on US Highway 550 between Ouray and ...

Sarah Steinwand, the backcountry snowboarder killed in an avalanche near Ophir Pass on Feb. 20, is being remembered as a ...

The incident was reported in the area known locally as “The Nose,” which is near Ophir Pass, just north of Silverton. The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office and Silverton Medical Rescue were ...

Sarah Steinwand, 41, of Crested Butte, Colorado, was caught in the avalanche in the backcountry near Ophir Pass north of Silverton. She was snowboarding an area known locally as “The Nose ...