SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Heavy Colorado snowfall over the weekend led to a dangerous situation for drivers on Interstate 70 on Sunday. Several avalanches sent snow crashing out onto the highway in Summit County near Copper Mountain.

Shaune Golemon was driving with his family on I-70 at about 5 p.m. when the slide came down and snow covered his car. He captured the following dramatic dashcam video of it:

Some cars got partially buried in the snow. No one was hurt, but the emergency situation led to a complete shutdown of the highway.

Some drivers ended up stranded and had to try to dig their way out.

Colin Rafferty’s pickup truck got pushed into the ditch by one of the snow slides.

“First it was just a big cloud coming down the mountain, then it just turned totally white. Then it covered out windshield with a couple inches of snow, so the windshield wipers wouldn’t move it,” he told CBS4.

Rafferty was with his daughter in the car and says he saw one avalanche come down up ahead. Then a second one came, and it sent snow onto the road and right into his vehicle.

“It got too deep over on the side so then when I started going I just slid right down,” he said.

The threat of more avalanches continues in Colorado’s high country. Drivers were being advised to be prepared for more possible highway closures. Early on Monday the following mountain were passes due to snow slides, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation:

– Highway 160, Wolf Creek Pass

– Highway 550, Red Mountain Pass

– Highway 145 Lizard Head Pass

By midday on Monday, Wolf Creek Pass had reopened.</s>COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. -- Take a look at this video of an avalanche thundering down Copper Mountain in Colorado Sunday morning.Driver Jacob Easton was driving on Interstate 70 when a cascade of snow overtook the road in front of him near Ten Mile Canyon around 7:45 a.m.This was the first of the two avalanches that occurred that day.There were no reports of injuries or anyone trapped, but the avalanches did close part of the interstate. Some vehicles had to be dug out.</s>Summit County, Colo. – Heavy Colorado snowfall over the weekend led to a dangerous situation for drivers on Interstate 70 on Sunday. CBS Denver reports several avalanches sent snow crashing out onto the highway in Summit County near Copper Mountain.

Shaune Golemon was driving with his family in the eastbound lanes at about 5 p.m. when the slide came down and snow covered his car. He captured the following dramatic dashcam video:

Some drivers in the eastbound lanes of I-70 ended up stranded and had to try to dig their way out.

Colin Rafferty's pickup truck got pushed into the ditch by one of the snow slides.

"First it was just a big cloud coming down the mountain, then it just turned totally white. Then it covered out windshield with a couple inches of snow, so the windshield wipers wouldn't move it," he told CBS Denver.

Rafferty was with his daughter in the car and says he saw one avalanche come down up ahead. Then a second one came, and it send snow onto the road and right into his vehicle.

"It got too deep over on the side so then when I started going I just slid right down," he said.

The threat of more avalanches continues in Colorado's high country. Drivers are being advised to be prepared for more possible highway closures. On Monday the following mountain were passes due to snow slides, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation:</s>COLORADO – Heavy snowfall over the weekend led to a dangerous situation for drivers on Interstate 70 on Sunday.

Several avalanches sent snow crashing out onto the highway near Copper Mountain.</s>SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. — Crews from the Colorado Department of Transportation will be out Monday morning to survey the areas along Interstate 70 where there were two different avalanches on Sunday.

The two avalanches happened between Copper Mountain and Frisco. Interstate 70 was closed down for several hours near Officer's Gulch Sunday afternoon after one of those slides covered the highway in snow.

CSP Trooper Schaefer said no vehicles were buried in the slide and no one was injured.

However, one driver shared video from their dash camera and said they were pushed off the roadway and into the median by the wall of the snow.

The highway was closed between Edwards and Frisco but reopened shortly after 6:00 p.m. Sunday. That was the second avalanche in the Officer's Gulch area Sunday.

Earlier Sunday, a slide was caught on camera barreling toward cars caught in I-70 traffic in Officer's Gulch between Silverthorne and Copper Mountain.

According to the person who took the video, most of the snow in that avalanche did not make it to the road and no one was injured. The avalanche was natural.

Avalanche danger on Sunday was extremely high, with the Colorado Avalanche Information Center issuing an Avalanche Warning through Monday morning.

On Monday morning, CDOT reported that several mountain passes were closed in southwest Colorado due to snow slides. They included Wolf Creek Pass, Red Mountain Pass, and Lizard Head Pass. The agency said that no vehicles were caught in the slides.</s>An avalanche shortly after 5 p.m. forced Colorado highway authorities to close Interstate 70 in Summit County.

“There is no vehicle buried. No injuries,” Colorado State Patrol Trooper Tim Schaefer told the Denver Post.

Colorado Department of Transportation officials issued a bulletin saying westbound lanes of I-70 were closed at Frisco “for safety reasons.”

State Patrol officials said eastbound I-70 was closed at Exit 196, near Copper Mountain.

Multiple agencies were responding along I-70. Schaefer said it remained unclear whether the avalanche in high mountains of Summit County slumped directly onto the highway.

Heavy snow in the mountains created conditions favorable to avalanches. While avalanches in the past have blocked Berthoud Pass and Red Mountain Pass in the Colorado mountains, avalanches typically do not force closure of I-70, one of the nation’s main east-west transportation routes.</s>SUMMIT AND EAGLE COUNTIES, Colo. – A couple of avalanches closed down sections of Interstate 70 in Eagle and Summit Counties late Sunday afternoon.

Colorado State Patrol officials in Eagle County reported that I-70 was closed between Frisco and Copper Mountain due to an avalanche.

In a tweet sent out by the agency, officials said there were "reports of parties trapped" in an avalanche on mile marker 197.

About an hour later, Colorado State Patrol spokesman Tim Schaefer could confirm to Denver7 that there were no injuries or people trapped in the avalanche on Copper Mountain.</s>An avalanche has closed Interstate 70 by Copper Mountain on Sunday in the Officers Gulch area.

A Colorado Department of Transportation spokeswoman said she did not believe it to be a large-scale avalanche, but Colorado State Patrol has tweeted there could be people trapped in it.

The CDOT spokeswoman said information is still coming in, and she could only confirm the road closure and add that CDOT hopes to reopen I-70 again soon.

The interstate is closed eastbound from Edwards (mile maker 163) to Summit County (MM203).

The avalanche comes after video of another avalanche in the same area Sunday morning was posted on social media by Brandon Ciullo.

With heavy snowfall throughout the weekend, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center has issued an avalanche warning for the northern and central mountains.</s>Interstate 70 has reopened after an avalanche closed the route Sunday by Copper Mountain.

Colorado State Patrol initially tweeted that there could be people trapped in the avalanche, which occurred about 4 p.m., but a CSP spokesman said that no cars were buried and no one was injured in the incident.

The avalanche comes after video of another avalanche in the same area Sunday morning was posted on social media on social media by Brandon Ciullo.

With heavy snowfall throughout the weekend, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center has issued an avalanche warning for the northern and central mountains.</s>SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Heavy Colorado snowfall over the weekend led to a dangerous situation for drivers on Interstate 70 on Sunday. Several avalanches sent snow crashing out onto the highway in Summit County near Copper Mountain.

Some cars got partially buried in the snow. No one was hurt, but the emergency situation led to a complete shutdown of the highway.

Some drivers in the eastbound lanes of I-70 ended up stranded and had to try to dig their way out.

Colin Rafferty’s pickup truck got pushed into the ditch by one of the snow slides.

“First it was just a big cloud coming down the mountain, then it just turned totally white. Then it covered out windshield with a couple inches of snow, so the windshield wipers wouldn’t move it,” he told CBS4.

Rafferty was with his daughter in the car and says he saw one avalanche come down up ahead. Then a second one came, and it send snow onto the road and right into his vehicle.

“It got too deep over on the side so then when I started going I just slid right down,” he said.

The threat of more avalanches continues in Colorado’s high country. Drivers are being advised to be prepared for more possible highway closures.
After heavy snowfall, avalanches close Interstate 70 and three Copper Mountain passes in Summit County, Colorado.