{"id":30488,"date":"2023-11-25T01:29:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T08:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/u-s-160-reopens-near-mancos-hill-more-snow-expected\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:20:16","slug":"u-s-160-reopens-near-mancos-hill-more-snow-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/u-s-160-reopens-near-mancos-hill-more-snow-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. 160 reopens near Mancos Hill; more snow expected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=c89d916b-9b24-50f1-8cd6-3320ec4d6e6f&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"923\" height=\"628\" alt=\"Road footage accessed by Cotrip showed heavy snow on Mancos Hill. (Cotrip)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Road footage accessed by Cotrip showed heavy snow on Mancos Hill. (Cotrip)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Friday evening, Montezuma County Emergency Alerts reported a road closure on Highway 160  from County Road 44 east to the La Plata County line because vehicles were stuck in the roadway.<\/p>\n<p>They advised those driving to avoid the area as the road could possibly be closed for hours. It is unclear whether there was an accident or a backup of vehicles due to road conditions.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=704b28c6-e323-5402-972d-0c58c737b738&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"916\" height=\"616\" alt=\"Another shot of the snowy roadway as snow continues to fall on Mancos Hill. (Cotrip)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Another shot of the snowy roadway as snow continues to fall on Mancos Hill. (Cotrip)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Not long later, the alert system updated residents, saying that Highway 160 is now open to through traffic, though they warned drivers to drive carefully as more snow is expected.<\/p>\n<p>Road cameras on Mancos Hill, accessed through <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.cotrip.org\/search\/from=Mancos,+CO+81328,+USA\/to=Durango,+CO,+USA\/mode=DRIVING\/@-108.22543,37.40798,8?show=normalCameras,winterDriving,roadReports,chainLaws,mileMarkers\" id=\"link-581ae04fb5550963231cbb74cf14944b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cotrip,<\/a> showed heavy snow on slick-looking roadways.<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"emphasis-d77aa2359ce9d1a445440d4c3c10af6c\">This story will be updated as more information becomes available. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>is expected throughout the night <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[386,28,475,60,29,1685,1164],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-30488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-breaking-news","tag-headlines","tag-la-plata-county-colorado","tag-montezuma-county","tag-newsletter","tag-road-work-and-conditions","tag-snow"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81099,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30488\/revisions\/81099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30488"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=30488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}