{"id":95732,"date":"2019-02-04T19:17:57","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T02:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wolf-creek-pass-to-close-tuesday-morning-for-avalanche-mitigation\/"},"modified":"2019-02-04T19:17:57","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T02:17:57","slug":"wolf-creek-pass-to-close-tuesday-morning-for-avalanche-mitigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wolf-creek-pass-to-close-tuesday-morning-for-avalanche-mitigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolf Creek Pass to close Tuesday morning for avalanche mitigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=6f510546-ab2b-48d8-9863-a78bbf61bc6b&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=6f510546-ab2b-48d8-9863-a78bbf61bc6b&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=6f510546-ab2b-48d8-9863-a78bbf61bc6b&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=6f510546-ab2b-48d8-9863-a78bbf61bc6b&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"1542\" height=\"960\" alt=\"Wolf Creek Pass will close at 6 a.m. Tuesday for avalanche control work. The pass is expected to be closed for two hours.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Wolf Creek Pass will close at 6 a.m. Tuesday for avalanche control work. The pass is expected to be closed for two hours.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Travelers heading over the pass can expect a lengthy delay while avalanche mitigation takes place on the west side of the summit. Motorists will experience a delay, perhaps up to two hours. The delay may be longer should unusual circumstances arise.<\/p>\n<p>Eastbound traffic will be stopped at the Treasure Falls chain-up station, milepost 157. Skiers traveling eastbound, from Pagosa Springs to the Wolf Creek Ski Area, should reach the Treasure Falls closure point before 6 a.m. to reach the ski area before the closure goes into effect.<\/p>\n<p>Westbound traffic will be stopped near the pass summit, at milepost 166. Skiers traveling westbound, from South Fork to the pass, will be able to reach the ski area throughout the day, since the closure point is west of the resort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creek Pass will close at 6 a.m. Tuesday for avalanche control work. The pass is expected to be closed for two hours.Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald file Travelers heading over the pass can expect a lengthy delay while avalanche mitigation takes place on the west side of the summit. Motorists will experience a delay, perhaps up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5736,5735],"tags":[377,576,69,373,372],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-95732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-avalanche-landslide","tag-colorado-department-of-transportation","tag-u-s-highway-160","tag-wolf-creek-pass","tag-wolf-creek-ski-area"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95732","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=95732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95732"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=95732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}