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Monday, December 12, 2022

I-80 closures at Colfax due to zero visibility derailed plans for many headed to Sierra

COLFAX, Calif. — Sunday morning, cars and semi-trucks lined Interstate 80 at exit 135 in Colfax after Caltrans set a hard closure shutting down the interstate from Colfax to the Nevada Stateline. 

Over a hundred people, all of which told KCRA 3 they knew the closure was in place, sat in their cars waiting patiently for it to reopen.

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It never ceases to amaze me how many people will head to Reno over the Sierras, knowing that there's heavy snow in the forecast and the roads over the passes will be closed
I'd be willing to bet that less than a quarter of these idiots have packed extra provisions and winter emergency kits, expecting CalTrans to be able to clear 6 feet of snow and open the roads with a snap of their fingers.
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  1. ElmoDecember 12, 2022 at 9:04 AM

    Pro Tip -
    When a big storm is moving into the Sierra and you think I-80 might close, take Highway 70 through Oroville, Quincy and over Beckwourth Pass. It's 2000' lower than Donner Pass and Echo Summit. It may take a couple of hours longer but it sure beats waiting 24 hours or more for I-80 to reopen.
    Besides, it's a beautiful drive.

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    1. Inbred RedneckDecember 12, 2022 at 2:46 PM

      Just don't forget to check road conditions by searching for "closed at Jarbo Gap" before you get out of Oroville. Hwy 70 gets shut down for weeks when gravity grabs them boulders.

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    2. ElmoDecember 12, 2022 at 7:53 PM

      I'd rather be the only pickup on Highway 70 looking at a rock slide while trying to figure out what to do next than to be one of the clueless twits sitting in Colfax for 20 hours waiting for the road to open so I can go "shred some slopes".

      But that's just me, who if caught in that situation would take Four Trees Road up to the Bucks Lake Road to avoid the rock slide and make it into Quincy, even if I have to chain up all four wheels.

      See how I am, IR?

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  2. AnonymousDecember 12, 2022 at 9:43 AM

    They are indeed idiots, now imagine they're all in their environmentally responsible electric cars.
    - WDS

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  3. JGDecember 12, 2022 at 9:48 AM

    I've gone Hwy88 from Stockton to South Lake Tahoe as it is like going a bobsled run with high ice on each side.

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  4. TwoExitsDownDecember 12, 2022 at 11:20 AM

    We call them ski tards. Half have Bay Area license plates. Yeah, they're idiots.

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    1. ElmoDecember 12, 2022 at 8:03 PM

      The technical term used by natives of the West Slope is that they are "Slope Dopes".

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  5. AnonymousDecember 12, 2022 at 3:06 PM

    You'd think, after all the decades this exact thing has been happening, that Bay Area schools would start teaching it so the kids could tune up their dipshit parents, but nooooo.
    --nines

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