Loveland Pass Reopens After Mountain Slide Closure

Originally posted on Powder | By Ian Greenwood | Last updated Jun 19, 2025 2:30 PM ET

After a days-long closure, Loveland Pass, Colorado, reopened to motorists Wednesday afternoon, June 18, 2025, following a mountain slide that covered U.S. Highway 6 in up to 20 feet of debris.

Geohazard specialists working with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) conducted an inspection and determined that the road through Loveland Pass was safe for use, observing no movement on the mountainside. To clear the roadway, seven tandem dump trucks hauled 92 tons of mud and silt, CDOT said.

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"I am incredibly proud of our team's swift and dedicated work to safely reopen Loveland Pass after the recent landslide," said Jessica Myklebust, CDOT Denver Metro transportation director, in a statement.

"Our crews' expertise and tireless efforts ensured that we could restore access through this vital mountain corridor as quickly as possible, demonstrating our commitment to keeping Colorado's roadways safe and open,” she added.

While the road is open, drivers might still spot CDOT crews conducting clean-up from the shoulder, CDOT said.

The Pass first closed between Arapahoe Basin and Loveland Ski Area Sunday when material saturated by melting snow slid over the highway near mile marker 226 in a location known as Scottys Curves. Initial reports showed that the slide was approximately 100 feet wide. No vehicles or people were caught.

CDOT said that while the area also partially slid in 2003, there has been no further movement over the past 22 years, with the mountainside otherwise remaining stable.

During the beginning of the closure, Arapahoe Basin remained open on Sunday for its previously scheduled final day of the 2024-2025 ski season. Visitors from Denver could still reach the ski resort by traveling to Silverthorne, getting on U.S. Highway 6, and then going past Keystone Resort.

Slides on mountain highways can’t always be resolved in only a few days.

In June 2024, part of the road that travels over Teton Pass into the resort town of Jackson, Wyoming, catastrophically failed. The road has since reopened. But the final rebuild, which required $40 million, is expected to be finished by the end of July 2025, just over a year after the initial collapse, the Cowboy State Daily reports.