[Rockhounds] Colorado: Boulders 'the size of a building' hit US road

[Alan Goldstein]

Hwy 145 I presume. Drove that road 30+ years ago on my honeymoon. Collected in Rico (see this mindat page: https://www.mindat.org/loc-23922.html). That's what I call some serious 'rock and roll!' Serious mountains, too.

Alan G.


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Subject: [Rockhounds] Colorado: Boulders 'the size of a building' hit US road

A section of highway in the US state of Colorado has been totally destroyed
by two boulders "the size of a building", officials say.

The road was hit by a slide "consisting of dirt, rock and two huge
boulders", the Colorado Department of Transportation said.

Photos posted on its Facebook page show a trench 8ft deep (2.5m) left by
the boulders.

The road between the towns of Cortez and Telluride is closed indefinitely.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48415293
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