Loveland Pass Landslide Cleanup Effort Underway (No Estimated Reopening Date)

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has begun their cleanup efforts on a 100 feet wide, 20 feet deep landslide that engulfed a section of Loveland Pass near mile marker 226 (approximately 3 miles from US 6 interchange with the interstate near the Loveland Ski Area) early Sunday morning. CDOT reports the slide was triggered after material above the roadway became saturated by melting snow and the unstable mass slid onto the highway.

Road crews are addressing the debris in two stages. First will be to remove the mud from the travel lanes and assessing the terrain’s stability. The second will be removing the remainder of the debris which will be carefully relocated to fit within the natural landscape. There is no current estimated timeline for when Loveland Pass will reopen.

Read the latest update from CDOT below.

Colorado Department of Transportation June 16th, 2025 Update:

Colorado Department of Transportation crews have started clean-up operations Monday morning, June 16, of a mountain slide that is approximately 100 ft. wide and 15 to 20 ft. deep at Mile Point 226 on Loveland Pass (US 6). The mountain slide occurred at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, June 15. The material above the roadway became saturated by melting snow and slid onto the roadway.

The clean-up operations will be done in two stages. The first stage will remove the mud and silt from the travel lanes. Once that is complete, the slide will be assessed again to make sure it is stable. The second stage will clean the remainder of the slide.

While crews are working diligently to clear the slide, there is no estimated time as to when Loveland Pass will re-open. It will not re-open to traffic until the roadway is safe. Motorists, hikers and cyclists are urged to stay away from the area until the clean-up is complete.

There is a record of this area partially sliding in 2003, but it stabilized on its own shortly afterward, with no history of movement over the past 22 years.

Due to the Loveland Pass closure, CDOT is escorting trucks carrying hazardous materials through the I-70 Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels (EJMT) at the top of the hour. At that time, traffic will be held for hazmat vehicles to drive through. Hazmat vehicles are not allowed through the EJMT due to safety concerns, but when Loveland Pass is closed, they are escorted through the tunnel.

Know Before You Go:

Travelers are urged to “know before you go.” Gather information about weather forecasts and anticipated travel impacts and current road conditions prior to hitting the road. CDOT resources include: