I-70 Road Conditions: Eisenhower Tunnel Road Conditions and Vail Pass Road Conditions
Main artery from Denver through the Eisenhower Tunnel and Vail Pass to Grand Junction. First to see traction and chain controls and heavy traffic in storms.
Region: Colorado I-70.
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Live status
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Live Webcams
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Eisenhower Tunnel area
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MP 209.85 WB, 3.8 miles W of Eisenhower Tunnel; MP 210.65 EB; MP 211.80 WB; MP 213.45 EB; MP 213.45 EB (second camera); MP 215.60 EB; MP 215.90 WB
Vail Pass Summit area
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MP 185.00 WB to MP 192.10 WB, including MP 190.10 EB at Vail Pass Summit and MP 190.45 WB
View cameras on the official COtrip map
See also: Colorado I-70 cameras page
Traction Law and Chain Law status
Eisenhower Johnson Memorial Tunnel
Elevation: 11,158 feet. Status: pending live data.
Vail Pass
Elevation: 10,666 feet. Status: pending live data.
Traction Law season: Sep 1 to May 31 on the I-70 Mountain Corridor between Dotsero and Morrison, per CDOT.
Penalty: $50 fine and $17 surcharge for Traction Law noncompliance, per the official CDOT page checked in prep.
Weather
- Eisenhower Tunnel area
- Vail Pass summit area
- Vail town area
- Loveland Pass summit, US-6
- Denver
- Silverthorne
- Breckenridge
- Keystone
- Grand Junction
For avalanche conditions, see the Colorado Avalanche Information Center at avalanche.state.co.us.
I-70 highway guide: Eisenhower Tunnel and Vail Pass
I-70 is the main east to west highway across Colorado, and the I-70 Mountain Corridor is the stretch drivers check most often in winter. From Denver, I-70 climbs west through Morrison and Idaho Springs, passes Georgetown, goes through the Eisenhower Johnson Memorial Tunnel under the Continental Divide, continues through Silverthorne, crosses Vail Pass, then runs through Eagle and Glenwood Springs toward Grand Junction.
The Eisenhower Johnson Memorial Tunnel has two bores: the Eisenhower bore for westbound traffic and the Edwin C. Johnson bore for eastbound traffic. Vail Pass carries I-70 over the ridge between Silverthorne and the Vail Valley, at 10,666 feet, with a max grade of 7 percent in the COtrip pass layer.