Red Mountain Pass on U.S. Highway 550 between Silverton and Ouray will close at 10 a.m. Tuesday, and remain closed for most of the day with no specified reopening time. The Colorado Department of ...

Red Mountain Pass between Silverton and Ouray will close at 9 a.m. so that crews can perform mitigation along known slide paths near the highway.

A rock slide early Wednesday morning forced the closure of US 550, Red Mountain Pass, two miles south of Ouray. The route from Silverton and Ouray was closed for eight hours.

The highway, which reopened Wednesday afternoon, was closed over Red Mountain Pass, CDOT officials said. The pass runs between Shrine Road near Silverton and Amphiteatre Road near Ouray.

A portion of Highway 550 in southern Colorado, also known as Red Mountain Pass, ... That portion of the highway is located about five miles south of Ouray.

Rockfall on Red Mountain Pass (CDOT) While crews began work Wednesday morning, it is unclear when access to the highway will reopen. Therefore, Red Mountain Pass is closed between Silverton and Ouray.

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – US 550 Red Mountain Pass between Silverton and Ouray is back open after being closed due to a rockfall. Officials say a rockfall happened November 13, around 2:30 a.m. Crews ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - A rockfall has caused a road closure in rural Colorado. US 550 Red Mountain Pass is closed between Silverton and Ouray due to a rockfall.

A skier was killed in an avalanche on January 7, 2025 on Red Mountain Pass in Colorado. Following the accident, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) has released a full investigation and ...

On Jan. 7 Donald Moden Jr., 57, died on Red Mountain Number 3 near Red Mountain Pass. Moden’s wife contacted the sheriff’s office when he missed a planned check-in.