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<br />NWS Pueblo. CO - Chaffee Counly Rock and Mudslides - Jnly 22.2002 <br /> <br />Page J of4 <br /> <br />The spoilers property was also hard hit. Rock and mud flowed and tumbled down the mountainside <br />toward his home and outbuildings. The original mountain foad (Stage Road) which came down from <br />the summit 01 Cottonwood Pass in the 1 BOOs, runs through hiS prOperty. Roell and Mud nows and <br />deep channels ran across the old road. and then tumbled onlo CR 306 below. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />COllonwood Canyon, North Side <br /> <br />Coltonwood Canyon, NOl'th Side <br /> <br />(T. Magnuson) <br /> <br />(W. Fortune) <br /> <br />The guard rails along CR 306 kept much of the larger rocks and tree debris banked up on the road, <br />and allowed tile debris to flow downhill on the highway. Therefore, there was debris along a one.mlle <br />stretch of the roadway. To give some perspective, spotter said that a rock and mudslide of this <br />magnitude has never occurred al his place (built in 1970). <br /> <br />On CR 162 (see map). west or the MI. Princeton Hot Spl'ings Pools. there is a very dangerous dip in <br />the road. The county has tried all sorts of tricks to make this dip safe: culvert, unpaved dip. etc. This <br />configuration is the best solution. lOOking down toward Chalk Creek toe unsorted debris cascades into <br />the creek. <br /> <br /> <br />Entenng -The Dip. on CR 162, <br />looking Southwest <br /> <br />lOOking down The Dip into <br />Chalk Creek <br /> <br />lOOking up The Dip, to the Chalk <br />Cliffs <br /> <br />(K. Craven) <br /> <br />(K Craven) <br /> <br />(KCraven) <br /> <br />Our spotter who lives next to Ihe dip, says that in the 22 years he has lived there, the dip has to be <br />dearoo 2 to 3 times a year. He has seen minor blockage 01 the dip, and rarety, large boulders f1Yll1g <br />across the dip at 40 mph! The last dose call at the dip occurred in 2000. when a motorist tried 10 go <br />through the debris during a heavy rain. He got out 01 his truck but left a passenger in the vehide, <br />which then tumbled down into the creek bed. Fortunately, she survived. There are other flow and slide <br />areas upval1ey between the dip and an area called Alpine. On CR 162 at Cascade Falls, you can see <br />the sleep. unstable cut along the roadside <br /> <br /> <br />looking East on CR 162 <br /> <br />hup://w\....w .crh.noaa.gov/pub/cvcntsJmudslidcsJmudslidcs.php <br /> <br />7/23/2007 <br />