Interstate 70 has reopened in both directions after foul weather caused closures Wednesday of westbound lanes near Georgetown and eastbound lanes at the Eisenhower Tunnel.
Late Christmas night, the Colorado State Patrol but that passenger vehicle traction laws were in effect between Copper Mountain and Vail.
The westbound lanes of the busy mountain thoroughfare had been closed earlier in the day near Georgetown due to unsafe driving conditions. That followed a closure of the eastbound lanes at the Eisenhower Tunnel due to a crash east of the tunnel, the state patrol said.
U.S. 6 over Loveland Pass was closed for snow removal Wednesday and authorities were holding hazmat vehicles at the tunnel for hourly passage.
The National Weather Service is calling for , with chances of snow every day through the rest of the month.
