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<DIV>Colorado's really getting whacked this year with snow, but I guess it's
still to early to tell what condiditon will be like next summer.</DIV>
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<DIV>DENVER (Jan. 6) - A huge avalanche buried several cars and sent others over
the edge Saturday on U.S. 40 near 11,307-foot-high Berthoud Pass, Colorado
highway officials said. </DIV>
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<DIV>"Our crews said it was the largest they have ever seen. It took three
paths," said Stacey Stegman, spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of
Transportation. <BR><BR>Crews had rescued at least six people at the site some
60 miles west of Denver, she said. <BR><BR>Rescuers were probing the area for
other survivors. <BR><BR>She said some cars were buried by the snow in an area
called Stanley near Berthoud Falls between 10:00 and 10:30 a.m. </DIV>
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<DIV>Berthoud Pass is the main route to Winter Park, one of Colorado's largest
ski areas. <BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>