A cyclist looks at the debris flow from the Missionary Ridge rockslide on Tuesday as it crosses East Animas Road (County Road 250). Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide flows across East Animas Road (County Road 250). In places, it is about 10-feet deep. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide flows across East Animas Road (County Road 250). Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
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Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide flows across East Animas Road (County Road 250). Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide flows across East Animas Road (County Road 250). In places, it is about 10-feet deep. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide flows across East Animas Road (County Road 250). In places, it is about 10-feet deep. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide flows across East Animas Road (County Road 250). In places, it is about 10-feet deep. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Charlie Brown, a resident on East Animas Road (County Road 250), looks at the debris flow from the Missionary Ridge rockslide Tuesday as it comes across a driveway and into an irrigation ditch. The debris flow, made of mud, rocks and trees, is about 10-feet deep where it crosses East Animas Road, which has been closed since Friday night. “I left home on Friday and drove through a little bit of debris on the road and it wasn’t a problem,” Brown said. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
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Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide has filled the ditch that was dug on the west side of East Animas Road (County Road 250) to carry the mud and rocks down to the Animas River. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide has filled the ditch that was dug on the west side of East Animas Road (County Road 250) to carry the mud and rocks down to the Animas River. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide has filled the ditch that was dug on the west side of East Animas Road (County Road 250) to carry the mud and rocks down to the Animas River. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Snow melts on the Missionary Ridge rockslide on the east side of the Animas Valley on Tuesday carrying down tons of debris onto East Animas Road (County Road 250) closing the road indefinitely. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide flows down on the east side of East Animas Road (County Road 250) covering the road with rocks, mud and trees. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
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Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide has filled the ditch that was dug on the west side of East Animas Road (County Road 250) to carry the mud, trees and rocks down to the Animas River. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide flows across East Animas Road (County Road 250). Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Charlie Brown, who lives close to the debris flow from the Missionary Ridge rockslide, uses binoculars to get a good look as the slide on Tuesday from East Animas Road (County Road 250). Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Courtesy of Butch Knowlton This is one of three cars that tried to go around a blockade on East Animas Road (County Road 250) and got stuck in a mudslide.
A cyclist looks at the debris flow from the Missionary Ridge rockslide on Tuesday as it crosses East Animas Road (County Road 250). Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide flows across East Animas Road (County Road 250). In places, it is about 10-feet deep. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide flows across East Animas Road (County Road 250). Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
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Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide flows across East Animas Road (County Road 250). Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide flows across East Animas Road (County Road 250). In places, it is about 10-feet deep. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide flows across East Animas Road (County Road 250). In places, it is about 10-feet deep. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide flows across East Animas Road (County Road 250). In places, it is about 10-feet deep. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Charlie Brown, a resident on East Animas Road (County Road 250), looks at the debris flow from the Missionary Ridge rockslide Tuesday as it comes across a driveway and into an irrigation ditch. The debris flow, made of mud, rocks and trees, is about 10-feet deep where it crosses East Animas Road, which has been closed since Friday night. “I left home on Friday and drove through a little bit of debris on the road and it wasn’t a problem,” Brown said. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
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Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide has filled the ditch that was dug on the west side of East Animas Road (County Road 250) to carry the mud and rocks down to the Animas River. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide has filled the ditch that was dug on the west side of East Animas Road (County Road 250) to carry the mud and rocks down to the Animas River. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide has filled the ditch that was dug on the west side of East Animas Road (County Road 250) to carry the mud and rocks down to the Animas River. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Snow melts on the Missionary Ridge rockslide on the east side of the Animas Valley on Tuesday carrying down tons of debris onto East Animas Road (County Road 250) closing the road indefinitely. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide flows down on the east side of East Animas Road (County Road 250) covering the road with rocks, mud and trees. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
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Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide has filled the ditch that was dug on the west side of East Animas Road (County Road 250) to carry the mud, trees and rocks down to the Animas River. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Debris from the Missionary Ridge rockslide flows across East Animas Road (County Road 250). Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Charlie Brown, who lives close to the debris flow from the Missionary Ridge rockslide, uses binoculars to get a good look as the slide on Tuesday from East Animas Road (County Road 250). Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Courtesy of Butch Knowlton This is one of three cars that tried to go around a blockade on East Animas Road (County Road 250) and got stuck in a mudslide.
Thousands of tons of rock, mud and trees came down crossing East Animas Road (County Road 250) as a result of snowmelt at the rockfall area on Missionary Ridge north of Durango. The mudslide is up to 10 feet deep in the 2700 block of East Animas Road, which has been closed since Friday.
