Telluride closes Imogene Pass and Tomboy Road after mudslides and flooding

Telluride has immediately closed Imogene Pass and Tomboy Road to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic after mudslides and flooding affected the mountain routes on Friday, July 17. The Town of Telluride announced the closure Saturday, July 18, 2026.

The action changes access for motorists, hikers, workers and visitors who use the routes. It also creates a documented local public-safety and recovery issue involving mountain-road access and emergency access, rather than a routine weather notice.

What the closure covers

The town’s alert names Imogene Pass and Tomboy Road as closed. It describes the closure as extending from the Oak Street area toward the affected mountain-road routes. The available alert information does not provide more precise endpoints, so travelers should not assume that a segment of either named route remains open.

The restriction applies to both vehicles and pedestrians. That includes people driving, hiking or working along the affected routes, as well as visitors who may have planned to use the roads for mountain access or recreation.

The closure does not establish that every route into Telluride or Mountain Village is closed. The documented restriction is limited to Imogene Pass and Tomboy Road, with the alert identifying the flooding and mudslides as the reason for the action.

Public-safety context

Telluride also had Stage 2 fire restrictions in effect when the closure was announced. Those restrictions provide additional local public-safety context, but the town’s alert attributes the road closure specifically to the mudslides and flooding reported on July 17.

The official information does not characterize the roads as destroyed. It also does not include a detailed engineering or damage assessment, so the extent of any damage or threat to the routes remains unspecified in the approved alert.

For residents, workers and visitors, the immediate practical instruction is to stay off both named routes while the closure remains in effect. The restriction also matters for people planning recreation or work in the mountain areas and for officials managing emergency access around the affected roads.

No reopening date announced

The town has not supplied a reopening date. The alert also does not provide a repair-cost estimate, a detailed recovery timeline or an alternate-route plan.

Those details will be necessary before travelers can determine when access may resume or how to plan around the closure. For now, the known action is an immediate closure of Imogene Pass and Tomboy Road to vehicles and pedestrians following the July 17 mudslides and flooding. Any reopening or change in access will require further information from the town or Telluride emergency officials.