Retiring Guy's Digest: EXTREME WEATHER: Wyoming experiences its warmest winter in its recorded history then gets hit with a blinding spring blizzard

Photo and headline: Cowboy State Daily, 4/3/2026

Andrew Rossi reports:

Even after experiencing the warmest winter season in Wyoming’s recorded history, much of the state was surprised by a spring blizzard Friday.

Ashton Welsh left Rawlins in his semitruck on Friday morning heading to Denver, Colorado, on Interstate 80. As he approached Elk Mountain, he knew he was in for a rough ride.

“As soon as you hit the mountain, it just turned nasty,” he said. “I couldn't see 10 feet in front of me 75% of the time.”

That’s when he started spotting several semitrailers jackknifed in the westbound lanes. He saw at least two that had slid off the highway onto the center median, backing up traffic for miles.

The Wyoming Department of Transportation closed I-80, and Wyoming Highway 34 between Rawlins and Laramie was closed to all high-profile vehicles under 40,000 pounds.

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