January 10, 1974 - A State Highway Dept. snow plow from the Silverton side was caught and buried in a snowslide Saturday afternoon approximately four miles south of Red Mountain Pass. Guy Lewis of Silverton had been driving the truck down from Red Mountain and clearing the road of traffic, preparing to closing the pass. The Brooklyn and S.O.B. slides had slipped a little along the highway, and in trying to drive through the slip Lewis got the snowplow stuck. He radioed to the State Highway barn at Silverton. Tuffy Foster, supervisor of the Silverton department, told Lewis to return to the truck and stop digging out. No sooner had Lewis got back into his truck when the slides ran full blast and nearly buried the truck.