Loveland Pass was shut down early Sunday morning after dirt surrounding U.S. 6 mixed with melting snow and cascaded over the road. The highway remained closed Wednesday.

A stretch of Loveland Pass in the Colorado high country remains closed after a landslide, but the Colorado Department of Transportation says the first stage of the cleanup effort is nearly complete.The 100 foot wide landslide happened early Sunday evening and covered Highway 6 with a wall of mud and debris that is 15 to 20 feet high.