<p>CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Schools in eastern Wyoming and northern Colorado remained closed Tuesday for a second day and roads were still impassable in the aftermath of a blizzard that pummeled the region with record snowfall.</p>
<p>Crews didn’t expect to reopen some highways for another day, though a portion of Interstate 25 reopened south of Wyoming’s capital, Cheyenne, for the first time since Saturday.</p>
<p>The weekend storm dumped over 30 inches (76 centimeters) of snow on Cheyenne, snarling streets with 4-to-5-foot (1.2-to-1.5-meter) drifts that even four-wheel drive trucks couldn’t clear. Many side streets will remain impassable for cars for several more days, city officials warned. </p>
<p>Firefighters used an enclosed snow machine called a snowcat to get doctors to an operating room for a patient’s emergency surgery. </p>
<p>“Those guys are heroes,” said one of the surgeons, Elias Kfoury. “The first responders and how they stepped up to the occasion essentially resulted in saving somebody’s life."</p>
<p>Volunteers using snowmobiles helped other people get to a hospital for crucial treatment, <a href="https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/historic-snowstorm-upends-life-in-laramie-county/article_8ce88336-c5a9-5d2f-ad7f-3ec578dfc69a.html">the Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported. </a></p>
<p>It was the city’s worst blizzard since at least 1979.</p>
<p>Highway crews resorted to using bulldozers in addition to plows to move snow off interstates, including I-80 between Cheyenne and Laramie. </p>
<p>The 50-mile (80-kilometer) stretch includes the highest point along the coast-to-coast route, an 8,640-foot (2,600-meter) pass called the Summit that’s known for hairy weather even in less intense storms.</p>
<p>Schools remained closed Tuesday as far north as Casper, where city officials were still working to clear wind-driven snow, <a href="https://trib.com/news/local/casper/snow-crews-working-on-arterial-roads-in-casper-discourage-travel/article_8ce1b504-906e-5f93-9a87-156ac1a24933.html#tracking-source=home-top-story">the Casper Star-Tribune reported.</a></p>
<p>The Wyoming Legislature, which has been meeting for a month in an annual session already disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, didn’t convene for the second day in a row.</p>
