Update August 19, 2013 JQS Road reopens after rock slide cleared SILT, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management has reopened the JQS Road north of Rifle, Colo., which had been closed since Friday, August 16 due to a rock slide. The slide was cleared this weekend. The JQS Road is one of two public access routes to the top of the Roan Plateau. The rockslide was discovered Thursday, close to the base of the plateau about 5 miles west of Colorado Highway 13, where the road begins climbing the steep cliff.   SILT, Colo. – The Bureau of Land