>> my big worry was, was it actually rolling? and, you know, i waited a little while before i hit stop. i thought, please let this be on camera. please let this be on camera. i went back and rewound the tape and hit play and there it was. felt a big sense of relief. >> got it. >> i knew he had it when he didn't talk to me. he just stood there and grinned. >> it takes road crews five months to reopen the highway. the total cost of the cleanup, $2.1 million. >> we worked in the snow to get the site open again. these guys started doing the initial scaling so it was safe to move in equipment below the slope. and then a lot of work was done with a crane. we went in and used rock bolts 15 to 40 feet into the rock face