Independence Pass closed for the winter, CDOT says | SnowMassSun.com

ASPEN — Highway 82 over Independence Pass, southeast of Aspen, will remain closed for the winter, the Colorado Department of Transportation announced Thursday.

CDOT locked the gates on either side of the pass, in Pitkin and Lake counties, on Monday morning, as a snowstorm sweeping into western Colorado intensified. At that time, the agency called the closure temporary, indicating the route might reopen in advance of Nov. 7, when CDOT was scheduled to close the pass for the winter regardless of the weather.

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