Independence Pass, the two-lane Colorado mountain highway connecting Aspen and Twin Lakes, closed for the winter on Monday.
TWIN LAKES, CO – MAY 17: A helicopter hovers above large cornices preparing to drop large avalanche bombs onto the snow for late season avalanche mitigation to ready Independence Pass and Highway 82 to be opened for the Memorial Day weekend on May 17, 2018 near Twin Lakes, Colorado.
The earlier-than-usual seasonal closure of Colo. 82 was caused by continuing winter weather and significant early snowfall, the Colorado Department of Transportation said in a news release. The pass typically closes around Nov. 7.reaches 12,095 feet in elevation and features steep switchbacks that are unsafe to plow during the winter and at high risk for avalanches, according to CDOT.
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