ASPEN, Colo. (CBS4) – The Colorado Department of Transportation opened Colorado 82 over Independence Pass on Thursday afternoon.
(credit: CDOT)
CBS4 was there earlier this month when CDOT crews were conducting avalanche mitigation in a helicopter on the upper reaches of the pass.
Independence Pass (credit: CBS)
Weather permitting, motorists can now travel from the Twin Lakes area near Leadville up to an elevation of 12,095 feet and then down into Aspen.
(credit: CDOT)
The pass usually closes for the season in October.
