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En ce qui concerne les dates d'ouverture - fermeture
Trail Ridge Road
It is open to vehicle traffic from Memorial Day weekend in May through
Columbus Day in October. Temporary closings may occur in early June or late fall because of snow. Occasionally it opens earlier in May. It's usuallly October after
Columbus Day (but sometimes November) before the Park Service gives up fighting the snow and turns the road back to Mother Nature for the winter. Call (970) 586-1222 anytime for the latest Park recording of the status of the road.
INDEPENDENCE PASS
The
Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will close Independence Pass for the season. Typically, maintenance crews work to keep the pass open until November 7 each year. The pass was closed on Friday, October 20, with the plan to re-open; but due to the weekend’s snow and wind, white-out conditions, and high winds in the forecast, plows are unable to safely maintain the road for travel.
The pass closure includes the area from just east of
Aspen to west of Twin Lakes, a distance of approximately 18 miles. The 12, 095-foot Independence Pass is closed each winter for the safety of the traveling public and CDOT maintenance crews. The alternate route to
Aspen during the winter closure is I-70 to
Glenwood Springs, and SH 82 east (or south) into
Aspen.
Weather permitting, CDOT re-opens Independence Pass each May, just prior to the Memorial Day weekend.
Nous avons circulé sur ces 2 routes au printemps dernier (13 - 14 et 15 JUIN):
Independance Pass franchie sous un ciel gris (pourtant la balade des Maroon Bells le matin, s'était déroulée sous les soleil jusqu'à 10h...), un vent glacial à
Leadville et une descente sur Silverthorne sous une averse de neige (2 jours auparavant nous avions dégusté force ice creams à Grand Junction).
Le lendemain, après la pluie-neige de la nuit temps superbe sur la Trail Ridge...
Bon voyage
alain
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