Crews with the Colorado Department of Transportation will open Independence Pass on Colorado Highway 82 for the season on May 21 at noon ending the need for the hours-long detours ...

Independence Pass will open on schedule for the 2026 season at noon May 21. Crews with the Colorado Department of Transportation will allow vehicles on the seasonal portion of Colorado Highway 82 ...

May 21 will be the earliest opening date in the past six years, for which opening dates ranged from May 22 -27.

Independence Pass is now open for the 2025 summer travel season. The opening marks the first time the road will be open since late October. Crews from the Colorado Department of Transportation opened ...

The high-altitude pass tops out at 12,000 feet between Aspen and Leadville and offers a scenic shortcut between the Roaring Fork Valley and Twin Lakes.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DENVER (KDVR) — After over a week of avalanche mitigation and cleanup efforts, the gates to a popular mountain pass officially ...

Independence Pass is about to emerge from its long, winter slumber. The stretch of Colorado Highway 82 crossing the 12,095-foot Continental Divide usually opens for Memorial Day weekend, but the ...

A snowstorm hitting the Aspen area has led to the closure of Colorado Highway 82 along Independence Pass, according to a Monday Pitkin County alert. This is not necessarily a seasonal closure, ...

Several of Colorado's scenic mountain highways are back open for the summer season, while one won't be opening this year. Here's the status of Independence Pass, Guanella Pass, and Colorado's other ...

Independence Pass will be opening Thursday, May 22, at 4 p.m. to vehicle traffic. Chuck Marsh, regional communications manager for the Colorado Department of Transportation, and Karin Teague, ...