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ASPEN — Last year there was so much snow on Independence Pass, southeast of Aspen, that until early May.
This year the snow level is low enough that the Transportation Department will assess at the end of April and beginning of May whether to open the road sooner than the traditional date.
“It’s too soon to tell. We’re definitely going to revisit this in late April,” said CDOT spokeswoman Nancy Shanks.
The highway traditionally opens at 2 p.m. on the Thursday before Memorial Day weekend, which would make the opening on May 24 this year. But if conditions remain the same, CDOT might consider pushing the opening to an earlier day, Shanks said.
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