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Messaging from CDOT changes, but Independence Pass is noted as closed on its website but not for mudslides

Staff reports Independence Pass east of Aspen is listed as closed according to the state’s transportation department, but the road was not shut down Wednesday because of mudslides but rather to lessen traffic. Earlier in the day, the Colorado Department of Transportation marked the road as closed on its travelers update site http://www.cotrip.org because of a “safety closure due to mudslide,” and Pitkin County Undersheriff Alex Burchetta said Wednesday afternoon the county sent out an alert about 3:30 p.m. as such, based on that information. However, there were not any mudslides and the messaging “evolved” and was changed by CDOT, Burchetta said. A CDOT spokesperson confirmed there were no slides.

Searchers injured recovering body of man on Capitol Peak near Aspen

Kelly McDermott Three members of Mountain Rescue Aspen were injured Wednesday on Capitol Peak trying to recover the body of a 32-year-old man missing since Sunday, officials said. One MRA member was seriously injured in the attempted body recovery by a “massive rockfall” that was likely triggered by recreational climbers above them on the Knife Edge, according to a news release from the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office. The MRA volunteer was flown to a Denver-area hospital for emergency surgery. Meanwhile, the body of Kelly McDermott of Madison, Wisconsin, remains in a precarious spot about 500 feet below the Knife Edge, and it was unclear Wednesday when the recovery might be re-attempted.

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