INDY PASS ROCK WORK THIS WEEK
While Independence Pass remains closed to vehicles for another two weeks, a two-mile section also will close to pedestrians and cyclists next week for maintenance, according to a Colorado Department of Transportation news release.
The section of Highway 82 between Weller Campground and Lincoln Creek Road will close to all foot, bicycle and other non-motorized traffic between Monday and Friday “to allow for urgent rockfall mitigation work,” according to the release. There will be no access to the Weller Lake Trailhead.
“The work includes rock scaling, which involves pushing loose rocks off the mountain slope above the highway,” the CDOT release states. “The rockfall mitigation is necessary before CO 82/Independence Pass reopens to vehicles for the summer season.”