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Snow is a Dirty Word

By Tim Mutrie

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Provided the CDOT All-Stars clear the passage up to 12,095 feet (and being All-Stars, they almost always do), Independence Pass opens for the summer on the Thursday afternoon before Memorial Day Weekend. Usually the newly-unlocked high-country access touches off a corn rush—just as it does off passes like Tioga and Sonora in the Sierra—with peaks and bowls converted into backcountry ski areas until it all melts away. Some years the skiing is excellent. This year is not one of those yea ...

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