Independence Pass, Colorado: Top of Independence Pass. Snow on the ground and skim ice on the pond in mid-September. State Highway 82 skirts some of Colorado's famous 14-ers, mountains more than 14,000 feet high as it crests the Continental Divide at 12,095 feet above sea level. Open only in high summer, it runs between Twin Lakes and Aspen and is part of Colorado's Top of the Rockies Scenic Byway. USA
Independence Pass, Colorado: Top of Independence Pass. Snow on the ground and skim ice on the pond in mid-September. State Highway 82 skirts some of Colorado's famous 14-ers, mountains more than 14,000 feet high as it crests the Continental Divide at 12,095 feet above sea level. Open only in high summer, it runs between Twin Lakes and Aspen and is part of Colorado's Top of the Rockies Scenic Byway. USA
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Location: Near Aspen, Colorado, USA
Photo credit: © Carol Barrington / Aurora Photos / Alamy / Afripics
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