Independence Pass - May 2006

	Independence Pass had recently opened and I just had to visit the summit ... just because I could. Although it was fairly warm in central Colorado, there was some snow and sleet coming down along the Continental Divide. Look at all the snow! :)
	As I was approaching Independence Pass on the east side, I snapped this photo of the Mountain Boy Gulch area.
	A photo of the three peaks that make up the Continental Divide SWS of Independence Pass.
	I walked to the main overlook amidst the cold wind to snap this shot of the view that includes LaPlata Peak way out there.
	The view of the last switchback on the east side of Independence Pass.
	I did not venture on the Aspen/Pitkin County side of the pass, but here is one photo of the west side of Highway 82.