Snowpack delays Harpers opening

Staff at Dinosaur National Monument continue plowing operations on the Harpers Corner Road with a new opening date anticipated for Friday, April 22.
Traditionally, monument staff open the Harpers Corner Road by Easter weekend. While the monument had planned to have the road open earlier, the heavy snowpack and continuing snowfall in the Utah and western Colorado mountains made plowing the road challenging this year. In many places, crews encountered snow six feet or more…