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Snow in the high country…

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Amid a driving blizzard on the afternoon of May 20, Scott Nielsen, the Meeker district supervisor for the Rio Blanco County Road and Bridge Department, shows the depth of the snow still remaining about 200 yards from the summit of Ripple Creek Pass, which is a couple of miles past Ripple Creek Lodge and the turnoff to Trappers Lake. The county crew has opened a pathway through the mountains on the road that goes on into the town of Yampa, in Routt County. But while the route has been cut through to the other side, travel will not be easy until there is more of a thaw, and four-wheel drive vehicles are a necessity.
Amid a driving blizzard on the afternoon of May 20, Scott Nielsen, the Meeker district supervisor for the Rio Blanco County Road and Bridge Department, shows the depth of the snow still remaining about 200 yards from the summit of Ripple Creek Pass, which is a couple of miles past Ripple Creek Lodge and the turnoff to Trappers Lake. The county crew has opened a pathway through the mountains on the road that goes on…

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