Yes, the method we advocate has you basically raise your FC up to SLAM levels, get everything balanced and then close it. Below 60F algae reproduction rates become negligible and water chemistry changes very slowly. The members here that follow the closing procedures laid out in Pool School close a pool that is clean and clear and, very often, open to a pool that is equally clean and clear. Very often, there is no need to SLAM the pool in the Spring when opening. Simply raise the FC up, check the water with an OCLT and then balance & swim...well, ok, no swimming in 60F water unless you're a member of the polar bear club.
People open to green pools because they either did not get their FC high enough to eradicate everything prior to closing, they closed too early while the water was warm enough to grow algae or the they opened too late which also allowed algae to grow (or some combination of those factors).
Just as an example, my pool remains open all winter and, when the water temp drops below 60F, my SWG's COLD WATER cut-off kicks on. I then have to manually chlorinate my pool. Last year, I used exactly four 121oz bottles of 8.25% Clorox in my pool all winter (Dec-Mar). The FC loss rate is almost immeasurably low when the water temp drops below 55F.