north cascades Highway

Mark your calendars, folks! December 4th means the North Cascades Highway is shutting down. Get ready for winter adventures to shift gears!

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Crews with the Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) are nearly four weeks into their efforts to reopen the North Cascades Highway for the season. The 37-mile stretch of State Route 20, which includes Rainy and Washington Passes, closes annually during the winter months from the Ross Dam Trailhead to Silver Star due to heavy snow and persistent avalanche risks...

The Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced the seasonal closure of the North Cascades Highway. The 37-mile stretch of State Route 20 between the Ross Dam Trailhead (milepost 134) and Silver Star (milepost 171) closes annually due to heavy snowfall and avalanche risks during the colder months...

After being partially closed for nearly three weeks, State Route 20 - North Cascades Highway has fully reopened to all traffic. A nine-mile stretch of the road between Granite Creek and the Easy Pass trailhead had been shut down since August 4 due to hazards and firefighting activity related to the Easy Fire, as well as a large mudslide that brought 7,000 tons of debris onto the road on August 11.

Crews with the Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) are now three weeks into their efforts to reopen the North Cascades Highway for the season. The 37-mile stretch of State Route 20, which includes Rainy and Washington Passes, closes annually during the winter months from the Ross Dam Trailhead to Silver Star due to heavy snow and persistent avalanche risks...

The Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) will begin the process of reopening the North Cascades Highway for the season on Monday (March 25). The 37-mile stretch of State Route 20, which includes Rainy and Washington Passes, closes annually during the winter months from the Ross Dam Trailhead to Silver Star due to heavy snow and persistent avalanche risks...

The Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced the seasonal closure of the North Cascades Highway. The 37-mile stretch of State Route 20 between the Ross Dam Trailhead (milepost 134) and Silver Star (milepost 171) will close tomorrow (Thursday, Nov...

Winter is still officially sixty days away but there’s a lot of snow heading to the mountain passes of the Cascade Mountains this week.  The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Stevens, Rainy, and Washington Passes, where up to six inches of snow could fall below 3,000 feet; a foot-and-a-half of snow could fall between 3,000 and 5,000 feet; and up to two feet of snow cou

After being closed intermittently since late July, State Route 20 (SR-20) has once again fully reopened to all vehicle traffic. As much as forty miles of the highway from Newhalem to Washington Pass has been shutdown due to two large forest fires which have been burning very close to the road for nearly a month...