Both Stevens Pass and Snoqualmie Pass continue to have closures due to snowfall.
Both Stevens Pass and Snoqualmie Pass continue to have closures due to snowfall.
Stevens Pass Ski Area reported receiving 50 inches of snow since Sunday.
The state Department of Transportation advised against traveling over Snoqualmie Pass today because snow and avalanche control are expected.
The Wenatchee World
Both Stevens Pass and Snoqualmie Pass continue to have closures due to snowfall.
Photo gallery: Kyle Boyter, 19, and Wade Nelson, 18, slide down the 16 Mile Run at Hatcher Pass in fresh snow on Wednesday. The Weather Underground forecast calls for possible snow on Friday night and Saturday.
Most of Washington is seeing snow, and it’s really piling up in the mountains.
The same storm that’s set to bring heavy winds to Western Washington this week will also dump up to two feet of snow in the mountains, forecasters said.
Snoqualmie Pass was closed at 7:25 p.m. Saturday to traffic in both directions on Interstate 90 because of vehicle spinouts blocking the road and sometimes heavy snow.
The closure was from milepost 47, Denny Creek, to milepost 70, near Easton Snoqualmie Pass.
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