Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) crews have begun the annual ritual of clearing snow from the North Cascades Highway. Work on Highway 20 from the west side started Thursday (March 17), WSDOT said, and work from the east side (the Methow Valley) began on Monday (March 21) at Early Winters, clearing the 7 miles […]
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WSDOT assessing Highway 20 clearing
A Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) avalanche team and Twisp maintenance crew members from Twisp traveled up the North Cascades Highway by snowmobile on Feb. 16 to assess snow conditions and make repairs to the Washington Pass weather station, which is again working (www.nwac.us/weatherdata/washingtonpass/now). WSDOT is observing conditions on the highway to determine when […]
WSDOT may check North Cascades Highway
A Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) avalanche team may travel to the Washington Pass area of the North Cascades Highway this week. Dan Sarles, WSDOT administrator for the North Central Region, said in his weekly update that an avalanche team visit would help “determine our approach for reopening the highway later this spring.” The […]
Winthrop, WSDOT plan ahead for Highway 20 repaving in 2017
It’s more than a year away, but already the Town of Winthrop and the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) are planning how to make a repaving project through the middle of town less disruptive.
WSDOT will repave about two miles of the state highway, which carries traffic through the town and is known as Riverside Avenue in downtown Winthrop.
North Cascades Highway closes for season
After a weekend blast of wintry weather, with more of the same forecast, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) closed the North Cascades Highway for the season on Monday (Nov. 16). WSDOT temporarily closed the highway at 10 a.m. Thursday (Nov. 12) due to heavy snowfall and a forecast for heavy rain, providing a […]
HIGHWAY 20 TEMPORARILY CLOSED, WILL REASSESS NOV. 16
Highway 20 over Washington Pass (the North Cascades Highway) was closed today (Thursday, Nov. 12) at 10 a.m. because of “adverse weather and avalanche hazards,” the Washington State Department of Highways (WSDOT) said. Conditions will be re-evaluted on Monday (Nov. 16), WSDOT said. The highway will be closed from the Silver Star gate (milepost 170) […]
OVERNIGHT CLOSURES NEXT WEEK ON NORTH CASCADES HIGHWAY
Late-night travelers, take notice: The North Cascades Highway will be closed between mileposts 126 (Diablo) and 121 (Newhalem) from 10. p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 3) to 6 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 4), and again from 10 p.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday, while Seattle City Light repairs transmission lines damaged by the Goodell Creek Fire.
North Cascades Highway may open by Sunday
Coordinated evaluations by officials with Great Basin Incident Management Team 4, Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), and National Park Service (NPS) have determined State Route 20, the North Cascades Highway, may open as soon as Sunday (Aug. 30), according to press release Friday afternoon (Aug. 28). Fire officials with the Great Basin Incident Management […]
North Cascades Highway may open next week
Highway crews expect to have the North Cascades Highway open by next week, or early the following week, making this year one of the earliest openings in a decade. Barring equipment breakdowns or other unforeseen …
Low snowpack levels point to early opening for North Cascades Highway
Transportation crews began clearing the North Cascades Highway from the Methow Valley side on Monday (March 16), opening up about 7 miles and stopping just below the Silver Star gate at the end of the first day. With far less snow and fewer avalanches than normal on the roadway, the highway is expected to be open …
