HWY 20 possible opening

Sweet. Anyone who has been in the area somewhat recently know what sort of coverage there is? Rainy Pass snotel says 33", WA pass telemetry shows 20 something. What about higher up? Is there enough snow to do our favorite spring tours (eg Birthday tour)?

Has anyone heard of when they might start clearing Chinook or Cayuse? <br><br>Cool picture......

Clearing started this week, and they are rumoring April 1st opening for both Cayuse and Chinook. Reports are only 2-3 feet at the arch and all the southern exposures very bare, so little or no avalanche concerns. Yakima peak had almost no snow on south and west sides 2 weeks ago. East side crew has a washed out section of road, probably from MLK storm. Determination will have to be made whether repairs can be done immediately under "emergency measures" or if they will need to go through all the hoops that normal highway work entails, which could delay the date. Possibility that an opening could go with one lane traffic through that spot, but likely no decision on that till next week

Good info, Gib, Thanks.

Thanks for the info. I'm looking forward to quick trips to Yakima again from Enumclaw, but I still hold out hope for some spring snow storms too!!!

cool. time to play! <br><br> www.wsdot.wa.gov/northcascades/pass/default.htm