The Washington state Department of Transportation has temporarily shut down two highways in the Cascade Mountains due to heavy snow from a fall storm and plans to close a third.
Transportation officials closed State Route 410 over Chinook Pass and State Route 123 over Cayuse Pass Saturday morning. The North Cascades Highway on State Route 20 closed around 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon.
All three roads typically close during the winter due to heavy snow.
YAKIMA HERALD: DOT officials will be assessing whether Chinook Pass can reopen.
The 5,430-foot-elevation pass usually closes for the winter season "right around the 20th of November," according to McFadden. The pass typically reopens in time for Memorial Day.
DOT officials closed SR 410 five miles east of the summit near Morse Creek about 8:30 a.m. Saturday.
"We got about 25 inches of snow, and they're expecting another 10 to 17 in the next 12 hours," McFadden said. "We made the decision to close it based on the avalanche danger.
"Right now, it's just temporarily closed. We hope to get it back open, but we may end up closing it for the season."
DESPITE HIGH GLOBAL LEVELS OF MAN-MADE CO2, NEW ZEALAND JUST HAD ITS COLDEST OCTOBER IN 64 YEARS AND THE USA'S CASCADES ARE COLD AND SNOWY AND THEIR HIGHWAYS MAY CLOSE DOWN THREE WEEKS EARLY.
OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE PACIFIC AND IN OPPOSING HEMISPHERES.
HMMM...
- AGW = BS.
- CO2 = BENIGN.
- CARBON SCHEMES = STEALTH SOCIALISM.
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