ALERT: The SR 20 North Cascades Highway is CLOSED as of 10 am today - Saturday - due to a combination of current weather conditions, forecasted weather and significant slide concerns - they're seeing a lot of precipitation, up to 6 inches an hour. The closure will be between the two usual points of milepost 134 Ross Dam Trailhead on the west side and milepost 171 Silver Star Gate on the east side. The pass will remain closed through the weekend and will be reevaluated on Monday. While recreation is still permitted beyond the closure gates, anyone going past them should be aware of the potential weather-related hazards.
That which you see above showed up yesterday on Facebook via WSDOT (Washington State Department of Transportation).
State Route 20, also known as the North Cascades Highway is a road which goes through my old home zone of the Skagit Valley.
It has been a couple decades now since I live nowhere near mountains, let alone mountains with mountain passes.
It was a short drive east from my old home zone to be surrounded by mountains. And a short drive on State Route 20, west, to saltwater, and a float on a ferry.
I am hoping to make it through this coming winter without seeing white scenery like you see above. It is treacherous to drive in this flat land when the roads are covered with thick ice.
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