Snow in the World's Snowiest Mountains

[Keith_Hixson]

Snoqualmie Pass Seperates Eastern Washington from Western Washington. I-90 from (Seattle Area) North Bend, WA to Ellensburg, WA has be shut down for almost four straight days. The Cascade Range has received 5 feet of new snow in the last five days.

I-90 is the main East - West route in Washington.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/

Take a look.

Keith

[Gunner Carvo]

Someone should e-mail that link to Al Gore. Global warming? Tell that to the people driving the plows.

[sn-e3]

Keith its a nice chage from all the Brown of eastern washington.

[Keith_Hixson]

But a 1,000 shades of beautiful brown.

Keith

[Keith_Hixson]

I drove truck this week - three days. They had a real good snow storm in the Tri-Cities and Walla Walla on Sunday and Monday of this week. I was making deliveries in Tri-Cities and Walla Walla. They drive just as bad in Snow as the West Siders. Yesterday I was again down to Walla Walla and the Tri-Cities, the snow is almost gone. Driving a lot easier.

The Pass finally opened this Morning (SAT FEB 3) after being shut down most of the week.
Now another Big Storm is coming through. I wonder how long Snoqualmie will stay open? I read an article that Mt Rainier and Mt Baker above 6,000 ft are on course to establish new World Records for snow fall in a year. This sure has been a snowy year in the Cascades. Like the Washington Dept. of Transportation says: "we are now measuring snow depth in feet not inches."

Keith

[Jerry D]

Snowqualmie Pass is why I always waited till March to even think of taking leave when I was stationed in Tacoma. I felt sorry for the guy in the Suburu Forester that got hit by the avalanche and was pushed across the lanes of traffic plus he was very lucky too ! You all take care driving with all that record snow fall.