Heavy snow closed Highway 20, also called the North Cascades Highway, at 10 a.m. today.
Today’s closure is not for the season, according to a press release from the state Department of Transportation.
State transportation officials today were assessing the snowfall and potential avalanche danger to determine when they can re-open the highway.
The highway is closed from mile post 132 to milepost 170, or from Diablo Pass in the west to 14 miles west of Mazama in the east.
For information, call 5-1-1 or visit http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/passes/or http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic.
