North Cascades Highway to open May 10

The northernmost route across the Cascade Mountains in Washington opens for the season on Wednesday, May 10. The gates on the east and west ends of North Cascades Highway on Highway 20 will open at 10 a.m. May 10, after six weeks of snow removal. The section of Highway 20 between the Ross Lake Dam trailhead at milepost 134 and the Early Winters gate on the east side, milepost 178, has been closed since Nov. 3 due to heavy snowfall and avalanche danger. Having the pass open reduces the driv