Also called State Route 20 or Highway 20, the North Cascades Highway will open between Ross Dam trailhead and Silver Star gate at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The pass closed for winter on Nov. 18, 2024 .

Last Friday, February 28, 2025, a snowmobiler was killed by an avalanche northwest of Mazama, Washington, near Harts Pass, according to a preliminary report from the Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC).

According to the Northwest Avalanche Center, three snowmobilers were riding near Harts Pass on Friday when they triggered a large slab avalanche. KING-TV Seattle. North Cascades avalanche kills ...

A snowmobiler has died after being caught in an avalanche in the North Cascade mountains, according to the Northwest Avalanche Center. A group of three snowmobile riders were near Hart’s Pass on ...

Each winter, 25 to 30 people die in avalanches in the U.S., according to the National Avalanche Center. The center’s current map shows moderate and considerable risks in parts of Colorado, Utah and ...

Elsewhere, three people died in avalanches Feb. 17 — one person near Lake Tahoe and two backcountry skiers in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. On Feb. 8, a well-known outdoor guide was caught in an ...

One person killed avalanche Colorado Saturday latest fatality stemming avalanches western U.S. this season, third in Colorado Winter Park Grand County Berthoud Pass. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

WINTER PARK, Colo. (AP) — One person was killed in an avalanche in central Colorado on Saturday, marking just the latest fatality stemming from avalanches in the western U.S. this season.

By some estimates, more than a dozen railroaders were killed in avalanches on Marias Pass between the 1890s and 1930s. The deadliest avalanche anywhere in North America occurred further west on the GN ...

In the rugged area of the Cascades that includes Stevens Pass, Moore deemed the avalanche danger “high” — the fourth degree out of five — for slopes above 5,000 feet in elevation, facing ...