Crews aim to reopen N. Cascades Highway by May 1
Friday, April 17 | 2:45 p.m.
Highway crews trying to reopen the North Cascades Highway by May 1 are digging through snow up to 50 feet deep in places.
A spokesman for the Washington Department of Transportation, Jeff Adamson in Wenatchee, says the deepest snow is in an avalanche chute in the Liberty Bell area.
He says that crews working from the east and west sides were within six miles of each other on Friday, nearing the 5,477-foot summit of Washington Pass.
May 1 is the target because that's when the highway opened last year. It was closed again by snow on Dec. 11.
The scenic stretch of Highway 20 is closed each year along 37 miles between Diablo and Mazama.
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