White Pass weather, road conditions & cameras
US 12 · summit 4,500 ft · checked 9:13 am · updates every 2 minutes
White Pass right now
OpenChecked 9:13 am
Open · WSDOT's pass reports resume Nov 1 · the weather and cameras below are live
- Eastbound · last report Sep 13Open
- Westbound · last report Sep 13Open
WSDOT, last staff report Sep 13: “No restrictions”
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Sal · updated 8:39 am
Transcript
This is Sal with your live pass report for White Pass on US 12. The highway is open in both directions with no restrictions posted. WSDOT daily pass reports resume in November, but road weather and summit cameras are live. At the 4,500-foot summit, it is currently 42 degrees with slight chance light rain. The snow level is at 7,416 feet, above the summit. Wind gusts are reaching 20 miles per hour. Check the live cameras below on WithBy before heading out.
Weather on the road
42°F Slight Chance Light Rain
at the summit, now
Snow level falls to 4,063 ft by 5:00 am, below the 4,500-ft summit, with no snowfall forecast in the next 48 hours.
- Snow, next 24 h0 in
- Next 48 h0 in
- Gusts20 mph
National Weather Service, Seattle office · Oct 16, 11:26 pm
Cameras
1 WSDOT camera on US 12 · summit first, then west to east
9:08 amWhite Pass Summit
Crossing time
WSDOT publishes no crossing time for US 12
What changed Logging since Oct 3
No changes logged since Oct 3
Alerts WSDOT
No WSDOT alerts on this stretch · checked 9:13 am
What this sign means for my car
Sign now: “No restrictions” both ways
Over 10,000 lb
No restriction is posted, but over 10,000 lb you must still carry chains here from November 1 to April 1.
Rule: WAC 204-24-050
The all-winter chain rule is for vehicles over 10,000 lb; AWD cars must still carry chains to use their exemption.
“Traction tires advised”
Traction tires are recommended for passenger vehicles, including all-wheel and four-wheel drive, but not required to proceed. Semi-trucks and other large vehicles must have traction tires on, or chains or an approved alternative fitted, and oversize loads are not allowed through at all.
Source: WSDOT · Tires & chains“Traction tires required”
Approved traction tires are required on passenger vehicles under 10,000 GVW — an eighth of an inch of tread and an M&S or All Season label with a mountain or snowflake symbol. Without them you fit chains or an approved alternative. Over 10,000 GVW, chains or an approved alternative are required.
Source: WSDOT · Tires & chains“Chains required”, and “chains required on all vehicles”
Front- and rear-wheel-drive vehicles chain up. All-wheel and four-wheel drive under 10,000 GVW are exempt while traction tires are on all wheels and all wheels are engaged — and must still carry chains in the vehicle. At “all vehicles” nobody is exempt; WSDOT calls that the last step before a pass closes.
Source: WSDOT · Tires & chainsVehicles over 10,000 GVWR carry chains all winter
From November 1 to April 1, every vehicle over 10,000 GVWR must carry enough chains to meet the rule on US 12 between Packwood (MP 135) and Naches (MP 187) — whether or not a requirement is posted that day.
Source: WAC 204-24-050 · RCW 46.37.420
Snow on the ground
0 in on the ground at White Pass E.S., ±0 in in 24 h
SNOTEL station 863 · 0.4 mi from the summit · USDA NRCS · 8:00 am
First snow
Median first day with 1 in or more: Nov 2
WSDOT daily snowfall, 2005–2025
Alternate route
Chinook Pass (SR 410) is the nearest crossing, and it closes for the winter. The year-round way across the Cascades is I-90 over Snoqualmie Pass, with its own chain rules.
Avalanche forecast
Observations
First entry when the first advisory of the season posts.