OPEN
NO RESTRICTIONS
Last updated at: NOV 5, 2026, 8:55 AM PST · WSDOT · Pass report Thu, Nov 5, 7:29 AM
Stevens Pass is open, no restrictions in either direction, 36 degrees at the summit, road surface bare and wet with ice in places, updated Thu, Nov 5, 7:29 AM.
Every Stevens Pass trip is one of these three drives. Pick yours for segments, towns, and cameras.
Eastbound over Stevens Pass
Summit 4,061 ft · 36°F at the summit · Bare and wet with ice in places.
Westbound over Stevens Pass
Summit 4,061 ft · 36°F at the summit · Bare and wet with ice in places.
Seattle to Leavenworth
About 117 miles · About 2 hours in clear conditions, 3 or more in pass traffic
The Seattle to Leavenworth drive is the Stevens Pass trip for most of Washington: north on I-5 to Everett, then east on US 2 over the Cascades at 4,061 feet and down the Wenatchee River into the Bavarian village. It is the region's great Friday escape and its great Sunday return, and winter writes the schedule: the same drive that takes two easy hours in July can take four in a chain restriction with a full ski area letting out. The pass status at the top of this site is the number that decides when you leave.
Everett to Leavenworth
About 99 miles · About 1 hour 45 minutes in clear conditions
Everett to Leavenworth is the pure US 2 drive, trestle to Tumwater Canyon, the whole Stevens Pass corridor in one run. It breaks into three acts: the Snohomish valley flats, the Skykomish River canyon, and the Wenatchee River descent. Drivers from Snohomish County and the north Sound run this drive year round for skiing, for Leavenworth weekends, and for the east side sun that starts, reliably, somewhere around the summit even when Everett is socked in gray.
Leavenworth to Wenatchee
About 23 miles · About 30 minutes
The Leavenworth to Wenatchee run is the valley epilogue of the Stevens Pass drive, twenty three miles down the Wenatchee River through Peshastin, Dryden, and Cashmere into the city at the Columbia. It is easy, pretty driving in orchard country, and it completes the corridor: most Stevens Pass trips either start or end with this stretch, and the valley towns along it are where east side drivers check the summit status before committing to the climb home.