Snoqualmie Pass
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Snoqualmie Pass is a mountain pass that carries Interstate 90 (I-90) through the Cascade Range in the U.S. state of Washington. The pass summit is at an elevation of 3,015 feet (919 m), on the county line between Kittitas County and King County.
I-90 through Snoqualmie Pass
Ben Evans, Director of Playfields of the Seattle Parks Department, skiing at Snoqualmie Pass, 1935. For five years in the 1930s, the department operated a ski park at the Pass, about 54 miles (87 km) from the city.
Variable speed limit sign along I-90
Snowshed constructed 1950, removed in 2014.
Interstate 90 in Washington
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Interstate 90 (I-90), designated as the American Veterans Memorial Highway, is a transcontinental Interstate Highway that runs from Seattle, Washington, to Boston, Massachusetts. It crosses Washington state from west to east, traveling 298 miles (480 km) from Seattle across the Cascade Mountains and into Eastern Washington, reaching the Idaho state line east of Spokane. I-90 intersects several of the state's other major highways, including I-5 in Seattle, I-82 and U.S. Route 97 (US 97) near Ellensburg, and US 395 and US 2 in Spokane.
Looking west at the intersection of I-90 and I-5 in downtown Seattle
A section of I-90 near Snoqualmie Pass
I-90 crossing the Columbia River on the Vantage Bridge, as seen from the westbound lanes
Eastbound I-90 as it descends Sunset Hill into downtown Spokane