LIBERTY, Wash — Blewett Pass was closed for several hours on Monday morning after heavy snowfall in the Cascade Mountains over the weekend. It reopened just after 10 a.m.

U.S. 97 over the pass was closed in both directions starting at milepost 164 due to multiple disabled semi trucks blocking the roadway, according to Washington State Patrol District 6 Public Information Officer Jeremy Weber.

"Time to get in our minds winter driving conditions," Weber wrote on X. "Who would've thought halfway through October that Blewett Pass would look like this?"

The National Weather Service (NWS) predicted Blewett Pass could see up to an inch of snow accumulation per hour on Monday morning.

The National Weather Service expanded its first winter weather advisories of the season on Saturday. What

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