Pass Conditions

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Sherman PassNo live status availableno live record

SR-20 · WA · 5,575 ft

Sherman Pass

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WSDOT: SR 20 at MP 319.5: Sherman Pass
SR 20 at MP 319.5: Sherman PassWSDOT · 0.2 mi from pass Listing retrieved Oct 29, 2026, 5:00 PM PDT. Frame time not verified; check the image stamp. Official camera owner ↗
WSDOT:  SR 20 at MP 319.5: Sherman Pass
SR 20 at MP 319.5: Sherman PassWSDOT · 0.2 mi from pass Listing retrieved Oct 29, 2026, 5:00 PM PDT. Frame time not verified; check the image stamp. Official camera owner ↗
WSDOT Aviation: Ferry County Airport
Ferry County AirportWSDOT Aviation · 11.2 mi from pass Listing retrieved Oct 29, 2026, 5:00 PM PDT. Frame time not verified; check the image stamp. Official camera owner ↗

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Road restrictions, station measurements and forecasts describe different things. Times below use Pacific time.

24h gridded snowfall estimate

1.9 in · old or expired

NOHRSC analysis near the pass, roughly 4 km grid. Not a road-surface measurement.

Observation / analysis time: Oct 27, 2026, 5:00 PM PDT
Last retrieved: Oct 28, 2026, 5:00 AM PDT

Official snow source ↗

72h gridded snowfall estimate

1.9 in · old or expired

NOHRSC analysis near the pass, roughly 4 km grid. Not a road-surface measurement.

Observation / analysis time: Oct 27, 2026, 5:00 PM PDT
Last retrieved: Oct 28, 2026, 5:00 AM PDT

Official snow source ↗

season gridded snowfall estimate

4.3 in · old or expired

NOHRSC analysis near the pass, roughly 4 km grid. Not a road-surface measurement.

Observation / analysis time: Oct 27, 2026, 5:00 AM PDT
Last retrieved: Oct 28, 2026, 5:00 AM PDT

Official snow source ↗

Measured station snow depth

0.0 in · old or expired

Sentinel Butte · 18.1 mi from pass · 4680 ft elevation. Not a measurement at the pass.

Observation / analysis time: 2026-10-28 (daily value; time not supplied)
Last retrieved: Oct 29, 2026, 5:00 AM PDT

Official snow source ↗

Forecast snowfall

0.0 in

NWS grid near the pass. Expected snow over the forecast window, not observed snowfall.

Issued: Oct 29, 2026, 3:37 AM PDT
Last retrieved: Oct 29, 2026, 5:00 AM PDT

Forecast window: Oct 29, 2026, 5:00 AM PDT to Nov 1, 2026, 4:00 AM PST

Official NWS forecast ↗
NWS outlook and forecast details

Overnight: Chance Snow Showers, low 24°F, S wind 1 mph, 26% precipitation; Thursday: Chance Snow Showers, high 33°F, SE wind 2 mph, 26% precipitation. No measurable NWS-grid snowfall forecast in the next 72 hours

Check the current NWS point forecast ↗

SeasonGHCN snowfallSNOTEL max depthStation context
2026-20270.0 in0.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2025-20261.2 in20.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2024-20250.9 in42.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2023-20242.3 in28.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2022-20230.3 in46.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2021-20223.4 in29.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2020-20212.7 in40.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2019-20203.4 in45.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2018-20195.1 in41.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2017-20183.2 in58.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2016-20174.6 in40.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2015-20160.3 in39.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2014-20153.0 in22.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2013-20143.5 in35.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2012-20134.4 in36.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2011-20125.6 in45.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2010-20117.0 in48.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2009-20101.3 in40.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2008-20096.7 in37.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2007-20087.0 in45.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2006-20072.8 in41.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2005-2006Not available46.0 inSentinel Butte
18.1 mi away · 4,680 ft
2004-20053.0 in26.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2003-20040.0 in36.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2002-20033.0 in0.0 inCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2001-20024.5 inNot availableCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
2000-20014.6 inNot availableCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
1999-20003.7 inNot availableCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
1998-19993.0 inNot availableCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
1997-19983.2 inNot availableCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
1996-19978.3 inNot availableCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
1995-19963.5 inNot availableCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
1994-19954.1 inNot availableCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
1993-19942.2 inNot availableCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft
1992-19930.0 inNot availableCOLVILLE
25.0 mi away · 1,554 ft

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