Conditions change by the hour at elevation — always check the agency's own status page before you drive.

Opening watch

Every pass on the roster, one board. While the plows work — roughly March into July — the status column updates daily. Any road, any hour: the agency link is the word to trust before you drive.

Pass State Elev (ft) Usually open by This year Official report
Artist Point Washington 5,160 July 1 WSDOT
Beartooth Highway Montana 10,947 May 26 MDT
Cayuse Pass Washington 4,675 May 7 WSDOT
Chinook Pass Washington 5,430 May 25 WSDOT
Dunraven Pass Wyoming 8,859 Yellowstone NP
Ebbetts Pass California 8,730 Caltrans
Glacier Point Road California 7,214 May 15 Yosemite NP
Going-to-the-Sun Road Montana 6,646 June 12 Glacier NP
Independence Pass Colorado 12,095 May 26 CDOT
Kuwohi Road Tennessee 6,300 Great Smoky Mountains NP
Lassen Park Highway California 8,512 June 2 Lassen Volcanic NP
McKenzie Pass Oregon 5,325 ODOT
Mirror Lake Highway Utah 10,715 UDOT
Monitor Pass California 8,314 Caltrans
Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway Colorado 14,130 CDOT
Mount Washington Auto Road New Hampshire 6,288 the Auto Road
North Cascades Highway Washington 5,477 April 23 WSDOT
Old Fall River Road Colorado 11,796 Rocky Mountain NP
Snowy Range Pass Wyoming 10,847 WYDOT
Sonora Pass California 9,624 Caltrans
Sunrise Park Road Washington 6,400 Mount Rainier NP
Sylvan Pass Wyoming 8,530 Yellowstone NP
Tioga Pass California 9,943 May 23 Yosemite NP
Trail Ridge Road Colorado 12,183 May 28 Rocky Mountain NP

Statuses here are trip-planning information, never a road-safety or access guarantee. Conditions change by the hour at elevation — check the agency's page before you drive.