Chinook, Cayuse Passes at Mount Rainier closing unseasonably early due to snowfall

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Chinook, Cayuse Passes at Mount Rainier closing unseasonably early due to snowfall
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Chinook and Cayuse Passes inside Mount Rainier National Park have closed for the season after a foot of snow fell in a short period of time. FOX13

According to the Washington State Department of Transportation, the gates to SR 410 and SR 123WSDOT said with the

, combined with the lower-than-normal temperatures, they made the decision to close the gates early. Both passes closed on Tuesday after multiple spinouts were reported in the hazardous weather. According to WSDOT, this is the earliest closure of Chinook Pass since the 1930s, aside from 2005 when it closed this time that year.

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