As autumn colors fade and temperatures drop, it can only mean one thing in the mountains: It’s almost time for winter sports.

Check out the Baker Lake trail in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest ... use fee is $5 or you can use a Northwest ...

SNOQUALMIE PASS, Wash ... While it is quiet at the pass now, the snow, when it arrives, is generally good for business. “We get busy. There’s a lot of people that come up here to play ...

Both directions of Snoqualmie Pass were closed ... and Omak will have snow on Christmas Day the dangerous threat of freezing rain will be over Cle Elum, Ellensburg, Moses Lake, Ritzville, Yakima ...