[kiliki]

Thanks for relaying the story! I'm glad it was something dramatic rather than just, holiday traffic.

[timberghost]

Not the first time this type of accident has happened at this turn!! It certainly wont be the last accident there. Just a sign of the times for traveling on Highway 2. Of coarse this is typical for a weekend or holiday.

[kiliki]

In general is there bad traffic on 2 in winter every Sunday/holiday Monday? I know it's been that way in summer for decades, but I admit I'd hoped that with the different traffic patterns the pandemic has brought, that maybe it wouldn't be so bad, since some people aren't tied to the holiday weekend. The way that ferries to the San Juans were only half full Thanksgiving weekend, and the way I can cruise right through downtown Seattle on I-5 even during rush hour now.

[icedog]

Yep it’s always bad. Hubs works at the mtn and I can always expect him late on Sat/Sun/holidays. Last night it was after 8pm arrival home w/departure time of 4:15pm

[timberghost]

[kiliki]

@icedog or anyone else that skis Stevens Pass: What lifts do they run on weekdays? I haven't skied there in years, but one of these weeks might want to try some weekday skiing. But I think I've heard complaints that they don't run enough lifts on weekdays. Anyone know?

[Schroder]

[kiliki]

[timberghost]

It's going to be interesting on 2 this year when they put the roundabout at the Skykomish exit.

[Chief Joseph]

[Randito]

[timberghost]

6 accidents in 15 years

[Schroder]

[Randito]

[Schroder]

On Highway 2 most of the crashes are between the trestle and Monroe US 2 CORRIDOR SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS EVERETT TO SKYKOMISH Funds have been approved for engineering a roundabout in Skykomish but there's nothing in the capital budget for construction. Sultan has by far the worst traffic situation and the weekends are like it was in North Bend with the traffic light before they built that section of I-90. I would think that would be the priority to solve. When they starting building them here, I was completely opposed to roundabouts. The first ones seemed too small for the highways they served compared to the ones I used while working for several years in Scotland and some of those in the cities became a traffic mess after a while and they ended up adding traffic lights at the entry points. WSDOT seems to have perfected the ones here on the rural highways. They installed several on Highway 20 on Whidbey Island that are working quite well and the traffic through them north from Oak Harbor is very similar to Highway 2. The light at Sharpe's corner near Anacortes had a 2 mile backup in the afternoons and now after it was replaced with a very large roundabout I never see any congestion.