Summer

What is summer like in the Roslyn, Cle Elum area?

Summer in Roslyn/Cle Elum = smoke and traffic. Smoke from fires. Traffic from many reasons.

2026 brought three more wildfires to the area, all sparked by a single mid-July lightning storm near Snoqualmie Pass: the Three Queens Fire (the largest, over 9,500 acres), the Goat Fire (burning north of Roslyn), and the King Fire. See our full history of every major fire near Roslyn and Cle Elum since 2012 for details.

porch pano 081418 — Summer in Roslyn – more and more fires and smoke each year!

Roslyn WA smoke from fires — The pic above is the Roslyn Valley one week after the pic on top.

Three Queens Fire 2026

Is SR903 an evacuation constraint for Roslyn, Ronald, Lake Cle Elum?

I-90 Snoqualmie Pass – Roslyn, Cle Elum area traffic in the summer:

I-90 westound traffic

Several hours of I-90 Traffic Jam

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August I-90 Snoqualmie Pass Traffic Jam

I-90 snoqualmie pass traffic backup

August I-90 Traffic Jam

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August Snoqualmie Pass Traffic Jam

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Typical I-90 2 mph Traffic Crawl

July I-90 Construction Traffic

July Snoqualmie Pass Traffic I-90

June Tinkham Road I-90 Traffic Jam

I-90 Snoqualmie Pass EB traffic

Stuck in traffic on I-90

July – Denny Creek I-90 Traffic

I-90 snoqualmie pass traffic

July – Tinkham Road I-90 Traffic

July – Easton I-90 Traffic

July I-90 Traffic

I-90 traffic jam near Snoqualmie Pass

June I-90 Traffic

I-90 Bullfrog traffic

I-90 Bullfrog traffic

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