Snowmobile groups got the OK to groom and ride McKenzie Pass Highway 242 this winter, and possibly into the future, but popular offseason cycling will remain technically closed on the iconic roadway ...

Each year when the snow starts to pile up in the Cascade Mountains, Christian Sammons and his crew get to work. Sammons and 14 members of the Mount Jefferson Snowmobile Club take out two sno-cats to ...

The U.S. Forest Service issued a sweeping closure of the McKenzie River and Pass area on Wednesday due to the Linton Creek and Boulder Creek fires, among other wildfires in the region. The fires were ...

EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) – An incoming storm system has crews closing the west side of McKenzie Pass, Oregon Highway 242, this coming Friday, ODOT reported. Crews will close the gates on the west side of ...

Bike riding through snow on McKenzie Pass Hwy. (2011 Photo by Oregon Department of Transportation). The State of Oregon has rolled up their welcome mat when it comes to cycling on McKenzie Pass during ...

Widespread rain of between a quarter and a half inch looks increasingly likely Tuesday into Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service in Portland. The rain should help dampen fires that ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — McKenzie Pass, an 82-mile loop around Oregon’s Cascade mountain range, has been closed since Nov. 1, 2024, and will be reopening on June 16. Maintenance crews have been hard at ...

Near Sisters, Oregon, Highway 242 has closed every year since the 1960s because of winter weather, which has brought 20-30 feet of snow on the roads, according to the Oregon Department of ...

SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Snow is here, and ODOT said Friday it is starting to close the Old McKenzie Pass Highway, Oregon Highway 242, for the winter season. Only the west side will be closing at this ...