Oregon snowmobile groups OK'd to groom, ride McKenzie Pass, but ODOT nixes car-free biking

ODOT and the US Forest Service clarified that snowmobiles are allowed to ride the scenic highway, but cycling is technically ...
KTVZ

As storm approaches, ODOT is closing the west side of McKenzie Pass, Highway 242, on Friday

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 ...
Statesman Journal

Oregon snowmobile group fights to access, groom McKenzie Pass for winter recreation

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 ...
Statesman Journal

McKenzie Highway 242 to reopen, Foley Ridge Fire closures downsized

The west side of McKenzie Pass Highway 242 is expected to reopen later this week after a nearby wildfire was quelled and state officials clean up the scenic roadway. The highway has been closed from ...
KTVZ

Highway 242 closure continues near Foley Ridge Fire; Level 2 (Be Set) evacuation notices issued in Lane County

McKENZIE BRIDGE, Ore. (KTVZ) -- More than 350 firefighters continued Tuesday to battle the 437-acre Foley Ridge Fire on the Willamette National Forest east of McKenzie Bridge. A 21-mile stretch of ...
KOIN 6

Petition aims to allow winter recreation at McKenzie Pass after weather closure

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 ...
The Register-Guard

Boulder Fire shuts down Highway 126 east of Eugene, indefinite closures near McKenzie Pass

Oregon Highway 126 between mileposts 13 and 19.5 is closed due to increasing activity from the Boulder Creek Fire burning just north of the junction between Highway 126 and 242 east of Eugene, ...