best way to cross Oregon' Cascades
I should be doing income taxes but this is more fun. Frustrating at times but anticipation is high. We will be driving from our home crossing from Whidbey Island to the Olympic Peninsula then down inl...
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OR22 from Salem to the US20 junction is straighter than US20 to that point. I also don't recall any particularly twisty sections on OR126 to that point. The pass is further east on US20.
Rockhounding is probably just an excuse to soak in the old cowboy bathhouse at Summer Lake. :)
If crossing on OR58, there is a Crescent Cutoff between it and north bound US97. It starts on Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway. That Byway is a good highway running north to the lakes and the east to Bend. The highest parts are closed until late in the spring due to snow. The south end probably is open.
OR242 is the only state highway that is seasonally closed for snow.
676 Silver Lake Rd is a paved route between US97 and Silver Lake. I've only examined it on maps. It crosses forest, but skirts the mountains west of Silver Lake. It would be an option if crossing the Cascades on 138 or 140.
Rockhounding is probably just an excuse to soak in the old cowboy bathhouse at Summer Lake. :)
If crossing on OR58, there is a Crescent Cutoff between it and north bound US97. It starts on Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway. That Byway is a good highway running north to the lakes and the east to Bend. The highest parts are closed until late in the spring due to snow. The south end probably is open.
OR242 is the only state highway that is seasonally closed for snow.
676 Silver Lake Rd is a paved route between US97 and Silver Lake. I've only examined it on maps. It crosses forest, but skirts the mountains west of Silver Lake. It would be an option if crossing the Cascades on 138 or 140.
