Travel and Winter roads on I84 Idaho, Oregon, Washington
I am moving from Salt Lake City to Seattle. Has anyone travelled I84 in January? What are the roads like? Anything to watch out for? Newbie, here.
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- The best advice I can give, as a long-time resident of those parts, is watch the weather forecasts carefully, and make use of the DOT's webcams. Things can get real bad real quick.
The worst of 84 will be just south of Pendleton OR. The descent from Emigrant Pass (aka Deadman pass) will be pretty hairy. - Do a search for tripcheck Oregon starting about a week before you plan to travel. Look at the cameras for up to the minute information. If your heading to Seattle area ( I am sorry for your problem) consider taking I82 just west pr Pendelton connecting to I90. Shortens the drive some what. If you come into Portland, Take I205 north connecting to I5
donn0128 wrote:
Do a search for tripcheck Oregon starting about a week before you plan to travel. Look at the cameras for up to the minute information. If your heading to Seattle area ( I am sorry for your problem) consider taking I82 just west pr Pendelton connecting to I90. Shortens the drive some what. If you come into Portland, Take I205 north connecting to I5
It does shorten the trip, but there is the 4 hills in the way, Snoqualmie pass, and Manastash ridge, and the two lower ridges south of it, north of Yakima.
If you stay on 84 to I205, you may have icy roads in The Gorge. You will need to watch road reports and the weather reports closely in this area, and make your choice based on the best condition.- Check this website EVERY day.....TRAFFIC CAMS
Oregon is having less snow this year again......but I84 up by the Columbia Gorge is notorious for ice rains.......so be VERY careful......
Oh, and we're not fans of going west on the Washington side.....curvy, narrow roads.....:) I84 to Portland is kept as plowed, etc, as possible because it's a main thoroughfare for truckers. amandasgramma wrote:
Check this website EVERY day.....TRAFFIC CAMS
Oregon is having less snow this year again......but I84 up by the Columbia Gorge is notorious for ice rains.......so be VERY careful......
Oh, and we're not fans of going west on the Washington side.....curvy, narrow roads.....:) I84 to Portland is kept as plowed, etc, as possible because it's a main thoroughfare for truckers.
x2The descent from Emigrant Pass (aka Deadman pass) will be pretty hairy.
When I was growing up it was always called 'Cabbage Hill'. :) It's a very long grade.- Here is the link for Idaho traffic cams . We are having serious inversion problems this year and the fog through the western part of I-84 has been very bad. Check your road and weather conditions carefully before you head out.
- Done it enough times to know that it's about staying on top of the weather info...when it's bad the Blue Mtn canyons from the Idaho line to Baker City can be a problem...next is the backside of Cabbage and as already mentioned the ice/black ice on 84 along the river to Portland.
- Like everyone said, watch the web cams and weather reports and have chains ready for your 5er, if you're towing one. Oregon is pretty strict on having them for the trailer. That is one beautiful drive in summer, and can get pretty ugly in winter.
- I live in The Gorge. It can get nasty with ice or snow at times. We can also have freezing fog, as we have had for the last several days. Watch the weather reports and we try to drive during the daytime. Good luck! :)
