Satisfying Oregon's Snow Zone Laws
I will be towing our 5th-wheel south from the Seattle area at the end of December to snowbird in the Palm Springs area. I plan on taking I-5 thru the Siskiyou Mountains in southern Oregon, and I know ...
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wenglish wrote:
I've been thinking along similar lines - "how to get from WA to CA" for a possible snowbird trip this winter, and I *hate* installing chains.
A couple of you have mentioned highway 101 as an alternative - does that have any steep bits? (I can't really tell from Google maps, I guess I need to find a topo map of the area and brush up on my rusty topo map-reading skills).
Thanks.
Download Google Earth Pro (free), click on "Get Directions", enter starting and ending cities and click on "Get Directions" button (below the destination you entered, right-click on route displayed on earth (blue line) and select "Show Elevation Profile". The elevation profile will display at the bottom of the screen. Drag the cursor across the profile to see where on the route each elevation change occurs.
