McKenzie Pass Highway to close Monday for winter

With snow in the Oregon Cascades predicted over the next week, maintenance managers with the Oregon Department of Transportation said Friday they have decided to close the Old McKenzie Pass Highway (Oregon Highway 242) for the winter/snow season, effective next Monday at dawn.

ODOT’s records indicate that the earliest closure of the Old McKenzie Pass Highway occurred on October 18, 1996.The latest closure happened on January 10, 1939.

The twisting, scenic highway west of Sisters had opened in June after months of road and forest work after the fall 2017 Milli Fire damaged the road.