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State Parks to close Pilot Butte summit road to motor vehicles Sunday night

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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department will close the Pilot Butte summit road to motorized vehicles for the season at 8 p.m. on Sunday.

The road closes to motorized vehicles every year in mid-November.

“With the predicted precipitation and below-freezing temperatures, the road will become icy,” says Park Manager Joe Wanamaker.  “The upper one-tenth mile of the road is especially treacherous, since it is shaded most of the day and the ice doesn’t melt.” 

The road remains available to pedestrians and non-motorized vehicles year-round.

The road will re-open to motorized vehicles in mid-April of next year.

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