McKenzie River driving roads

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McKenzie Pass (OR 242) is the most technical Oregon road in this catalog — 24 switchbacks through a lava flow, closed roughly seven months a year.

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McKenzie Pass · OR 24236.5 mi · Technical · Difficulty 2/337 miles of Oregon Route 242 between Belknap Springs and Sisters, crossing McKenzie Pass through a 65-square-mile lava flow. Narrow and winding, with the Dee Wright Observatory at the summit and one of the longest seasonal closures of any road in this catalog.

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