this is my story and im sticking to it ?????

http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result.php?q1=Sisters,+OR

I came across 126 to 20, and then rode that to Bend. Route 242 (from the map) was closed that time of year (if memory serves), but I remember a few of the log truck guys saying it wasn't a good road (for a sleeper pulling a 53').

 

Actually they are called the Three Sisters, they are visible from Highway 58 as you go up over the pass. There are three volcano's in a row with jagged peaks (hence Three Sisters), ya cant miss them if you are driving around LaPine/Bend. Its one of the few mountains around here that have a year round glacier on them.

-Reby

 

Thanks for the corection Reby. I do remember that all three had snow on them (this was early May), and it was a beautiful drive.
BTW, love the avatar pic, I am a diehard Futurama fan!

 

hey I was born in evenstom,Wy

 

The "3 sisters" in Oregon are 3 mountains in the Bend area, you drive close to them not on them.

The "3 Sisters" in Wyoming are like Brickman said outside Evanston Wyoming.

Now in same sentence as Cabbage, I bet they were talking about Ladd Canyon area and Baker City hills, that or the Siskiyou's down in on the California / Oregon border on Interstate 5

PS there is also a town called Sisters in Oregon on Highway 20... Nice small place with some great scenery..

 

I lived for 16 years in Bend, moved to Florida just to get away from the snow the pass level on hwy 20 and hwy 22 is around 4500 feet the Santiam is plowed and maintained by a buddy of mine no less.

carry chains learn how to put'em on. the passes get backed up during heavy travel times and you'll only be idling over in 1st or 3rd, the rest of the time traffic is thin to non-existant.

if it gets real bad go south of Bend and lapine you'll find a much lower pass on hwy 58 much less snow to deal with. out in the NW it's all about elevation, the higher up you go the more snow you'll find.
alot of what I heard from my instructors in school was out of date and definately not as bad as reality. (one instructor told us at the bottom of the "grape-vine" you will always find a DOT officer to perform two tasks; call the fire dept, to put out burning trucks[over heated brakes] and to issue citations for going too fast. imagine my surprise to finally get out there and NOT see a safety officer)

 

hehehe there's a "brothers" too in Oregon

 

hwy 242 is the macenzie pass all but impossible to maintain in winter.
the road surface on top is 12 to 15 feet below the top of lava rock walls. the snow drifts close it down.

even in the summer it's restricted to vehicles over 35 feet

I've got some pics of my buddy who works for ODOT when he goes up and runs the blower in spring/summer. I'll see if I can dig them up......

 

the one further south is called mt batchelor, I guess cause it's all alone.

it's the local ski resort.

 

cabbage is on i-84 mile post 224-217 6% downgrade i think