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  • HIGHWAY 242 SCARRED BY 2017 WILDFIRES

    May 3, 2018

    Hwy 242 burn OLD MCKENZIE PASS: Bicyclists entering Hwy. 242 from the east have seen it and next month motorists should view it too - a landscape littered with burned trees. The Old McKenzie Highway remains closed for the season after wildfires heavily burned the area the previous summer. The Milli Fire, which started on August 11th, burned a total of 24,000 acres on the east side of the Old McKenzie Pass adjacent to the scenic byway. Access from the west will continue to be closed until at least the end of next week, according to Lou Torres,...