Cascade Lakes Highway closes later this week

Cascade Lakes Highway and Paulina Lake Road (Forest Service Road 21) will be closing for the winter on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 8 a.m.

The Deschutes County Road Department will close Cascade Lakes Highway west of Mount Bachelor between the snow gates at Dutchman Flat and Deschutes Bridge at the intersection with Forest Service Road 4270. Paulina Lake Road will be closed where the 10-mile snow park gate is located, which will restrict access to Paulina and East Lake.

Both roads are usually reopened by Memorial Day, depending on the weather.

For additional information, please call the Deschutes County Road Department at 541-388-6581, or call Deschutes County Road Department Operations Manager Tom Shamberger at 541-322-7120.

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