McKenzie Pass Lava Blue
Looking across acres upon acres of lava rock interspersed with mountain hemlocks, leading up to the glaciers of North Sister (10,085 ft [3,074 m]) and Middle Sister (10,047 ft [3,062 m]), two of central Oregon's highest volcanic peaks. This is just below the top of McKenzie Pass (5,335 ft [1,626 m]), along Oregon Route 242. This beautiful, narrow, winding road rises up several thousand feet from misty old-growth forests, to subalpine volcanic landscapes, and down to high desert in just a matter of minutes. It is quite rightly on the National Register of Historic Places, and forms part of the McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass Scenic Byway.
McKenzie Pass Lava Blue
Looking across acres upon acres of lava rock interspersed with mountain hemlocks, leading up to the glaciers of North Sister (10,085 ft [3,074 m]) and Middle Sister (10,047 ft [3,062 m]), two of central Oregon's highest volcanic peaks. This is just below the top of McKenzie Pass (5,335 ft [1,626 m]), along Oregon Route 242. This beautiful, narrow, winding road rises up several thousand feet from misty old-growth forests, to subalpine volcanic landscapes, and down to high desert in just a matter of minutes. It is quite rightly on the National Register of Historic Places, and forms part of the McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass Scenic Byway.