Explore Oregon Podcast: The state's most beautiful places and biggest issues

Snowshoeing beautiful Maxwell Sno Park, Detroit Lake emptied, McKenzie Pass confusion


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In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks about three different things:
-Snowshoeing, skiing or micro-spike hiking at Maxwell Sno-Park, plus spending the night in its two cozy snow shelters.
-The plan to drop Detroit Lake to its lowest level in history, in a controversial plan aimed at saving endangered spring chinook salmon but that could also impact fishing, access and water quality at the reservoir east of Salem.
-The controversy surrounding offseason recreation on McKenzie Pass Highway 242. Are you allowed to ski, snowmobile and bike on the scenic highway between Sisters and McKenzie Bridge when the snow gates are closed during the winter and spring? The answer used to be yes, but now, it's a lot more complicated.
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Explore Oregon Podcast: The state's most beautiful places and biggest issuesBy Zach Urness / Statesman Journal

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