Word came down this week from the County Road Department on the date (this coming Monday) on the winter mountain road closures:

The Deschutes County Road Department plans to close the Cascade Lakes Highway and Paulina Lake Road (Road 21) at 8 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 19. Cascade Lakes Highway will be closed 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 at the ten-mile snow park gate, which will restrict access to Paulina and East Lake.

Both facilities will remain closed through the winter and will be targeted for re-opening prior to Memorial Day, weather permitting.

For additional information, please contact the Deschutes County Road Department at (541) 388-6581.