- Hello all. Help Me. If you have the time this route is beautiful and would be cleared of any snow. Rome2rio is a door-to-door travel information and booking engine, helping you get to and from any location in the world. What's the best (i.e, least hazardous) route? Find all the transport options for your trip from Portland to Bend right here. I drive that route twice a year. The standard route from PDX airport to Bend is US 26 over Mount Hood—actually over the base of it and numerous foothills (first map).

It is a major route, but it's going through mountains, so it's twisty. And being near the coast may not have any snow. I would be leaving PDX around 5:30AM, and presumably leaving from Bend on the return trip at 3:30PM that same day. They do not travel at high speeds and other vehicles quickly overtake them. Rome2rio makes travelling from Portland to Bend easy. The best advice is to stay at least three car lengths behind and give yourself more time to get where you are going. Unfortunately there are not too many choices. May can still be wintery on the pass and in Central Oregon.Keep an eye on tripcheck.com for road conditions and be ready to change your route accordingly if needed. Driving to Bend from PDX tomorrow in this storm, what's your preferred winter route to the Central Cascades? If you have time on the way back to Portland take the route through the Gorge (97/26/35/I-84). It looks like I may have to drive from Portland, OR, down to Bend, OR, and back for work. It's four lanes in the lowlands, and mostly two lanes over the mountains and through Central Oregon.

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The most to see? Drivers should give winter maintenance vehicles such as plows and sanders a wide berth. Plows and sanding trucks pull over periodically to let traffic pass. I see there are several routes between the two, but which is the most scenic in your opinion? Personally I like to drive from Portland to Bend over Santiam Pass (I-5/22/20) and drive from Bend to Portland over Mt Hood (97/26). Hi All, Experienced snow driver here from the NE, driving a 2012 Impreza with snow tires. Route to bend Help Me Hey guys, I'm going over to bend Thursday and I'm not sure which route is going to be the best with the snow; as I don't typically go over the pass in winter. This is going to be in late January/early February. There is the scenic route, on US1.