Lolo Pass is a mountain pass six miles (10 km) northwest of Mount Hood and ten miles (16 km) northeast of Zigzag, Oregon, on the Clackamas/Hood River county line. It divides the Sandy River watershed on the southwest from the Hood River watershed on the northeast.
At 3,415 feet (1,041 m), it provides a much lower crossing of the Cascade Range near Mount Hood than the 4,650-foot (1,420 m) Oregon Route 35 Bennett Pass on the southeast side. Access ...
more
Lolo Pass is a mountain pass six miles (10 km) northwest of Mount Hood and ten miles (16 km) northeast of Zigzag, Oregon, on the Clackamas/Hood River county line. It divides the Sandy River watershed on the southwest from the Hood River watershed on the northeast.
At 3,415 feet (1,041 m), it provides a much lower crossing of the Cascade Range near Mount Hood than the 4,650-foot (1,420 m) Oregon Route 35 Bennett Pass on the southeast side. Access from the southwest side of the pass is paved all the way to the pass, where the road changes to gravel, heading down the northeast side of the pass.
The road through the pass was initially established by Native Americans, as a trading route connecting the Willamette Valley and sites at the eastern end of the Columbia River Gorge like Celilo Falls. In 1838, Daniel Lee (nephew of missionary Jason Lee) drove livestock across the pass, while traveling east to establish a new Methodist mission at Wascopam. He was the first westerner known to have...
less
