Hey all! I'm super unfamiliar with navigating the the west/northwest. We'll be coming to Canyonville via Red Lodge, Montana. I looked at some routes in Google Maps and I've overlaid those 3 routes onto the area Fire Map.
The map below picks up my route, 141 miles into the drive, at Bozeman, MT. Looking at the roads and terrain, I've pretty much eliminated the red and green routes and I'm pretty solid on the blue route, traveling through Butte, Missoula, Spokane, Kennewick, Portland, Salem and Eugene.
Question - if you had to trek from east of Bozeman, MT to Canyonville, OR, and factoring in regional fires/smoke, would you take the blue route? If not, can you advise deviations you'd make?
We haven't made any reservations along the way but are planning to take 4 days to cover the 1,100 miles.
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