A series of storms are forecast for the Cascade Mountain passes over Christmas with high winds, waves and possible flooding in the valley and coast.

Terry RichardThe Christmas Valley Sand Dunes are the largest system in inland Oregon. Christmas Valley and the Fort Rock area of northern Lake County offer a desert getaway only 90 miles southeast ...

In addition to Summer Lake, many other Northwest desert destinations have their own appeal, as long as nearby lodging makes the long winter nights bearable.

Like much of southeastern Oregon's high desert, Christmas Valley is dry, sparsely populated (750 to 1300, depending on whom you ask), fiercely hot in summer and bitterly cold in winter.

PHOTOS: Christmas weekend winter snow in and around Salem, Oregon 8:30 a.m.: Snow expected through the evening A winter storm warning remains in effect until 4 a.m. Monday for much of western Oregon.

Christmas Valley is a small community in the middle of Oregon named after nearby Christmas Lake. Although the town is small in size, their annual Light Parade is big on Christmas spirit. The ...

Snow in the Willamette Valley appears possible multiple days after Christmas and mountain travel is expected to be challenging for the next week as snowy weather moves into Oregon and across the ...

A Winter Weather Advisory Friday evening through Saturday evening. Expect some Christmas snow with totals ranging around 1 to 3 inches.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As an arctic blast swooped down into the Pacific Northwest bringing snow to the Willamette Valley and the rest of Oregon, power outages were reported throughout the state ...

A series of storms are forecast for the Cascade Mountain passes over Christmas with high winds, waves and possible flooding in the valley and coast.

A series of storms are forecast for the Cascade Mountain passes over Christmas with high winds, waves and possible flooding in the valley and coast.