We came through the Siskiyous on Thursday and found the trip very smooth no ice or snow! Timing is every thing this time of year.
We have stopped to spend Christmas in Bakersfield, and have found a new Parking spot that is really nice its the Bakersfield RV Resort located on Wible Road exit 21 heading south on 99.
The spots are mostly pull through with hook ups in the right spots, pad are concrete, if you need service the Camper World is just across the street.

That is a very nice resort Jerry. My wife and I have stayed there a couple of times. We just drove down ourselves from Eugene, OR to Fillmore, CA on the 11th of December. We also were fortunate to have good road thru the mountain passes. Our home is in Alaska but we leave our Beaver stored in Eugene and fly down in the winter to get it south and live in it. I work a 2 week on / 2 off schedule so my wife stays with the coach and I travel to Alaska and back for work every 2 weeks. Anyway glad you're having a safe trip. We are headed to Indio next time I fly down on January 5th. My wife is in Fillmore spending Christmas with her family right now. Nothing like having your home with you wherever you go. Merry Christmas to you and hope to meet you on the road somewhere.  

We are hoping to head out for warmer weather conditions from the frozen north of Calgary, Albeta this week. Plan was to leave on monday but is snowing and blowing today so will attempt to leave on Tuesday.
There was one question that was not answered in the earlier posts on this topic and that is what do you folks that travel the roads in the northern portions of the country in the winter do about the roads that have a requirement to have your vehicles equiped with good winter tires or carry tire chains. A fair number of the roads here have that requirement & I believe that I have seen signs with the same requirements in Montana. I will be carring a set of tire chains but do not plan on traveling when the chains will be required to be installed.
Temperatures today are -17 C with a north wind of about 30+ MPH.

Harvey & Marilyn Ziegler
2004 Monterey ISC 350
2010 Jeep Wranger Unlimited

The proposed weather for the coming week for Oregon and Washington from the coast to the east is not pretty, Harvey and Marilyn.  I empathize with you;  my cousin, Doris, in Calgary, often writes of her weariness from the long winter there, and longs for her old life and mild weather near Victoria.  My mother often told of the severe winters growing up in a sod home on the Alberta prairie.

If you leave as planned, you will likely end up holed up somewhere for awhile.  I guess if you have snow tires or carry traction devices you meet most states' requirements.  But since snow tires in our size aren't readily available, and most of us would rather not actually risk damage to our coaches from chains, we opt to just not travel when the chances are good we'll need to put them on.  I think you will find "traction devices required" signs in snow-hazard areas of all western states, and given the anticipated midweek weather, the Bulls will be looking to see that you actually have them on in any passes that remain open at all.

Starting for Snowbird Country this late can be a crapshoot, but as pointed out in an adjoining thread, there are weather maps that can give you fair warning.  Personally, I like the online weather predictor, HAMWeather.  It has proven itself exceedingly accurate from my point of view, and has been spot-on for mountain weather for the several years I've consulted it.  You can see a prediction for places on your projected route for as many as 15 days ahead.  http://www.hamweather.com/ .  Just enter in their search field the zipcode or local area you want the weather for, and choose option tabs as needed.

In your shoes, I'd wait for the Canadian Cold layer to recede back out of the states a bit before venturing out, but that's just my 2 cents, and you are used to driving on snow all winter.  Although I've driven coach and toad in snow and blizzard conditions, and have experience and confidence with other vehicles, I'd not deliberately put Monty Rae, toad, and family in jeopardy because I was in a hurry to get to warmer weather.

That said, if you still opt to venture forth, there are state transportation department camera systems in place, accessible online, where you can see what you might be getting into.  For example, Oregon's Tripcheck feature is at http://www.tripcheck.com/Pages/RCmap.asp?curRegion=0&mainNav=RoadConditions.  If you are thinking I-15, then this Idaho feature will prove most helpful: http://hb.511.idaho.gov/main.jsf, as will this Alberta information site: http://www.ama.ab.ca/road-reports?old=/road_report.jsp?menu=ea_road_report , and this Montana site: http://www.mdt.mt.gov/travinfo/.

-Joel

Thanks Joel for the web sites to vivit to check weather and road conditions. Still sitting at home and watching the weather. Furnace is getting quite a work out in the coach as it is mostly loaded and ready for travel. Quessing that we have burned 50 gallons of diesel this past week as the warmest it has gotten to during the day is about 0 degs F.

Well, keep your eye on those websites and take your shot when the window of opportunity opens.  The weather in the Northwest radically changed last week and is now unseasonably warm, so that flooding is the issue now.

-Joel