Alaska Airlines and Allegiant offer fairly economical fares. If you encounter bad weather, give serious consideration to taking the train south as well or staying an extra day in Seattle and flying home. The best part of your train trip northward will be seeing the snow covered Cascades in the morning as you go through one tunnel after another. From Redding south, there's nothing at all to see. I've gone by it without being able to see it at all. Shasta, which is a fantastic sight.if it's visible. Do not try to drive through the redwoods at night.įinally, don't expect to do any sightseeing. Again, it'll take longer if you hit bad weather (fog, ice, heavy rain). That's about 9 hours to SF and another hour to San Jose. If you learn that Siskiyou pass is requiring chains, your best bet then is to take 199 from Grants Pass to Crescent City and down 101 to SF. Allow yourselves 7-8 hours to SF.an extra hour to San Jose. In Ashland, you can check to find out what the conditions are over Siskiyou Pass and plan your following days travel accordingly.crossing the pass at mid-day, hopefully after the morning freeze has melted.įrom Ashland, be careful over Siskiyou Pass and through the Shasta Lakes curves, which can be icy (including black ice) in shady stretches. In fact, there are also mountain passes just north of Grants Pass that can get quite nasty in winter. I would definitely stop in Ashland and not try to cross Siskiyou Pass at night. That doesn't include meal and rest stops. Going straight down I-5 it's about 9+ hours from Seattle to Ashland, in good weather and avoiding traffic jams in Seattle/ Tacoma and Portland. I agree with the above comments, including "what do you mean by Highway 1 road trip?" Although it is probably unimportant since you'll be trying to do this in just 2 days and the coast route would be out of the question.