By Benny Westcott
Lebanon Local
A Salem man and five friends rescued a family of five and a dog on Dec. 5, a day after they were stranded in several feet of snow while searching for a Christmas tree near Forest Road 46 in Marion County.
The road passes through the northern part of the Willamette National Forest into the Mount Hood National Forest, skirting the northern half of Oregon’s Cascade Mountain range. The area…