What you can do once at Timberline Lodge.
Cascadian architecture - NATIVE MATERIALS AND OLD WORLD QUALITY, create a unique and truly regional style, known as Cascadian. Three decorative themes including wildlife, Native American, and pioneer, appear throughout the lodge.
Activities.
1. Visit the Exhibition Center - Once inside the lodge, the once-damp, black hole of the Lodge's lower level, is now the airy Exhibition Center.
Blue Gentian guest room - Here a visitor can stop the clock as one of the Center's highlights, is the life size replica of the popular Blue Gentian guest room.
The viewer looks into this room through an outside window, where you enjoy the sight of the handcrafted furnishings, while watching the soft flicker of the fire. And see an occupied hotel room in 1937, with period music, and the voice of FDR, coming from the 1930s radio on the bedside table.
2. View a video.
The Builders of Timberline Video - The Center in the Barlow Room describes, via a 30 minute continuous loop video, the creation of Timberline Lodge, depicting the 1930s WPA worker's, erecting the lodge by hand. And using modern audio, and visual technology, re-creates the Great Depression, and the architecture, engineering, and art, created in the Northwest during the 1930s.
Topics that will be discussed include: WPA history, Lodge History, Ski History and a general overview of the building of Timberline Lodge.
3. Walk with Heidi and Bruno - Visit with Heidi and Bruno, Timberline's resident Saint Bernards.
4. Take a USFS Ranger Walk or smartphone audio tour - Join a U.S. Forest Service Ranger, if available, for a 30 minute tour of historic Timberline Lodge. Explore the rich history, and art of the Lodge, and all it has to offer.
This elegant rustic hotel has become a grand expression of Northwest art. Meet at the U.S. Forest Service desk inside Timberline Lodge. When: Friday through Sunday, at 11:00, 1:00, and 2:00.
Monday through Wednesday when Forest Service staff are present. Call the ranger station at 503-622-3191 to confirm hours & for more info. The cost is free.
5. Visit the Gallery Gift Shop - Regional artists are featured along with books, fine gifts and collectable souvenirs.
6. Visit the Wy'East Day Lodge - This lodge was opened in 1981 to provide modern skier services. In the summer, it's a great place to stop before or after your visit to Timberline lodge for food services, gift shops and rest rooms.
7. Dine at Timberline Lodge - (Vittles, can cost you—roughly $130 for a Cordon Bleu test-kitchen-level dinner for two, in the Cascade Dining Room. Consider heading to Timberline’s semi-secret, closet-size Blue Ox for topping-heavy pizza.)
Cascade Dining Room - Spend the day in historic Timberline Lodge, marvel at the 96 ft. stone chimney while you read by the light of it's gigantic fireplace, soaking up the scenic history and enjoying a hearty breakfast buffet, or "Taste of Oregon" lunch buffet, or fine-dining dinner, in the Cascade Dining Room (reservations required for dinner), where you may want to sit at a window table, so you can look south across the tops of the Cascade Mountains, to Mount Jefferson, and Broken Top...The Cascade dining room is casual by day, romantic by night--fine dining always. Enjoy the award winning wine list. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, 7 days a week.
Another dining options are the.
Blue Ox or Ram's Head Bars - In the Blue Ox Bar next door to the Exhibition Center, the visitor drops back 70 years in time viewing the glass murals of legendary Paul Bunyan, and Babe the blue ox, while enjoying hand-tossed pizza, or deli sandwich, and a pint from Mount Hood Brewing Company.
Or enjoy family-friendly casual food, and drinks, with stunning views of Mount Hood, and Mount Jefferson, at the Ram's Head Bar, uniquely located on the mezzanine, (Timberline's living room). Relax and enjoy the heart of the lodge--gaze at the magnificence of this unique timber frame structure.
Then consider one last activity, before you head back to Portland or to your next destination,
Finally, #8.
Take the Magic Mile Chairlift Ride all the way, to the 'Top'! - Best View of Mount Hood-No Skis Required.
After arriving and checking out Timberline Lodge, you may choose to ride the Magic Mile Chairlift Ride (open Memorial Day through Labor Day), up near Silcox Hut. The views don't get any better than this! While inhaling the cool, clear non-smells, of mountain air, you'll go to an altitude of 7000 feet, only about 4000 feet from the summit! The Silcox Hut served as the upper terminus for Timberline's original Magic Mile ski lift from 1939 to 1962. Reopened as a chalet in 1992, it now offers overnight bunks for groups and a limited cafe in the European alpine tradition.
The lift was the 1st to use steel towers, the 2nd lift in the U.S., and the longest in the world, when it opened in 1939. The day pass then, was $2. Today, that same pass, is $90.
Have a picnic lunch or just take in the scenery by looking right to the coast range, left to the Great American Desert, and straight ahead, beyond Mount Jefferson and the Cascade mountain range.
Sturdy boots & heavy jacket suggested in winter and Spring. Skis are not necessary. Allow 30 minutes to ride up and down or 2 hours if you choose to ride up and walk down, plus time to look around up top. If you would like to take the Magic Mile Ride, please notify My Chauffeur. All participant's must sign the Trailhead Release Agreement.
THE MAGIC MILE SKY RIDE is open Monday through Thursday, 8am-2pm, and Friday through Sunday, 8am-3pm.
$20 per person.
Or $69 per family of four.
Kids 6 and under are FREE.
The Bottom Line.
A ride up the Magic Mile Skyride is a lot of fun, and hiking around on the rocks at the upper end of the chair lift is great, too.
It’s worth the ride, just for the views on the way up and the way down.
If you take some time hiking at the top, you’ll find even more great places to take pictures, or just sit and relax, including Silcox Hut.
Few visitors venture very far into the scenic alpine landscape, that lured hotel builders here in the first place. The landscape here is entirely the product of recent volcanism. The silvery snags below the chairlift and along the trail to the Silcox Hut, are trees killed by the hot blast of a small eruption in the 1790s. The ground itself on this side of the mountain is a debris field from a much larger, Mount Saint Helens style blast, two thousand years ago. In that eruption, a gigantic avalanche wiped the mountain's slope clean, as far as Government Camp. Afterwards, a lava dome slowly rose to plug the vent. The dome remains as Crater Rock, the monolith looming in front of the actual summit.
Again, if you would like to take the Magic Mile Ride, please notify us ASAP, because we would have to arrange the tour to arrive at the lodge before the chairlift closes. All chairlift participant's must sign the Trailhead Release Agreement.
Also, ask Phil, what time we should all meet back up, in order to head to our next destination, in a timely manner.
Does anyone have any questions?
Activities.
1. Visit the Exhibition Center - Once inside the lodge, the once-damp, black hole of the Lodge's lower level, is now the airy Exhibition Center.
Blue Gentian guest room - Here a visitor can stop the clock as one of the Center's highlights, is the life size replica of the popular Blue Gentian guest room.
The viewer looks into this room through an outside window, where you enjoy the sight of the handcrafted furnishings, while watching the soft flicker of the fire. And see an occupied hotel room in 1937, with period music, and the voice of FDR, coming from the 1930s radio on the bedside table.
2. View a video.
The Builders of Timberline Video - The Center in the Barlow Room describes, via a 30 minute continuous loop video, the creation of Timberline Lodge, depicting the 1930s WPA worker's, erecting the lodge by hand. And using modern audio, and visual technology, re-creates the Great Depression, and the architecture, engineering, and art, created in the Northwest during the 1930s.
Topics that will be discussed include: WPA history, Lodge History, Ski History and a general overview of the building of Timberline Lodge.
3. Walk with Heidi and Bruno - Visit with Heidi and Bruno, Timberline's resident Saint Bernards.
4. Take a USFS Ranger Walk or smartphone audio tour - Join a U.S. Forest Service Ranger, if available, for a 30 minute tour of historic Timberline Lodge. Explore the rich history, and art of the Lodge, and all it has to offer.
This elegant rustic hotel has become a grand expression of Northwest art. Meet at the U.S. Forest Service desk inside Timberline Lodge. When: Friday through Sunday, at 11:00, 1:00, and 2:00.
Monday through Wednesday when Forest Service staff are present. Call the ranger station at 503-622-3191 to confirm hours & for more info. The cost is free.
5. Visit the Gallery Gift Shop - Regional artists are featured along with books, fine gifts and collectable souvenirs.
6. Visit the Wy'East Day Lodge - This lodge was opened in 1981 to provide modern skier services. In the summer, it's a great place to stop before or after your visit to Timberline lodge for food services, gift shops and rest rooms.
7. Dine at Timberline Lodge - (Vittles, can cost you—roughly $130 for a Cordon Bleu test-kitchen-level dinner for two, in the Cascade Dining Room. Consider heading to Timberline’s semi-secret, closet-size Blue Ox for topping-heavy pizza.)
Cascade Dining Room - Spend the day in historic Timberline Lodge, marvel at the 96 ft. stone chimney while you read by the light of it's gigantic fireplace, soaking up the scenic history and enjoying a hearty breakfast buffet, or "Taste of Oregon" lunch buffet, or fine-dining dinner, in the Cascade Dining Room (reservations required for dinner), where you may want to sit at a window table, so you can look south across the tops of the Cascade Mountains, to Mount Jefferson, and Broken Top...The Cascade dining room is casual by day, romantic by night--fine dining always. Enjoy the award winning wine list. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, 7 days a week.
Another dining options are the.
Blue Ox or Ram's Head Bars - In the Blue Ox Bar next door to the Exhibition Center, the visitor drops back 70 years in time viewing the glass murals of legendary Paul Bunyan, and Babe the blue ox, while enjoying hand-tossed pizza, or deli sandwich, and a pint from Mount Hood Brewing Company.
Or enjoy family-friendly casual food, and drinks, with stunning views of Mount Hood, and Mount Jefferson, at the Ram's Head Bar, uniquely located on the mezzanine, (Timberline's living room). Relax and enjoy the heart of the lodge--gaze at the magnificence of this unique timber frame structure.
Then consider one last activity, before you head back to Portland or to your next destination,
Finally, #8.
Take the Magic Mile Chairlift Ride all the way, to the 'Top'! - Best View of Mount Hood-No Skis Required.
After arriving and checking out Timberline Lodge, you may choose to ride the Magic Mile Chairlift Ride (open Memorial Day through Labor Day), up near Silcox Hut. The views don't get any better than this! While inhaling the cool, clear non-smells, of mountain air, you'll go to an altitude of 7000 feet, only about 4000 feet from the summit! The Silcox Hut served as the upper terminus for Timberline's original Magic Mile ski lift from 1939 to 1962. Reopened as a chalet in 1992, it now offers overnight bunks for groups and a limited cafe in the European alpine tradition.
The lift was the 1st to use steel towers, the 2nd lift in the U.S., and the longest in the world, when it opened in 1939. The day pass then, was $2. Today, that same pass, is $90.
Have a picnic lunch or just take in the scenery by looking right to the coast range, left to the Great American Desert, and straight ahead, beyond Mount Jefferson and the Cascade mountain range.
Sturdy boots & heavy jacket suggested in winter and Spring. Skis are not necessary. Allow 30 minutes to ride up and down or 2 hours if you choose to ride up and walk down, plus time to look around up top. If you would like to take the Magic Mile Ride, please notify My Chauffeur. All participant's must sign the Trailhead Release Agreement.
THE MAGIC MILE SKY RIDE is open Monday through Thursday, 8am-2pm, and Friday through Sunday, 8am-3pm.
$20 per person.
Or $69 per family of four.
Kids 6 and under are FREE.
The Bottom Line.
A ride up the Magic Mile Skyride is a lot of fun, and hiking around on the rocks at the upper end of the chair lift is great, too.
It’s worth the ride, just for the views on the way up and the way down.
If you take some time hiking at the top, you’ll find even more great places to take pictures, or just sit and relax, including Silcox Hut.
Few visitors venture very far into the scenic alpine landscape, that lured hotel builders here in the first place. The landscape here is entirely the product of recent volcanism. The silvery snags below the chairlift and along the trail to the Silcox Hut, are trees killed by the hot blast of a small eruption in the 1790s. The ground itself on this side of the mountain is a debris field from a much larger, Mount Saint Helens style blast, two thousand years ago. In that eruption, a gigantic avalanche wiped the mountain's slope clean, as far as Government Camp. Afterwards, a lava dome slowly rose to plug the vent. The dome remains as Crater Rock, the monolith looming in front of the actual summit.
Again, if you would like to take the Magic Mile Ride, please notify us ASAP, because we would have to arrange the tour to arrive at the lodge before the chairlift closes. All chairlift participant's must sign the Trailhead Release Agreement.
Also, ask Phil, what time we should all meet back up, in order to head to our next destination, in a timely manner.
Does anyone have any questions?