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Posted: July 31, 2008Timberline Lodge Scheduled For Needed Improvements - Please Timberline Lodge, now entering its 72nd year, will be undergoing some needed historic preservation and maintenance work later this summer....(more) Posted: July 31, 2008Friends of the Forest Day - 9am-1 pm, Sunday, August 10 2008 – FREE! On Sunday, August 10, The National Forest Foundation, Columbia Sportswear and Timberline Lodge will host Timberline Trails Friends of the Forest Day in order to provide lovers and users of Timberline an opportunity to continue in their long tradition of involvement....(more) Posted: July 24, 2008Timberline Lodge Presents the Mountain Music Series :: Thursday Afternoons Aug. 7 - Sept. 4. Featured as "Free Music To The People", Timberline Lodge is kicking off a series of free concerts in their newly renovated outdoor amphitheater. The shows will take place on Thursday afternoons in August, ending on September 4th. The shows will start at 2:30 p.m. and feature performers of acoustic blues, bluegrass, and folk music. Timberline's Mountain Music Series is sponsored by the Boyd Coffee Company....(more) Posted: July 10, 2008Volunteer Interpretive Program Kicks off Season at Timberline Lodge. The Volunteer Interpretive Program is in full swing, with a group of 5 student interns and 6 community volunteers offering free guided tours, nature hikes, recreation and visitor information and special programs to the hundreds of thousands of visitors the Lodge receives each summer....(more) Posted: July 02, 2008Timberline Ranks In Top 10 Most Popular Places In The World To Ski or Ride In The Summer! OnTheSnow.com has compiled a Top Ten list of the most popular places to ski or ride in the world when the calendar reads July and August....(more) Posted: June 24, 2008Oregonian Features Timberline and Summer Skiing in Sunday Edition. The June 22nd, Sunday edition of The Oregonian featured a great story on summer skiing and snowboarding at Timberline....(more) Posted: June 16, 2008Timberline Kicks Off Oregon's Famous Summer Ski and Snowboard Season. While other ski areas have closed their lift operations weeks ago, Mt Hood's Timberline ski area is at the beginning of their world famous summer ski and snowboard season. In the coming months, skiers and snowboarders from around the world will flock to the Palmer Snowfield, high on Mt. Hood’s south slope....(more) Posted: June 11, 2008Gary Larsen Recognized as Forest Service Partner of the Year. Portland, OR – Earlier today, the members of the Pacific Northwest Ski Areas Association named Gary Larsen the 2008 Forest Service Partner of the Year. This honor recognizes environmental stewardship, knowledge of ski area operations, and contributions to ski area permit administration (administration of special uses). ...(more) Posted: May 05, 2008Timberline Hosts 7th Annual Cutter's Camp This Week. On May 5-9, 2008, Mt. Hood's Timberline Lodge will host snowcat operators and resort professionals from around the world for what has become the most important annual event for the people in our industry who build freestyle terrain features and operate freestyle terrain parks....(more) Posted: April 25, 2008Special Event 5/31 - Celebration of The 75th Anniversary of The New Deal. The year 2008 marks the 75th anniversary of the inauguration of the New Deal.
The New Deal programs changed the face of the Mount Hood National Forest. Timberline Lodge was constructed as a WPA project and the campgrounds and trails were constructed by the CCC. These places are still used today by visitors to the forest.
Come Celebrate this special time in our history!
Saturday, May 31, 2008...(more) Posted: April 19, 2008Timberline announces more great spring skiing values! Spring is in the air, and we're looking forward to a fantastic end of April and May. With our lifts running for the spring season 7 days a week through May 26th (we're the only ski area on Mt. Hood to do this), and an incredible base of snow from this winter, we'll have great conditions straight through to the end of the spring season -- and our world famous summer ski season!
Starting April 21st, and running through May 26, 2008, Timberline will offer these great skiing and snowboarding offers......(more) Posted: April 16, 2008Friends of the Forest Day At Timberline Lodge - August 10th. The National Forest Foundation has partnered with R.L.K. and Company and the United States Forest Service to offer "Friends of the Forest Day" at Timberline Lodge on Sunday, August 10, 2008. ...(more) Posted: April 09, 2008Palmer planned opening for the spring and summer ski season! The Timberline Mountain Operations Team is working hard to get our Palmer Chairlift up and running for the spring and summer season. We have a tentative opening planned for this weekend!...(more) Posted: April 07, 2008Diabetes Sports and Wellness Foundation’s Mt. Hood Snowboard Camp Features Sean Busby, Type 1 Diabetic, and His Professional “Riding On Insulin” Snowboard Team (Atlanta, Georgia) – The Diabetes Sports and Wellness Foundation is proud to announce our 2008 Snowboard and Ski Camp to be held at Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood Oregon on April 11-13, 2008, with this years special guest - professional snowboard champion Sean Busby and his “Riding On Insulin” Snowboard Team....(more) Posted: March 06, 2008Ski free this Friday at Skibowl and Timberline! Skiers and riders can get a free all-day Fusion Pass lift ticket valid 9am-4pm at Mt. Hood Skibowl and Timberline Ski Area for simply donating four cans of nonperishable food to Sunshine Division. Skiers and riders simply bring their canned food to Sunshine Division's trucks in the parking lot of either ski area this Friday, March 7th....(more) Posted: February 28, 2008A New Winter Entry for the Lodge If there is a design flaw to Timberline Lodge, it is in the way the building loses easy access in the wintertime due to snow. In the 1950's, R.L.K. and Company provided a very practical solution in the form of the current Quonset Hut structure we are all familiar with, and it has served us well. However, while successful from a utilitarian standpoint, some argue that this isn't a design solution in keeping with the Lodge's grand architecture....(more) Posted: February 24, 2008Mt. Hood's Timberline Lodge Receives Near-Record Snowfall Heavy snows have blessed Oregon's Mt. Hood and the Cascade Mountain foothills during the '07/'08 winter ski season, bringing the total base of snow at Timberline Lodge to an above normal level....(more) Posted: February 24, 2008Fusion-8 Giant Slalom Event Recap / Two More Events To Go! We saw the largest competitive field yet in this Fusion-8 Series with over 60 racers in today's Giant Slalom Race held at Mt. Hood Skibowl....(more) Posted: February 24, 2008R.L.K. and Company and the U.S.F.S. Strengthen Partnership To Preserve An Oregon Icon Representatives from the Mt. Hood National Forest and of R.L.K and Company, operators of Timberline Lodge, have signed a new jointly drafted agreement that they are calling The Timberline Lodge Compact....(more) Posted: February 17, 2008Fusion-8 Halfpipe Event Heats Up Timberline With blue skies, a freshly cut super pipe, and close to 40 competitors, the Fusion-8 Halfpipe Event at Timberline today was an epic way to spend a Sunday....(more) Posted: February 15, 2008Timberline ready for fantastic Presidents' Day Weekend! Are you ready for the long holiday weekend? We are! With a ton of new snow in the past three weeks -- there's no shortage of the white stuff at Timberline! Our grooming teams have been hard at work creating perfect snow surfaces for our guests, and the new Jeff Flood Express is giving everyone access to our new Still Creek Basin. This weekend is going to be great!...(more) Posted: February 01, 2008Snow Continues to Pile Up at Timberline Heavy snows have continued to fall on Mt. Hood and the Cascade foothills this week, bringing the total base of snow at Timberline Lodge to a near-record 177 inches, measured on February 1st. at 6 a.m. Snow has continued to fall during the day and another large snowstorm is forecasted for Friday evening, into Saturday....(more) Posted: January 20, 2008Friday Night Features a Big Hit! Pirate Jam Event Recap w/Video Now Online! The Timberline Freestyle Friday Night Features Series got off to a great start on January 11th with the first-ever "Pirate Jam". Photos and video can now be viewed on the site....(more) Posted: January 05, 2008Hundreds Come To Timberline For The 2008 Christine Cato Memorial Ski Race Amidst great mid-winter conditions, the 19th running of the Christine Cato Memorial Ski Race took place at Timberline today, January 5, 2008. Complete results can be found at the bottom of the page....(more) Posted: December 31, 2007Christine Cato Memorial Ski Race To Take Place At Timberline on January 5, 2008 The 19th running of the Christine Cato Memorial Ski Race will take place at Timberline on Saturday January 5, 2008. This high school ski race is held each year on the first Saturday of January to honor the memory of Christine Cato...(more) Posted: December 28, 2007New Year's Eve at Historic Timberline Lodge Skiers and snowboarders will ski in the new year on the slopes at Timberline. Night skiing hours of operation on New year's Eve will be extended to 12:30 a.m....(more) Posted: December 20, 2007Storm Drops Lots Of Snow On Ski Area Just In Time For Holidays A cold front coming down from the Gulf of Alaska, mixing with a significant amount of moisture off the Pacific, is the classic recipe for Northwest snow-maker. That is just what hit the north Oregon Cascades on Wednesday and Thursday, and skiers and snowboarders are thrilled about it. ...(more) Posted: November 20, 2007Timberline Opens The 2007-08 Winter Season! So you've been dreaming of snow-covered runs all summer, and you just can't wait to get out on the hill? We hear you, and we're opening up the Winter 2007-08 season with limited terrain....(more) Posted: October 23, 2007Timberline To Open For Skiing on the Palmer Snowfield This Weekend Timberline is announcing the re-opening of their Fall ski season this coming weekend. Fresh snow up high on the mountain has produced excellent Fall season conditions on the Palmer Snowfield, located at the 8500 foot level of the ski area ...(more) Posted: September 26, 2007A New Puppy for Timberline Lodge, and the Tradition Continues Oregon's famous Timberline Lodge is a place of traditions, and one such tradition continues this week with the arrival of Bruno, a new St. Bernard puppy. Since 1937, when Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the lodge, St. Bernards have been a part of the alpine landscape ...(more)
