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Timberline Trail is a hiking trail circling Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is mostly in wilderness but also goes near Timberline Lodge , Cloud Cap Inn (the oldest building on Mount Hood), and Mount Hood Meadows ski area.
Timberline Lodge is a mountain lodge on the south side of Mount Hood in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, about 60 miles (97 km) east of Portland. Constructed from 1936 to 1938 by the Works Progress Administration , it was built and furnished by local artisans during the Great Depression .
That year, Timberline opened as Oregon's first destination ski resort with a portable rope tow. The next year, the Magic Mile chairlift opened, as well as Silcox Hut, which sits about one thousand vertical feet (300 m) and a mile (1.6 km) above the main lodge, and was the original unloading and warming hut.
Mount Hood, Oregon, c. 1881 –1883. Brooklyn Museum. Timberline Lodge is a National Historic Landmark located on the southern flank of Mount Hood just below Palmer Glacier, with an elevation of about 6,000 ft (1,800 m). [10] The mountain has four ski areas: Timberline, Mount Hood Meadows, Ski Bowl, and Cooper Spur.
As it descends below 4,500 feet (1,400 m), it turns southwest, and continues under Oregon Route 35, elevation 3,600 feet (1,100 m), just east of the junction with U.S. Route 26, and crosses under Route 26 as well. [6] The West Fork Salmon River begins in the Timberline Lodge ski area under the Pucci chairlift. It flows south-southwest and is ...
Oregon Route 173 is an Oregon state highway running from Timberline Lodge in Clackamas County to U.S. Route 26 near Government Camp. OR 173 is known as the Timberline Highway No. 173 (see Oregon highways and routes). [1] It is 5.37 miles (8.64 km) long and runs in a northeast to southwest "L" pattern, entirely within Clackamas County. [2]
Timberline Lodge, used in the opening scene of The Shining movie, caught fire while guests were staying at the hotel Massive fire breaks out at iconic hotel made famous by Jack Nicholson’s ...
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