Timberline Lodge Itineraries - Available Year 'round

You don’t have to ski or snowboard to experience Timberline’s spectacular views, available year-round.

Suggested Itinerary #1:  For non-skiers and non-snowboarders: After arriving at Timberline Lodge, you start the day by riding the Magic Mile Chairlift Ride (the Magic Ride is optional, and operates M-Th 7 am-2 pm; Fri. 7 am-3 pm and Sat. 7 am-4 pm.  $15 pp RT.  Free snow cones Tues. & Thurs!) up to Silcox Hut, while inhaling the cool, clear non-smells of mountain air, up to an altitude of 7ooo feet.  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.   Snow boots & heavy jacket required.

Then spend the day in historic Timberline Lodge, by the fire, soaking up the scenic history and enjoying the soft, live music at the Ram's Head Bar before a hearty fireside brunch buffet or gourmet dinner in the Cascade Dining Room, where you may want to sit at a window table so you can look south across the tops of the Cascade Mountains...   

Once inside the lodge, the once-damp, black hole of the Lodge’s lower level is now the airy Exhibition Center. Here a visitor can stop the clock, for the Center describes the creation of Timberline Lodge 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.  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 and sees an occupied hotel room in 1937 with period music and the voice of FDR coming from the 1930s radio on the bedside table. Also, lodge tours by a National Forest Ranger may be available from 12-3PM, please inquire.  And in the Blue Ox Bar next door, the visitor drops back 70 years in time, while enjoying a deli sandwich with beer, wine or coffee.

Or join a U.S. Forest Service Ranger for a 25 minute tour of historic Timberline Lodge. Explore the rich history of the Lodge and all it has to offer. Tours are free and available to everyone.
Where: Meet at the US Forest Service desk inside Timberline Lodge
When: Thursday – Sunday at 11:00, 1:00, 2:00 (Monday – Wednesday when Forest Service Staff are Present)  Cost: Free or $2 donation.

Or watch the always-running video 'The Builders of Timberline' (30 minutes) in the Barlow Room of Historic Timberline Lodge. This video provides a wonderful overview of the Timberline Project and Lodge Construction.  Topics that will be discussed include: WPA history, Lodge History, Ski History and a general overview of the building of Timberline Lodge.

Then take a dip in the heated , sheltered pool and relax with a cold beer in the famed Blue Ox Bar.  Dinner is superb and is capped with a cordial and more music at the Ram's Head before heading back to Portland or to your lodging room, where you enjoy the sight and touch of the handcrafted furnishings while watching the soft flicker of the fire.

Suggested Itinerary #2:  For the skiers and snowboarders, you can experience the new 1.2 mile long Jeff Flood Express Chairlift, the longest lift on Mt. Hood. This new, state-of-the-art, high-speed, Doppelmayr quad lift can whisk you from bottom to top in just over 6 minutes.  Or start the day by riding the Magic Mile Chairlift Ride and Palmer lifts, up to an altitude of 85oo feet. Without stopping, you ski 3 miles while dropping 3500 feet to the 5000 foot level, where you catch a chairlift back up to Timberline.  When you tire of skiing, you take a dip in the heated , sheltered pool and relax with a cold beer in the famed Blue Ox Bar.  After changing cloths in your restored guestroom, you listen to soft, live music at the Ram's Head Bar before a gourmet, hearty dinner in the Cascade Dining Room.

When you ring to make your booking, just let us know what your tour requirements (interests) are and we will do the rest for you (Concierge service for the Mt. Hood/Timberline Lodge Excursion is at additional cost, but is complimentary for the Mt. Hood tour).  Or for details & questions, contact us at 503-969-4370 or 1-877-692-4283 or email us at info@tourportland.com.

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