Timberline Lodge

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We headed up and over the mountain to a rainy and foggy Timberline Lodge.


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Some artwork made when the Civilian Conservation Corps built the lodge.

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The Blue Ox Bar in a room that originally was supposed to be for wood storage.

 

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Too bad the bar was closed when we were there!

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Some of the artwork in the theater or presentation room.

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The four-sided fireplaces on the ground floor of Timberline Lodge.

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Up on the second floor of the lodge with a series of big fireplaces and many nooks in which people can relax in between runs on the ski slopes.

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The gorgeous CCC architecture of the roof.

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I love the attention to detail in this building.

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Someone playing with their kid in the wet snow with a bit of rain falling from above.


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More gorgeous artwork in the third floor of the lounge area.

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At some point, someone thought that it would be a good idea to build a pool on the side of the lodge.

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Interesting carvings.

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One of the stairwells with intricate carvings.

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An absolutely massive door.

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Richard L. Kohnstamm is the man who brought Timberline Lodge back from the brink of ruin and turned the place into the wonderful resort that it is today.


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A panorama in the upper part of the lodge.

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Interesting carvings in a stairwell.

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Outside the lodge.