Ski Lodges in Oregon
- Oregon has the longest ski season in the United States.ski image by J??rgen Zellmann from Fotolia.com
Oregon has the longest ski season in North America. It has the only year-round ski area and a hauntingly famous, historic lodge 10,000 feet up its highest peek. Its 12 ski areas and 13 terrain parks have a combined 16,000 acres, 400 runs, 71 lifts and snow cat access above the lift lines. Ski area are open from early November to April or May depending on snowfall and Mt. Hoods Palmer Snowfield operates year round. Lodges ranging from modern to national historic landmarks are as unique as the ski areas themselves. - Mt. Hood is home to Timberline Lodge and Ski Area.mt. hood image by Carbonbrain from Fotolia.com
Timberline, Oregon's most infamously recognized lodge, was the face of Stanley Kubrick's 1980 horror classic. That winding drive Jack Nicholson took to reach the fictional Overlook is road to Timberline Lodge and Ski Area. It also leads to more than 400 acres of skiing, with seven chairlifts operating in the winter and snow cat access to 8,500 feet. The 71-room lodge was hand built from 1936 to 1937 using locally salvaged timber and scavenged rock. It sits 6,000 feet up Mt. Hood. Mid-winter, with snow drifts piling past the first floor, the Timberline looks eerily as it did to Nicholson's snow-bound caretaker. Palmer Snowfield, just above the Lodge, is open for year-round skiing/snow boarding and is home to several summertime winter sports camps.
Timberline Lodge
Timberline Lodge, OR 97028
800-547-1406
timberlinelodge.com - Seventh Mountain Resort in the Central Oregon Cascades is a 1970s-era resort lodge along the Dechuetes River. The 190-room hotel has one-, two- and three-bedroom suites and its own tennis courts, horse stables and ice rink. Seventh Mountain is the closest resort to Mt. Bachelor, just outside of Bend. Mt. Bachelor has no mountain top lodging but its east side of the Cascades locale makes for drier, powder snow at Mt. Bachelor Ski Area. The Summit Express, a high-speed quad takes riders the summit at 9,065 feet. Mt. Bachelor ski areas offer skiing and stay free packages with many area resorts, Sunriver included.
Seventh Mountain
18575 SW Century Dr.
Bend, OR 97702
877-765-1501
seventhmountain.com - Sunriver Resort, 12 miles south of Bend, runs a free guest shuttle to Mt. Bachelor all winter. It's a resort community with two hotel lodges, cabins and a vacation rental agency with freestanding homes for rent throughout the grounds. Both lodge rooms and house rentals include access to Sunriver's pool and spa, restaurants and golf course. Rentals are pet friendly and Sunriver runs free public transportation throughout the grounds. Mt. Bachelor ski areas offers ski and stay free packages with many area resorts, Sunriver included.
Sunriver Reesort
17600 Center Dr.
Sunriver, OR 97707
800-801-8765
sunriver-resort.com
