The Civilian Conservation Corps crews that built Timberline Lodge in 1936-1937 also built a trail so hotel guests would have something to do.

Timberline Lodge celebrates Labor Day weekend with a music festival. (Terry Richard/The Oregonian) A bluegrass festival, special movie screening and two cello performances by a Pacific Crest Trail ...

Environment Timberline proposes to add trails for mountain bikers Updated: Jul. 02, 2010, 2:08 a.m. | Published: Jul. 02, 2010, 1:08 a.m. By Scott Learn, The Oregonian ...

But this wasn't most hikes; it was the Timberline Trail, the grueling, 40-mile trek that circumnavigates Mount Hood. It's arguably the most intense backpacking trip you can find near Portland.

The siblings left the Timberline Lodge at dawn and completed 33 miles of the trail before the man grew sick. According to the sheriff’s office, he was at risk of life-threatening heat sickness.

Workers construct the Timberline Lodge as part of a Great Depression job effort (KOIN) In 1955, Richard L. Kohnstamm took over the lodge and turned it into a ski resort, although it took some time ...