Friends of Timberline

05/19/2026

📸 Today’s historical photograph from George Henderson features Sylvia Paget and Jim Simmons on skis with Mount Hood behind them on lovely day in 1937.

Search our archives for more images ⬇️
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05/14/2026

Interested in learning more about estate planning? You can find out how to create your own estate plan, as well as how to include nonprofits like Friends of Timberline in that plan at our Estate Planning Seminar on Wednesday, May 20 from 3-4 pm at Providence Willamette Falls Community Building in Oregon City.

We hope to see you there!

05/03/2026

🔥 Go Smokey go!!! 🐻

04/24/2026

☀️ Today’s historical image is inspired by the beautiful weather! Taken May of 1936, the photo features Crown Princess Delores Enebo of the Portland Winter Sports Carnival.

🏔️ Mount Hood is behind her, and she is poised as though about to ski downhill. This image was created as a publicity photo for the first Golden Rose Ski Race held June 14, 1936.

📸 Photo by George Henderson, signed on front, in lower right corner.

04/21/2026

Today's art feature: Howard Sewall’s In the Garden from 1938.

This oil painting was added to Timberline Lodge in 1980, when it was donated by the Metropolitan Arts Commission of Portland.

Located on the mezzanine level of the Lodge.

Take a virtual art tour of the Lodge here for more amazing art work created by Works Progress Administration artisans. ⬇️

https://timberlinelodge.com/things-to-do/art-tour/

04/10/2026

An update from the US Forest Service is below.

What are your thoughts? As part of the three-legged stool, we advocate for Timberline Lodge with our state and national legislators. We would love to gather your opinions to share with our lawmakers.

No, the Forest Service isn’t being dismantled. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Our mission continues, our teams remain dedicated, and our motto endures: “Caring for the Land and Serving People.”

We understand and appreciate the support from those who care about these lands as much as we do.

Here are the facts:
• We are moving headquarters west to Salt Lake City to be closer to the 90% of the lands we manage.
• We are shifting staff capacity out from behind desks and into the forests and districts that are desperately understaffed.
• No lands are being transferred or sold to states.
• State directors will be career employees, not political appointees.
• Our research programs and activities continue.
• Our forest and district offices remain unchanged.
• Our fire program remains unchanged.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/reorganization

03/31/2026

Today’s Timberline we**am footage juxtaposed with Lodge construction notes from 1937. What a different snow year it has been! ❄️

03/18/2026

Snow levels have not been cooperating, so this event is cancelled.

❄️ Ski the Glade 2026: Event Update

Well, we said today would be "No Snow, No Go" decision day, and unfortunately, the snow we hoped for last week just wasn't enough to make it happen.

Regrettably, there will be no Ski the Glade this year. 🎿🚫

We want to thank our partners at Timberline, Explore the Gorge, and the US Forest Service for their ongoing support.

In the meantime, save the date - we’re already looking forward to next year. Mark your calendars now for March 6, 2027!

Thank you for your continued support of the Mt. Hood Cultural Center & Museum. We'll see you on the mountain soon (hopefully with more white stuff)!

Questions? Give us a call at 503-272-3301 or visit mthoodmuseum.org.

03/18/2026

If you’ve never done this before, this is going to be a great time!

03/09/2026

This international women’s day, we celebrate Rachael Griffin, an educator, curator, and writer featuring Oregon art and artists. The Lower Lobby exhibition at Timberline Lodge is named in her honor.

Learn more at this link. 🔗

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/griffin_rachael_1906_1983_/