Friends of Santiam Pass Ski Lodge awarded a $20,000 Preserving Oregon Grant!

Santiam Pass Ski Lodge in 1960

For the second year the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department with the State Historic Preservation Office has awarded Friends of Santiam Pass Ski Lodge a $20,000 Preserving Oregon Grant for the restoration of the lodge! This grant will help pay for the installation of new siding. After many years enduring the harsh elements of the Santiam Pass and wood eating insects, the siding has suffered significant deterioration leaving the wood cupped, brittle and cracked. These funds will pay for the labor to install new Cedar siding, wood that was salvaged from the devastating Holliday Farm Fire on the McKenzie River in September 2020. This will result in a very dramatic change to the exterior of the lodge and promises to provide protection of the structure for many years. We are so very thankful for this generous grant!