Preserving Oregon 2022

For the third year Oregon Parks and Recreation and State Historic Preservation Office award Friends of Santiam Pass Ski Lodge $20,000 Preserving Oregon Grant!

Work has already begun on the restoration of the log entry,

We are please to announce that Oregon Parks and Recreation and the State Historic Preservation office have awarded the Friends of Santiam Pass Ski Lodge a $20,000 Preserving Oregon Grant. This grant is being used to pay for the restoration of the distinctive log entry. The lodge has several distinctives that add to its unique architecture. One of these it the vertical log porch entrance that sits atop the stone foundation. It is surrounded by 18, 12” diameter vertical logs (Commonly called a “stockade” design). The porch opening was originally accessed via a large log staircase leading to the main floor. The porch has an asymmetrical gable roofline that matches other asymmetrical features of the front façade. As the pictures show, the entrance is iconic to the lodge and stands out as a main feature. It served the lodge well until the 1970s, but by the end of the decade significant rotting had set in. Because operators had determined the original staircase entrance to the main floor was not desirable, in the early 1980s they removed it and built a vestibule over the entrance that funneled traffic to the ground floor. To aid in achieving this goal, a hole was cut through the stone foundation, making a new main entry.

In 2019 the vestibule addition was removed, revealing once again the original porch, but also deterioration and damage incurred during the vestibule installation. These developments have led to the present condition creating four main areas of need: (1) a porch in need of significant repairs, (2) entry doors needing repairs and replication, and (3) replication of the original staircase to the main floor. Work began in early July to restore the entry as well as the iconic staircase. Thanks so much to Oregon Parks and SHPO for their generosity and making this happen!

Click HERE to see the work completed on the front entrance!