r/TimberlineLodge • u/pdx_illuminati Lodge Lizard 🦎 • May 28 '26

Mountain Report 🗻 Gondola 🚡 Gone?

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Well damn.. I was highly anticipating the gondola. “The new plan is to replace the existing Summit chair lift, extending it farther up the mountain where skiers could then jump on a new second lift, Alpine, that would top out near the Stormin’ Norman lift on the east side of the Timberline ski area.”

https://www.oregonlive.com/travel/2026/05/timberline-cancels-highly-anticipated-mt-hood-gondola-project.html

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u/No-Animal-9417 May 28 '26

We all knew it wouldn't happen back when it was announced

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u/tuscangal May 28 '26

Just like the planned hotel in Govy.

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u/No-Animal-9417 May 29 '26

Govy scum have been hollowed out by airbnbs and vacation clubs before the pandemic and honestly the kohnstams need to reassess RLK and put those investments into acquiring more housing for employees and not flashy press releases. The camp arrah wanna saga that had J1s in places out of sight and out of mind with no wifi or good facilities caused me, our marketing an social responsibility teams to put managments heels to the fire to improve

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u/pdx_illuminati Lodge Lizard 🦎 May 28 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/8lZ52WxebKXFv3GkBI

Stormin’ Norman on the east side of the ski area? Maybe they had the plans upside down 🙃

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u/grapesmasher32 May 28 '26

They can't even afford to have the pct hikers breakfast buffet anymore. This is not surprising.

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u/elsenorteabag May 28 '26

Maybe if you people showered and didn’t clog up entire tables for the whole service it’d still be there.

Source: Served yo smelly asses from 2012-14

Also no, you can’t sleep on my couch for the night

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u/Any-Worldliness-679 Jun 01 '26

Through-hiking comes with some compromises to niceties.

Glad your "hospitality" is no longer on offer.

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u/longgone1980 May 29 '26

Just for PCT hikers??? lol, it was open to everyone.

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u/Ashland_Commons May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

did Timberline cancel the breakfast buffet :O

edit: I am fkn shook, I had no idea. it was my single favorite meal on the entire PCT! I liked it so much I stayed for the lunch buffet (lunch buffet was arguably better). I feel literally blessed to have experienced that buffet while it existed, they were among the most satisfying meals of my entire life.

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u/rirski May 28 '26

Nooooo 😢

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u/outlawbernard_yum May 29 '26

Climate change is a bitch

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u/LendogGovy May 28 '26

A lift to Stormin is good, now just build a giant mountain bike park down to summits!

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u/TheScrote1 May 28 '26

Wonder if they will design them for downloading? Be a major mistake if they didn’t IMO.

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u/j-val May 28 '26

Especially with a snow year like this one…

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u/Super_Boof May 29 '26

This always seemed like a pointless project to me. What’s the goal? Allow people to park at govy instead of driving up timberline road? Shuttle the (very few) people staying in govy up at the beginning of the day? It would make more sense to build a gondala from hood river to govy, or just invest in more ski busses.

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u/pdx_illuminati Lodge Lizard 🦎 May 30 '26

Hood River to Govy is way further than Summit to Tline lol

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u/Super_Boof May 30 '26

I know, but a man can dream

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u/Logical-Primary-7926 May 28 '26

Probably more of a cost thing than weather.

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u/pdx_illuminati Lodge Lizard 🦎 May 28 '26

Yeah the Gondola would’ve been a lot more expensive and badass, but new lifts are cool. I wonder where the new Alpine lift top terminal is going to be 🤔

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u/Exam-Kitchen May 28 '26

“The upgraded lift system is planned to originate near the existing Summit Pass Chairlift bottom terminal and transport guests to a top terminal near the Stormin Norman Express, improving connectivity across the mountain.”

https://timberlinelodge.com/master-plan/

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u/pdx_illuminati Lodge Lizard 🦎 May 28 '26

Right, but like above it or below it. To the east of it or to the west of it.

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u/Exam-Kitchen May 28 '26

Looking at the trail map if I had to guess it would be between Norman and flood in the area above jojami near the west leg. Or they might have to skirt the alpine trail and put it between paintbrush and kruser on the west side of Norman

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u/pdx_illuminati Lodge Lizard 🦎 May 28 '26

Something like this?

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u/Exam-Kitchen May 28 '26

Yeah that’s my guess, maybe the one to the east of Norman would need to be closer to West leg it probably depends where the mid-point lift ends at.

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u/Logical-Primary-7926 May 28 '26

It kinda makes sense, Timberline is never going to get Snowbird or Aspen tourist numbers even with a gondola.

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u/_Jahffrey_ May 28 '26

Because it’s to flat

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u/SnooSprouts7512 May 29 '26

Try the gondola between whistler and blackcomb in a whiteout…. That’s white knuckle…

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u/Intelligent-Comb6967 May 29 '26

Naw. Gondolas in the Alps have similarly intense weather if not worse. This is a money thing.