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Timberline Lodge

Home / Ski Resorts / Timberline Lodge Ski Resort

Timberline Lodge Ski Resort is a ski area located in the state of Oregon in USA. The resort is in the town of Government Camp, OR.

We recently ranked all of Oregon's ski resorts, so you can see where Timberline Lodge stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!

Season Passes

Timberline Lodge is a part of the Powder Alliance pass network. This pass allows you to buy a season ticket at your home slope, then be able to use it to ski up to three free days at the rest of the participating resorts.

Lodging Options

There are numerous options to stay at Timberline Lodge around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.

Timberline Lodge Mountain Resort Terrain Overview

Timberline Lodge has a total of 41 ski trails, which are serviced by 10 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. The amount of skiable area in this park is huge, with a maximum of 1,685 acres available to skiers. This area is equivalent to 682 hectares, 2.6 square miles, or 6.8 square kilometers.

Timberline Lodge's slopes see on average 400 inches (10.2 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 33 feet every year!

Trails
Total Runs
41
Ski Lift
Lifts
10
Skier
Skiable Acres
1,685(7 km2)
Snow
Annual Snowfall
400"(1,016 cm)

Timberline Lodge Ski Resort Elevation

Timberline Lodge Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 8,540 feet, or 2,603 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 4,000 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 4,540 feet (1,384 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.

The summit of 8,540 feet makes this ski resort one of the highest in the country. The average ski slope summit is around 4,000 feet, so this is extremely high compared to its peers.

Mountain Summit
Summit Elevation
8,540'(2,603 m)
Vertical Drop
Vertical Drop
4,540'(1,384 m)
Mountain base
Base Elevation
4,000'(1,219 m)

Timberline Lodge Ski Resort Difficulty Level

Score
Difficulty Score™
77.1out of 100
←  EasyHard  →
Timberline Lodge is one of the hardest ski areas in the country, with a difficulty score of 77.1. This mountain ranks in the top 10% of most-difficult ski resorts in all of North America, mostly due to the fact that it has 25% of its trails rated as expert-level, and a vertical drop of 4,540 feet.
 DID YOU KNOW?

At Parks & Trips, we've created a proprietary Difficulty Score that attempts to show how difficult a particular ski slope is. We get to this number by combining a number of metrics for each resort and comparing them to its peers. Most of the score is based off the amount of easy-intermediate-expert slopes by acreage and the maximum vertical drop of the overall resort, but also includes a few lesser-used metrics as well.

Our algorithm compares each resort’s metrics with all others in North America, then assigns each a Difficulty Score, which we use to rank them accordingly. Resorts with a lower score are easier to ski than those with a higher one. However, a high score does not mean that the resort does not have any easy slopes, or vice versa. This is just an overall score given to the resort based on all its metrics grouped together.

Skiable Terrain by Difficulty Level

Timberline Lodge has 1,685 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.

Seeing as Timberline Lodge is one of the hardest ski areas in the country, it's no surprise that over 75% of its trails rated as either intermediate or expert-level. This leaves only 25% of its skiable acres as beginner terrain.
Green Circle
Beginner
25%(421 acres)

Beginner trails (identified by a green circle) are the easiest trails on the hill with a gradual 25% or less gradient, and are usually wide to accommodate beginner skiers.

Blue Square
Intermediate
50%(843 acres)

Intermediate trails (identified by a blue square) are usually the most popular and crowded runs, which have a slope of anywhere between 25-40%.

Black Diamond
Expert
25%(421 acres)

Expert trails (identified by a black diamond... or two) are the hardest slopes on the mountain, and have very steep gradients over 40%.

Is Timberline Lodge Ski Resort good for beginners?

This is one of the hardest ski areas in the country to ski at, so it is not great for beginners. Timberline Lodge Ski Resort ranks in the top 10% of the most-difficult ski resorts in the country. It has 25% of its trails rated as expert, or black-diamond level.

Timberline Lodge Ski Resort Location

Timberline Lodge Ski Resort is located in the state of Oregon, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Government Camp, OR.

Address:
Government Camp, OR 97028 USA
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Website:
timberlinelodge.com

GPS Coordinates:
45.32300, -121.95400

Getting to Timberline Lodge Mountain Resort

By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Timberline Lodge Ski Resort), its coordinates of 45.32300, -121.95400 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Government Camp, OR to get close.

By Air: If you are coming in from across the country, then you may need to board an airplane to get here.

A large airport has scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers per year. This type of airport always accepts international flights. Here are the closest large airport(s) to Timberline Lodge Ski Resort.

NameCodeCityDistance
Portland International AirportPDXPortland, OR36 mi
Seattle–Tacoma International AirportSEASeattle, WA148 mi

A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airport(s) to Timberline Lodge.

NameCodeCityDistance
Roberts FieldRDMRedmond, OR84 mi
Eugene Airport (Mahlon Sweet Field)EUGEugene, OR103 mi
Yakima Air Terminal McAllister FieldYKMYakima, WA109 mi

There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Timberline Lodge Ski Resort, but we didn't list them here due to the fact that no major airlines go through them.

Other Nearby Ski Resorts

Skiers will - especially if coming from far away - try and visit a couple different slopes all in the same trip. Here are the closest other ski slopes within 100 miles of Timberline Lodge Ski Resort.

NameLocationSummitDifficulty Score™Distance
Summit PassGovernment Camp, OR4,300 ft9%10 mi
Mt. Hood SkibowlMount Hood Parkdale, OR5,100 ft53%13 mi
Mt. Hood MeadowsMount Hood, OR7,300 ft66%14 mi
Cooper SpurMount Hood Parkdale, OR4,350 ft28%15 mi
Mt. BachelorBend, OR9,065 ft82%93 mi
White PassNaches, WA6,550 ft51%95 mi

Timberline Lodge Ski Resort Mountain Stats

NameStatistic
Summit Elevation8,540 ft
Base Elevation4,000 ft
Vertical Drop4,540 ft
Trails41
(25% Beginner,  50% Intermediate,  25% Expert)
Lifts10
Skiable Acres1,685
Avg. Annual Snowfall400 inches
Timberline Lodge Ski Resort Mountain Stats
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