[pct-l] closure of ollalie lake resort?

[Randy Forsland]

Last year when i was going to re-hike Oregon, I checked their website, www.ollalielake.com, and it seemed to imply that the resort needed major repairs to bring it up to code. they were actually advertising for electricians and other construction related types.

Their website in no longer, so i have a bad feeling that it won't be back until somebody purchases it and pumps some money into it.

I had a decent time there in 2003...nothing spectacular but I still enjoyed my stay.

Redwood

--- On Mon, 5/4/09, ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com <ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com> wrote:

From: ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com <ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] closure of ollalie lake resort?
To: "Bob Bankhead" <wandering_bob at comcast.net>, "Asa Gitter" <agitter1 at gmail.com>, pct-l at backcountry.net
Date: Monday, May 4, 2009, 6:32 PM

Hi, Bob!

I guess, since I last saw the resort when I thru-hiked the crest in 1974, I remember the place the way it was and not how it is, now. I recall that it was fishing-based, but it was a small, clean little facility with one old gasoline pump out on the dock. Had to take a picture of it as I wandered into the store.

So, is the place closed up? Has its lease run out? Who is the contact person with the USFS responsible for the leases in that Forest?

Just curious.....


Mtnned
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Bankhead 
  To: ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com ; Asa Gitter ; pct-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 6:14 PM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] closure of ollalie lake resort?


  It's a run-down old fishing resort. Or it was........there have been a few posts this year and last that confirmed it is out of business.  See http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/2009-January/022656.html

  The road into it is a washboard of dust, baseball-size rocks, and gravel.  After the resort, the road really deteriorates on its way to Breitenbush Lake, supposedly fir only for high clearance vehicles and 4x4s.

  You can't buy the resort per se. It's on USFS land so you only "lease" it from them........and they can change the terms of the lease whenever they decide to do so. Your only choices are to do and/or pay whatever they say or give up the lease. You own the structures, but they own the land. Not a good situation.


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com 
    To: Asa Gitter ; pct-l at backcountry.net 
    Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 5:39 PM
    Subject: Re: [pct-l] closure of ollalie lake resort?


    Speaking of Ollalie Lake Resort and its struggles to survive, does anyone 
    know if they are going out of business and, if so, does anyone in our little 
    community want to purchase it???

    Mtnned



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