[pct-l] closure of ollalie lake resort?

[Will Hiltz]

Doesn't the lake itself have some weird toxic algae or something in it as
well?




On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Randy Forsland <rforsland2001 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> 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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