[pct-l] Timberline Lodge and Wilderness Boundary

[dduncan at oregonsbest.com (David Duncan)]

The Mt. Hood Wilderness Boundary is above Timberline Lodge and the 
Timberline Ski area. The wilderness boundary is marked on the map as 
being on the slope  below Crater Rock and above the upper terminus of 
the top (Palmer) chairlift.

I have never seen any boundary markers.  In late Summer one can see wood 
fragments, occasional bolts, a lot of steel cable, and other man-made 
objects from below Crater Rock on up. A fire look-out was constructed on 
the summit after World  War 1, but was soon abandoned.  All materials 
for the look out were back-packed up, and the area below Crater Rock was 
used as a staging area, hence the concentration of debris in this area. 

Dave Duncan
Woodburn, Oregon