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by BurnsideBob » December 22nd, 2019, 10:07 pm
Is this Phlox Point Cabin? 45.32424,-121.71620
This structure is inside the ski runs. I remember seeing it when skiing 1989 and 1990 at Timberline--a curl of smoke would be coming out the chimney--always looked inviting.
From Mt Hood, A Complete History by Jack Grauer 1975. Page 62:
TIMBERLINE CABIN
Near the head of Sand Canyon a cabin was built in 1916 by Lige Coalman for a Forest Service operating base at timberline. The cabin was used as a refuge from bad weather by climbers over the years. In the late Twenties skiers began to climb to timberline during the winter and use the building as a place to bunk. It was used a great deal by The Mazamas and especially by the Wy'east Climbers before they built their own cabin in 1934.
The area around the cabin was sometimes known as Camp Blossom, actually a confusion. Camp Blossom had been located at the end of the old wagon road, a little further east, named for early day visitor Judge Blossom. The camp had been a favorite camping spot of Judge M. C. George, a prominent member of The Mazamas. In 1907 George came up the road to find the camp jammed with the Sylvester mapping party of the US Geological Survey. Judge George just kept going and chose a site at Sand Canyon, which was known for a long while as Camp George. Later Timberline Cabin was built there.
Ron Thompson, Recreational Assistant at ZigZag Ranger Station stated that Timberline Cabin was built partly from the lumber of an older cabin at Camp Blossom, about a quarter mile to the east, on the headwaters of Still Creek.
A photo captioned: Timberline Cabin February 14, 1932 -- Photo Joe Leuthold shows the same cabin with diagonal planking.
Burnside.
I keep making protein shakes but they always turn out like margaritas.