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Mar 31 2010

Atv Snowmobile trailer

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Atv Snowmobile trailer
Atv Snowmobile trailer
Can my SUV haul a 6 place trailer ?


My SUV is a 2002 Ford Explorer Sport 2 Door 4.0L V6 4x4. The trailer is I believe an 18' or 20' flatbed snowmobile trailer with 2 tires on each side of the trailer. I am not sure if the extra tires help the load on the vehicle and the weight distribution that's why I added that. Here are the capacities http://www.carsdirect.com/research/specs… Do I go by the tongue weight or the fully loaded weight? It will be roughly 4200 lbs. worth of ATVs (6 ATVs) on the trailer but the weight would be distributed in front of and behind the 4 trailer tires so I am not sure how that works. I am not sure how any of it works thats why I am asking. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

the tandem axle just helps with the weight distribution, also much much easier to back with. with the trailer have all the weight spread over it even, if you have all the weight at the back, it will tend to lift the back of the car and the trailer will 'sway' at speed and start dictating where the car goes. if you have it so the weight is all on the drawbar the car takes most of the weight on the back wheels and the front of the car has little weight on it so you have little traction for steering and braking. make sure all the tire pressures are even on the trailer, have the back two a few PSI higher than the front two tyres on the trailer. make sure you don't cut corners with the trailer on, take corners wide as the trailer will start taking out road signs and such as it will cut the corner behind the car. make sure you allow for big braking distances, if it has hydraulic brakes they are not the best of braking systems, if you happen to have electric brakes they work amazingly well.

also towing capacity wouldn't be an issue, our aussie ford falcon 4.0lt straight 6 has a towing capacity of 2.4ton (5291lbs) and its just a family sedan so i would think a 4WD would do it easy.



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If Only I Had a Snowmobile Cover

Winter is here and the snow is falling in most of the Northern hemisphere. The time for Winter fun has arrived. Get out your boots, get out your hat and gloves and get ready for a great season of adventure and snow play riding your snowmobile with friends and family. You'll be glad it was covered when you go outside to start it up for the first time this season.

What better way to enjoy this season than to start up the old snowmobile and cruise off into the wilderness. Oh what a mess it has become, sitting outside or in all year only to be covered with all the environment left behind. If only it had been protected by a snowmobile cover. Remove the cover and your fun machine is as good as new and ready for adventure.

Pine sap can be tough to remove and it makes for a sticky mess. Bird droppings are unpleasant at the least and can actually damage the finish. Ice and snow can make for a cold wet ride and dirt, dust and debris can scratch the finish if you try to wipe it off. Washing it off isn't an option this time of year due to freezing temperatures. The sun can also damage the finish with it's fading UV rays.
Protecting your snowmobile with a cover will prevent damage from the sun, ice, snow, dust, dirt, sap and bird droppings. Why not invest in one today ? if you do not have a snowmobile and know someone who does, this would be a great gift. There are more than one type of cover to choose from. Some are designed to be trailer able, some are not. There are those that are universal and will fit most models and there are those that are custom designed for a specific model. Some are made from a naturally water resistant canvas while others are made from heavy duty extremely durable 600D fabric. There are those treated with UV protection and those that are not. Be sure to research to ensure you make the right choice for what you have and need.

Snowmobile covers can be purchased online or at outdoor adventure stores. To shop online just search for snowmobile covers on any of the search engines available today such as Google, Yahoo, Vista or Bing. Be sure to shop around for the best price and don't forget to be aware of what type of warranty is offered as well as the shipping and handling fees.
Winter is time for snowmobile fun and ensuring your recreational vehicle is protected for next seasons adventures.

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Mar 31 2010

polaris Snowmobile Atv

Published by under Polaris Snowmobile Parts

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polaris Snowmobile Atv
do atv and snowmobile use the same piston?


i mean polaris

If the bore, stroke, ring placement, pin size & placement, and overall height from the bottom of the skirt to the top of the dome is all the same then yes. If any of the above varies form one to the other then no.



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Edge Performance, Kawasaki motorcycles, Polaris snowmobiles, Polaris atv's

Selecting a Quality Atv or a Snowmobile From Polaris Dealers

For the person who is interested in buying a good ATV or a snowmobile they can trust, looking for these products from a Polaris dealer can help you to select the Polaris that you want. You will be able to find many of these dealers in locations near you. Some of these dealers will be authorized Polaris dealers and others will be ATV and snowmobile dealers.

With the Polaris dealers who are apart of the Polaris company you are assured of being able to select a quality ATV or a snowmobile that is ideal for your lifestyle. You can see the different models and brands that are available in Polaris.

These models will encompass the new brands of the present year and in some cases you can get a preview of the models that are due to be coming out next year. There are Polaris dealers who can supply you with genuine Polaris ATV and snowmobile parts.

You can find Polaris dealers who are also in your area simply by using the Polaris web sites. On these sites you will find links that will take you to a list of various Polaris dealers.

These links will sometimes be able to show you a map of where you can find Polaris dealers who operate near you. You may see a description of the various services that you can get from a certain dealers. With the internet you can also look for Polaris dealers who are able to supply you with Polaris used parts and aftermarket parts.

By using the internet to locate these Polaris dealers you will be able to see the price range that is known for these different types of Polaris parts. This can be of help when you need to find what the price of new and used ATVs, snowmobiles and their parts are like.

The list of Polaris dealers will not be limited to one country only. So you can look at these other Polaris dealers to find if they have the ability to provide you with the items that you have selected. There is a word of caution that needs to be mentioned though.

When you are looking for Polaris dealers – whether in this country or another – you should be careful to go through legitimate Polaris suppliers who can supply you with proper Polaris vehicles and parts. And the best way to do this is to go to reputed Polaris dealers or to find authorized Polaris agents.

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Muna wa Wanjiru is a web administrator and has been researching and reporting on internet marketing for years. For more information on Polaris dealers, visit his site at POLARIS DEALERS

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Mar 31 2010

Ski Doo Snowmobile Parts

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I need parts for a vintage snowmobile?


I have a Ski-doo Elan 250t from 1972 and don't know of a good place to start looking for spare parts. Can I still by parts for a 37 year-old snowmobile and if so, where at?

Try going to a snowmobile salvage yard. Do a search for it and you will have some come up. Also, I don't know where you live, but here in Wisconsin, all through the year at different times they have vintage snowmobile shows, and swapmeets. Go there and ask questions about where they get theeir parts. Do a search for local vintage snowmobile clubs, get in touch with some of the members, they will be able to help.



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Ski-doo primer kit with extra parts included fits all skidoo plus PWC or anything that needs a primer

Antique Snowmobile Gives a Sense of How the Snowmobiles Have Changed

Winter as we all know is a time of cold winds, falling snow and snow covered terrain. The average vehicle needs snow chains to travel through snow covered roads but these will have trouble with deeper snow covered areas. Snowmobiles which were designed for this type of terrain began in 1916 and you can still find some of these antique snowmobile vehicles out on the snow covered ground.

Many of these antique snowmobiles have been restored by enthusiasts of these types of snowmobiles. You can often see a restored antique snowmobile at small privately owned museums that are dedicated to the many antique snowmobiles that were used in those days, as well as at the companies which created the modern snowmobile.

From these places you can ask about the history of any antique snowmobile that is on display. As you look at these antique snowmobiles you will get a sense of how people have changed the look and performance of snowmobiles as their needs over the years have changed.

Besides being on display sometimes you can see a snow race where different kinds of new and antique snowmobiles will race together. While most of the new snowmobiles are capable of going at high speeds, an antique snowmobile is capable of holding its own against these new versions.

You will probably be able to recognize some of the names that can be found on an antique snowmobile. Names such as Polaris, Ski doo, and Yamaha will be among the brands of antique snowmobiles. As you attend an antique snowmobile snow race you will be able to talk with other enthusiasts of antique snowmobiles and the various antique snowmobile snow races to display these beauties on their natural ground.

Sometimes you can find information about antique snowmobiles on the internet. From these sites you can look at the different items that will help you to restore an antique snowmobile. You can talk to others who have gone through this restoration process and find out what sort of difficulties you may encounter.

There are some sites that will inform you of the places where you can buy an antique snowmobile. You can see the type of price range that antique snowmobiles are able to command simply because they are classic vehicles.

Whilst the heyday of antique snowmobiles are over, you might still sometimes be able to see an antique snowmobile showing the new snowmobiles what they are made of. Just by watching the sheer power and beauty of an antique snowmobile you will understand why these vehicles are still in use even if they are new versions of a classic.

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Muna wa Wanjiru is a web administrator and has been researching and reporting on internet marketing for years. For more information on antique snowmobile, visit his site at ANTIQUE SNOWMOBILE

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Mar 31 2010

Vintage Snowmobile

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78 ARCTIC CAT CHEETAH 5000 VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE RUNS GREAT ELECTRIC START!! 78 ARCTIC CAT CHEETAH 5000 VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE RUNS GREAT ELECTRIC START!! Paypal 10 Bids US $355.00 15h 56m
1973 SKI-DOO ELITE VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE-GREAT FOR SKI LODGE OR MUSEUM PIECE 1973 SKI-DOO ELITE VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE-GREAT FOR SKI LODGE OR MUSEUM PIECE Paypal 4 Bids US $2,026.00 3d 1h 27m
Vintage 1975 Ski-Doo 245 RV TNT snowmobile oval track racing free air race sled Vintage 1975 Ski-Doo 245 RV TNT snowmobile oval track racing free air race sled Paypal 4 Bids US $2,550.00 3d 6h 4m
Vintage Snowflake Snowmobile Vintage Snowflake Snowmobile 2 Bids US $1,225.00 3d 23h 10m
1997 Polaris XLT 600 white vintage xlt 600 snowmobile Extra Lite Tripple 1997 Polaris XLT 600 white vintage xlt 600 snowmobile Extra Lite Tripple US $1,269.00 2d 7h 31m
1974 Massey Ferguson Ski Whiz 444WT wide track vintage snowmobile w/elec. start 1974 Massey Ferguson Ski Whiz 444WT wide track vintage snowmobile w/elec. start Paypal US $1,750.00 6d 8m
 1980 Ski doo citation SS LIKE NEW 431 mi VINTAGE  snowmobile 1980 Ski doo citation SS LIKE NEW 431 mi VINTAGE snowmobile Paypal 0 Bid US $1,300.00 2d 18h 54m
Vintage 1970 Bolens Sprint 340 Snowmobile sled Vintage 1970 Bolens Sprint 340 Snowmobile sled Paypal US $1,200.00 3d 2h 48m
VINTAGE 1981 SCORPION SIDEWINDER SNOWMOBILE 440 LIQUID COOLED ENGINE VINTAGE 1981 SCORPION SIDEWINDER SNOWMOBILE 440 LIQUID COOLED ENGINE US $1,699.99 4d 9h 52m
1980's YAMAHA SNOWMOBILE SS440 VINTAGE 1980's YAMAHA SNOWMOBILE SS440 VINTAGE Paypal 0 Bid US $250.00 5d 23h 40m
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72 RUPP AMERICAN 340 HANDLE BARS STEERING STEM POST 72 RUPP AMERICAN 340 HANDLE BARS STEERING STEM POST Paypal US $30.00 3d 16h 59m
Vintage John Deere JDX 300 ? Snowmobile Parts Lot Vintage John Deere JDX 300 ? Snowmobile Parts Lot Paypal 0 Bid US $25.00 1h 10m
NOS Yamaha Brake Cable 1978 1979 1980 1981 EX340 EX440 B C D E vtg New OEM Stock NOS Yamaha Brake Cable 1978 1979 1980 1981 EX340 EX440 B C D E vtg New OEM Stock Paypal US $24.99 14d 20h 37m
NOS Yamaha Oil Pump Cable Assembly 1976 1977 EX340 EX440 EX 340 440 A vtg New! NOS Yamaha Oil Pump Cable Assembly 1976 1977 EX340 EX440 EX 340 440 A vtg New! Paypal US $59.99 16d 18h 15m
POLARIS (NOS) Black Hand Grips 68-73 Vintage Snowmobile POLARIS (NOS) Black Hand Grips 68-73 Vintage Snowmobile Paypal 0 Bid US $12.99 3h 18m
NOS Arctic Cat Brake Cable 1974 VIP 440 OEM vtg New Old Stock Inventory 74' Rare NOS Arctic Cat Brake Cable 1974 VIP 440 OEM vtg New Old Stock Inventory 74' Rare Paypal US $8.50 24d 3h 5m
YAMAHA SRX 440 SRX440  CRANKCASE COVER RECOIL HOUSING SNOWMOBILE VINTAGE RACE YAMAHA SRX 440 SRX440 CRANKCASE COVER RECOIL HOUSING SNOWMOBILE VINTAGE RACE Paypal 0 Bid US $49.99 3h 31m
YAMAHA SRX 440 78-80 OEM CRANKCASE COVER RECOIL HOUSING SNOWMOBILE VINTAGE RACE YAMAHA SRX 440 78-80 OEM CRANKCASE COVER RECOIL HOUSING SNOWMOBILE VINTAGE RACE Paypal 0 Bid US $49.99 3h 36m
Aaen Vintage Stamped Paddle Snowmobile Studs NIP Aaen Vintage Stamped Paddle Snowmobile Studs NIP Paypal 1 Bid US $9.99 2h 22m
VINTAGE KAWASAKI SNOWMOBILE PISTON RINGS #13008-3008 2 SETS VINTAGE KAWASAKI SNOWMOBILE PISTON RINGS #13008-3008 2 SETS Paypal 1 Bid US $29.99 2h 42m
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Vintage Snowmobile
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What web site gives me a list of all the vintage snowmobiles ever made? Rupp, John Deer..?


I was on a web site before that had all of the vintage sleds makes and now i cant find it.. Please Help?

http://www.vintagesleds.com/
Don't know if they have the list you are talking about, but they have a forum where you could ask.

Looking for a dash for my 1975 Columbia 440 at the moment, anyone know of any?



78 ARCTIC CAT CHEETAH 5000 VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE RUNS GREAT ELECTRIC START!! 78 ARCTIC CAT CHEETAH 5000 VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE RUNS GREAT ELECTRIC START!! Paypal 10 Bids US $355.00 15h 56m
1973 SKI-DOO ELITE VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE-GREAT FOR SKI LODGE OR MUSEUM PIECE 1973 SKI-DOO ELITE VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE-GREAT FOR SKI LODGE OR MUSEUM PIECE Paypal 4 Bids US $2,026.00 3d 1h 27m
Vintage 1975 Ski-Doo 245 RV TNT snowmobile oval track racing free air race sled Vintage 1975 Ski-Doo 245 RV TNT snowmobile oval track racing free air race sled Paypal 4 Bids US $2,550.00 3d 6h 4m
Vintage Snowflake Snowmobile Vintage Snowflake Snowmobile 2 Bids US $1,225.00 3d 23h 10m
1997 Polaris XLT 600 white vintage xlt 600 snowmobile Extra Lite Tripple 1997 Polaris XLT 600 white vintage xlt 600 snowmobile Extra Lite Tripple US $1,269.00 2d 7h 31m
1974 Massey Ferguson Ski Whiz 444WT wide track vintage snowmobile w/elec. start 1974 Massey Ferguson Ski Whiz 444WT wide track vintage snowmobile w/elec. start Paypal US $1,750.00 6d 8m
 1980 Ski doo citation SS LIKE NEW 431 mi VINTAGE  snowmobile 1980 Ski doo citation SS LIKE NEW 431 mi VINTAGE snowmobile Paypal 0 Bid US $1,300.00 2d 18h 54m
Vintage 1970 Bolens Sprint 340 Snowmobile sled Vintage 1970 Bolens Sprint 340 Snowmobile sled Paypal US $1,200.00 3d 2h 48m
VINTAGE 1981 SCORPION SIDEWINDER SNOWMOBILE 440 LIQUID COOLED ENGINE VINTAGE 1981 SCORPION SIDEWINDER SNOWMOBILE 440 LIQUID COOLED ENGINE US $1,699.99 4d 9h 52m
1980's YAMAHA SNOWMOBILE SS440 VINTAGE 1980's YAMAHA SNOWMOBILE SS440 VINTAGE Paypal 0 Bid US $250.00 5d 23h 40m
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72 RUPP AMERICAN 340 HANDLE BARS STEERING STEM POST 72 RUPP AMERICAN 340 HANDLE BARS STEERING STEM POST Paypal US $30.00 3d 16h 59m
Vintage John Deere JDX 300 ? Snowmobile Parts Lot Vintage John Deere JDX 300 ? Snowmobile Parts Lot Paypal 0 Bid US $25.00 1h 10m
NOS Yamaha Brake Cable 1978 1979 1980 1981 EX340 EX440 B C D E vtg New OEM Stock NOS Yamaha Brake Cable 1978 1979 1980 1981 EX340 EX440 B C D E vtg New OEM Stock Paypal US $24.99 14d 20h 36m
NOS Yamaha Oil Pump Cable Assembly 1976 1977 EX340 EX440 EX 340 440 A vtg New! NOS Yamaha Oil Pump Cable Assembly 1976 1977 EX340 EX440 EX 340 440 A vtg New! Paypal US $59.99 16d 18h 15m
POLARIS (NOS) Black Hand Grips 68-73 Vintage Snowmobile POLARIS (NOS) Black Hand Grips 68-73 Vintage Snowmobile Paypal 0 Bid US $12.99 3h 18m
NOS Arctic Cat Brake Cable 1974 VIP 440 OEM vtg New Old Stock Inventory 74' Rare NOS Arctic Cat Brake Cable 1974 VIP 440 OEM vtg New Old Stock Inventory 74' Rare Paypal US $8.50 24d 3h 5m
YAMAHA SRX 440 SRX440  CRANKCASE COVER RECOIL HOUSING SNOWMOBILE VINTAGE RACE YAMAHA SRX 440 SRX440 CRANKCASE COVER RECOIL HOUSING SNOWMOBILE VINTAGE RACE Paypal 0 Bid US $49.99 3h 31m
YAMAHA SRX 440 78-80 OEM CRANKCASE COVER RECOIL HOUSING SNOWMOBILE VINTAGE RACE YAMAHA SRX 440 78-80 OEM CRANKCASE COVER RECOIL HOUSING SNOWMOBILE VINTAGE RACE Paypal 0 Bid US $49.99 3h 36m
Aaen Vintage Stamped Paddle Snowmobile Studs NIP Aaen Vintage Stamped Paddle Snowmobile Studs NIP Paypal 1 Bid US $9.99 2h 22m
VINTAGE KAWASAKI SNOWMOBILE PISTON RINGS #13008-3008 2 SETS VINTAGE KAWASAKI SNOWMOBILE PISTON RINGS #13008-3008 2 SETS Paypal 1 Bid US $29.99 2h 42m
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CCW Kioritz KEC 340 NOS New Piston w Rings vintage snowmobile john deere raider CCW Kioritz KEC 340 NOS New Piston w Rings vintage snowmobile john deere raider Paypal US $25.00 1d 58m
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A Tourist's Guide to the Natural Sights of Oregon

Nature, the predominant element around which life in Oregon revolves, results in the state’s topographical diversity and rugged, natural beauty, and dictates the experiences the tourist is likely to have.

The 362 mile long coast, for instance, comprised of rain forests, sand dunes, black sand beaches, and unique rock formations, is splintered by some dozen rivers, which flow into the Pacific.  The spine of the Coast Range and the Klamath Mountains provides a westerly skeleton, while the Columbia River defines the border between Washington and Oregon in the north.  The Cascade Mountains, black basalt formations densely carpeted with thick, green forests and capped with snow covered volcanoes, cradle alpine lakes and a national park, and extend form Mt. Hood in the north to Hayden Mountain in the south, serving to separate the western half of the state with its central high desert plateau.  In the northeast, the 10,000-foot Wallowa Mountains invert themselves into 6,600-foot-deep Hells Canyon, the world’s deepest river carved gorge.

Abundant vineyards produce an array of excellent wines, while locally grown marrionberries figure in Oregon cooking, along with the bounty of the land’s fruits and vegetables and the rivers’ salmon.

Columbia River Gorge

Formed by volcanic activity and both basalt lava and glacial floods, the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, spanning 80 miles from Troutdale in the west to the Dalles in the east, and encompassing 292,000 acres on both the Washington and Oregon sides, had been created by Congress in 1986.  The Columbia River itself, at 1,243 miles in length, is the second largest such artery in the continental United States and the only nearly sea level passage through the mountain range stretching between Canada and Mexico.  Originating in British Columbia, it flows through the mountains, before turning south and finally west where it releases 250,000 cubic feet of water per second into the Pacific.  Topographically featuring Douglas fir, hemlock, and western red cedar in the west, the gorge transforms into drier pine forest and grassland in the east.

Its primary Native American residents, the “Watlala,” who had been more commonly known as the “Cascades,” had lived on both sides of the river between Cascade Locks and Sandy River, using it for sustenance and trade by fishing for salmon, steelhead, sturgeon, and eel.  The land provided berries and roots and the nearby mountains facilitated hunting for deer and elk.  Living in structures made of cedar planks, the Watlala seasonally traveled down the river to fish and gather plant foods, such as “wapato” and “camas,” in cedar carved canoes, while wood and mountain sheep horns had provided the raw materials for tools, bowls, and pots.  Wrap twined baskets sported intricate decorations of nature, people, and animals.

Controlling the portage round Cascade Falls, which had been too treacherous for canoe or boat passage, they collected tolls in the form of traded goods in exchange for access.

The Watlala signed Willamette Valley Treaty ceded their southern bank of the Columbia River to the US in 1855, and they had subsequently been relocated to the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation two years later.

Of the gorge’s numerous waterfalls, Multnomah Falls, plummeting almost 620 feet from its origin on Larch Mountain, constitutes the second-highest year-round waterfall in the US.  “Multnomah,” translating as “those closer to the water,” with “water” referring to the Columbia River itself, cascades down a cliff in which five flows of Yakima basalt are visible, and its spray, freezing in early-winter and melting in late-spring, causes the rock over which it travels to crack and break away.  The falls are accessed by several hiking trails.

The adjacent, Cascadian style, natural stone Multnomah Falls Lodge, designed by architect Albert E. Doyle in 1925 to serve travelers arriving by car, train, or steamboat, sits on land donated by the Oregon and Washington Railroad and Navigation Company to the city of Portland.  The lodge’s east end, which includes the later added Forest Service Visitor’s Center in 1929, had preceded its post war remodeling and 1946 reopening.  On April 22, 1981, the lodge, along with the first 1.1 miles of its Larch Mountain trail, had been placed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the day facility sports two second floor, fireplace and stone dining rooms overlooking the falls and the Columbia River.  An extensive gift shop is located on the main level.

The Columbia River Interpretive Center, located across the Columbia River spanned, erector set appearing Bridge of the Gods in Stevenson, Washington, provides snapshots of life in the area in a modern, two level museum, with exhibits such as a horse drawn buckboard from 1890, a wooden fish wheel, a 1921 log carrying Mack truck, an 1895 Corliss steam engine used to drive saw carriages and conveyors in a Cascade Locks lumber mill, hand crafted canoes, and a 1917 Curtiss JN-4 Jenny biplane, which had facilitated local transportation.

Further east, and back on the Oregon side, the Columbia Gorge Hotel, built on a scenic cliff overlooking the Columbia River, is a stately, neo-Morish structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the US Department of Interior unofficially dubbed the “Waldorff of the West.”  Constructed in 1921 by timber tycoon Simon Benson as a tribute to America’s post-war prosperity, it had hosted social and political dignitaries, presidents such as Coolidge and Roosevelt, movie stars like Clara Bow and Rudolph Valentino, and musicians from the Big Bands, having played an integral role during the Roaring Twenties when Model T Fords had traveled the roads and steamers had plied the rivers.  Voted one of the world’s top 500 hotels by Conde Nast magazine, the hotel, sitting on meticulously manicured, tiny waterfall dotted grounds, features an elegant, chandelier and fireplace adorned lobby and restaurant.

The Mount Hood Railroad, located a short distance from the hotel, traces its origins to 1905 when Utah lumberman David Eccles laid track in order to transport timber between the forest and his lumber mill by a steam engine powered logging train, and today offers daily excursions along the 8.5 mile stretch between Hood River and Odell through predominantly forested and fruit orchard topography and less frequent runs the full 22 miles to Parkdale, gateway to Mt. Hood.

Mt. Hood

Mt. Hood, named after British admiral Samuel Hood in 1792 and part of the Cascade Mountains, is an inactive volcano whose last, although minor, eruption, occurred between 1845 and 1865.  At 11,235 feet, it is Oregon’s tallest peak.  Glacier and river sculpted over the years, the snow covered mountain, rising above Trillum Lake, features a 50-degree slope at its last, 2,000 foot rise, and offers year round hiking and skiing.

Its story, however, is every bit that of the lodge designated “Timberline” and nestled on its south slope at the 6,000 foot level.  The result of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the federal agency created in 1933 to provide gainful employment to Americans who had been rendered idle by the Great Depression, it had been constructed by a predominantly inexperienced workforce which had used natural, Oregon indigenous material.

Its initial site survey, made in the spring of 1936 under 14 foot snow accumulations and only accessible by a primitive road which terminated a half mile from the actual location, yielded to the first drawings and subsequent groundbreaking on June 11 of a European chateau and alpine style lodge designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood and constructed entirely of gray, almost rock-resembling wood whose roof line echoed that of the steep mountain slope behind it.

Oregon had provided its foundation in the literal sense by supplying the mountain it had been built on and the natural materials which had been severed from their wombs and reduced to the individual buildings blocks which had been intricately reassembled into the lodge itself, inclusive of the forest supplied wood for its exterior structure and interior furniture and carvings, and the mountainside- and quarry yielding andesite stone for its walls and fireplaces.

Featuring a hexagonal core known as the “head house,” which had been inspired by the outline of the mountain peak behind it, and a single, angled wing extending from either of its sides, it had been designed as an extension of, as opposed to obstruction to, its surroundings.

Completed in only a 15 month period, it had been dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on September 28, 1937 and opened to the public the following February.

The hexagonally shaped head house, subdivided into the lower lobby, upper lobby, and mezzanine, features a truncated, 55 foot high “timberline” arch supported by carved sides and a top crossbeam, in the center of which is a six sided stone chimney which sports three, railroad track andiron adorned fireplaces.  Hexagonal ponderosa pine columns, each weighing seven tons and milled from a single tree, surround the lodge, while Oregon white oak provides its floor planks.  The hexagonal pattern is repeated in the hand forged wrought iron chandeliers and floor lamps, and floor to ceiling windows (attempt to) provide views through the 21 foot high snow banks.  Some 820 pieces of wooden, hand crafted furnishings and carvings were made in the WPA woodworking shop in Portland.

The Cascade Dining Room, located off the main lobby and thresholded by wrought iron gates made in the WPA blacksmith shop, exudes rustic, early-1900s elegance with a polished, wooden floor; a wood beamed ceiling; a relief carving adorned stone fireplace entitled “Forest Scene,” and a bar.

Guest rooms, varying in size and appointment from bunk beds to fireplace suites, are rustic with heavy wooden doors; wrought iron latches; leather-and-iron lamps; heavy, wooden beds; and knotty pine panelings.

Timberline Lodge, the only public building of its size constructed entirely by hand with original craft work in wood, wrought iron, mosaic, painting, and carved linoleum, and, since 1978, a National Historic Landmark, is every bit a “sight” as an overnight lodge.  It serves some two million annual visitors, only a small percentage of whom are actually skiers.

Returning to a roaring fire which castes warmth and light into the wooden lobby from its central stone fireplace after a day of skiing and enjoying award winning cuisine in the rustically elegant Cascade Dining Room, and then cacooning oneself in quilts in a knotty pine paneled guest room on the other side of whose wall the half, snow-buried pine trees surround the base of Mount Hood whose jagged, black granite, snow blanketed peak is periodically shrouded in cloud and mist throughout the night, is a quintessential Oregon experience.

Central Oregon

Because the Cascade Mountains mostly drain traditional storm fronts of their moisture, and therefore provide distinct climactic zones on either of their sides, Central Oregon, to the east of them, forms a high desert plateau and enjoys 300 days of sunshine, as contrasted with the rain drenched coast.  Access is via winding, ascending Route 20 through the dense, needle thin ponderosa and lodgepole pine of Willamette National Forest, over Tombstone and Santiam Passes, and finally through Deschutes National Forest, all of which are often shrouded in low-altitude cloud, and lead to an area of snow capped mountains, 150 mountain lakes, and 500 miles of rivers.  They afford a variety of recreational opportunities, including golfing, fishing, biking, horseback riding, hiking, climbing, rafting, and skiing.  Bend, an accommodations base and once a booming timber town, capitalizes on the area’s attractions with hotels, resorts, restaurants, and services.  The area is alternatively served by nearby Redmond Airport.

Sisters, one of Central Oregon’s attractions, is a quintessential western town of about 1,000 with 1880s style storefronts and wooden boardwalks named after the Three Sisters Mountains in the southwest.  Initially accessed by trails forged through the Santiam Pass to the high desert by those hoping to strike it rich in the gold mines of Eastern Oregon and Idaho, it had developed into a small town after the trails had evolved into wagon roads.  Wood from the surrounding pine forests had established lumber as its principle economic activity, although tourism plays an increasingly important role.  Bronco Billy’s Saloon, built in 1912, is an historically important building in Sisters.

The High Desert Museum, located a few miles south of Bend on Highway 97, is a modern, continually expanding facility which showcases the wildlife and landscapes of eight western states in both indoor and outdoor exhibits, including those of western exploration and settlement, the Columbia River plateau Indians, a “desertarium,” an 1880 homestead ranch, a working sawmill, and a raptor center.

The area’s geology can be studied in nearby Newberry National Volcanic Monument.  One of the largest “shield”-shaped volcanoes in the Lower 48 states and located along the Northwest Rift zone of faults, the 500 square mile Newberry Caldera, whose most recent eruption, the Big Obsidian Flow, occurred 1,300 years ago, cradles two trout and salmon abundant lakes: Paulina Lake, at 250 feet one of Oregon’s deepest, and 180-foot-deep East Lake, are both fed by hot springs below them.  Once believed to have existed as single entities, Paulina and East Lakes had been divided by pumice and water deposits 6,200 years ago.

Paulina Peak, the crater’s highest at 7,985 feet, provides views of the High Desert plateau and the Cascade Mountains.

The Deschutes River, a federally designated Wild and Scenic River, flows through the monument’s northwest corner, and offers fishing, kayaking, and white water rafting, while more than 100 miles of trails, interspersing the monument, facilitate hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, skiing, and snowmobiling.  Area wildlife includes deer, elk, black bear, ducks, osprey, geese, tundra swans, and bald eagles.

Aside from the caldera, three separate areas can be visited.

The Lava Lands Visitor Center, the first of these, depicts Central Oregon’s geology, archaeology, history, and fauna.  Ranger-led interpretive hikes take visitors through the volcanic landscape.  500 foot high Lava Butte, whose crater had been formed 7,000 years ago when it had erupted and spewed lava over a nine square mile area, is accessible by a perimeter road and affords views of the Newberry Volcano and Cascade Mountain Range.

The Lava River Cave, a one mile long lava tube, had been created when a river of molten lava had formed a channel whose sides hardened, creating a roof, but the hot lava had continued to flow through the tube, leaving it hollow.  Its interior temperature is now a constant 42 degrees Fahrenheit.

Finally, the Lava Cast Forest had been created when Newberry Volcano vent originating lava had flowed through a miniature ponderosa pine forest, enveloping the trees and forming molds round their now burned bases when they had cooled.  A one mile trail leads through the forest, which is being progressively reclaimed by young pines.

Aviation-Related Northwest Oregon

Northwest Oregon features two significant sights, which not only center round aviation, but also retain the state’s nature oriented theme.

The Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, the first of these, had been created by Delford M Smith, founder of Evergreen International Aviation, and his son, Captain Michael King Smith, who had served as Second Lieutenant in the US Air Force and had been an F-15 Fighter pilot and the head of the 123rd Fighter Squadron of the Oregon Air National Guard.  Centerpiece of the museum’s three modern, A-frame, aviation, space, and IMAX buildings, located in McMinnville, is the Hughes H-4 Hercules, the world’s largest transport flying boat, designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company entirely of natural, laminated birch wood due to World War II-imposed metal usage restrictions and hence given the unofficial nickname of “Spruce Goose.”

Designed to fulfill the 1942 US Department of War requirement for a very large aircraft to transport personnel and war material across the Atlantic where aircraft had hitherto been frequent targets of German U-boats, it had originally been intended as one of three stipulated by the contract, which had dictated a two-year development period.  Powered by eight, 3,000 hp Pratt and Whitney Wasp Major radial engines, the H-4, with a 218.8 foot overall length and a 319.11 foot wingspan, accommodated 750 fully equipped troops in its cavernous, dual deck fuselage and had a 400,000 pound maximum take off weight.  The only airframe ever completed, and thus serving as the prototype, it had first flown on November 2, 1947 when Howard Hughes himself had covered less than a mile at a 70 foot altitude while maintaining a 135 mph air speed.  It became its only flight.

The museum retains its natural theme by cultivating its own vineyard in front of it appropriately named “Spruce Goose Vineyards,” and a wine tasting room and gift shop, where one can sample the wines of the area’s abundant other vineyards, is located in the aviation building.

Of the two hangars constructed here, Hangar B had been the first to have been completed in the spring of 1943, followed one month later by Hangar A.  Housing Squadron ZP-33’s eight K ships, it features six, 30 ton, railroad track guided door sections covering the 120 foot high, 220 foot wide opening which thresholds the 15 story high, seven acre internal space.  The 251 foot blimps, attaining lift with 425,000 cubic foot helium bags, could remain aloft for three days and cover 2,000 miles.

After the air station had been decommissioned in 1948, the two hangars had been used for several purposes, including those of hay bail storage, and the material in Hangar A had unexplainably sparked and ignited in 1992, destroying it.  Two years later, Hangar B had been developed into the current, nationally historic aviation museum displaying a vintage collection of restored, exclusively flyable aircraft.

Here, wood, the natural element of Oregon’s forests, had been used to build the hangars in which dirigibles, using the natural gas of helium to attain lift, had been stored, in an ultimate act of history preserving history, and of nature serving man, which is, in essence, the story of Oregon.

About the Author

A graduate of Long Island University-C.W. Post Campus with a summa-cum-laude BA Degree in Comparative Languages and Journalism, I have subsequently earned the Continuing Community Education Teaching Certificate from the Nassau Association for Continuing Community Education (NACCE) at Molloy College, the Travel Career Development Certificate from the Institute of Certified Travel Agents (ICTA) at LIU, and the AAS Degree in Aerospace Technology at the State University of New York – College of Technology at Farmingdale. Having amassed almost three decades in the airline industry, I managed the New York-JFK and Washington-Dulles stations at Austrian Airlines, created the North American Station Training Program, served as an Aviation Advisor to Farmingdale State University of New York, and devised and taught the Airline Management Certificate Program at the Long Island Educational Opportunity Center. A freelance author, I have written some 70 books of the short story, novel, nonfiction, essay, poetry, article, log, curriculum, training manual, and textbook genre in English, German, and Spanish, having principally focused on aviation and travel, and I have been published in book, magazine, newsletter, and electronic Web site form. I am a writer for Cole Palen’s Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in New York. I have made some 350 lifetime trips by air, sea, rail, and road.

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