In Timberline’s Embrace
What an Old Lodge Taught Me About What’s Worth Keeping
- Publisher: Resource Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2025
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Publisher's Description
From her first ski trip, Jean Waight is entranced by the beauty and welcoming feel of Oregon's old lodge--an inspired 1937 creation. Winter by winter, her friends share weather, mishaps, and ale. She braves a comical encounter with a pine marten and is less brave when alone in a freakish snow accident that takes her to life's very edge. But Timberline Lodge's whisperings only become clear after she has to give up skiing. When skiers and snowboarders head for the slopes and all is quiet inside, the past comes out to play. Even the linocut murals hold up a mirror to her own life. In Timberline's Embrace reflects on this national treasure, how close the lodge once came to being lost, and what its magic owes to generations of caring hands.
Endorsements (3)
“As a fellow Timberline Lodge enthusiast, I connected with Jean Waight’s intriguing tales of the lodge and her time on the mountain. Timberline is the kind of place where you feel as if you alone are experiencing its singularity and creating new memories just for yourself. And yet at the same time, you want to share Timberline with everyone so they, too, can appreciate its unique grandeur. Waight’s book captures those sentiments and so much more.”
“Jean Waight’s thirty years of winter visits to Mt. Hood’s Timberline Lodge are richly woven into a collection of musings on her adventures, both joyful and challenging, along with of the lodge’s architectural and cultural history. A delightful read!”
“In prose serene and lyrical, In Timberline’s Embrace takes the reader on a journey to the beautiful Timberline Lodge perched on the slopes of Mount Hood. We accompany Waight on her many adventures that are by turns harrowing and hilarious, and along the way we learn the stories whispered by the walls of this beloved lodge.”
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