Magic Mile
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The Magic Mile is an aerial chairlift at Timberline Lodge ski area, Mount Hood, Oregon, U.S. It was named for its unique location above the tree line and for its original length. When constructed by Byron Riblet in 1938, it was the longest chairlift in existence, the second in the world to be built as a passenger chairlift, and the first to use metal towers.
The present-day Magic Mile chairlift rises out of the clouds and above the tree line
1940s image of the Magic Mile just above Timberline Lodge (center) taken by Ray Atkeson
The Magic Mile's lower terminal sits just below the tree line.
Timberline Lodge ski area
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Timberline Lodge ski area is the ski and snowboarding area of Timberline Lodge, a National Historic Landmark in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is one of a few ski areas in the United States with most of the skiable terrain below the main lodge. It is located on the south face of Mount Hood, about 60 miles (95 km) east of Portland, accessible via the Mount Hood Scenic Byway.
Timberline Lodge Ski Area, showing the Magic Mile and Palmer chairlifts with Silcox Hut at right center
The Palmer chairlift below the summit of Mount Hood
The upper terminal of the Palmer chairlift buried in snow
View from top of Magic Mile Ski Run, August 2020