Meany Lodge is a 54-acre ski area located in Martin, Washington near Stampede Pass, Washington, United States. It was built in 1928, making it the oldest ski area in Washington and among the oldest in
View from the top of the Lane
backcountry skiers crossing a stream
Edmond Stephen Meany was a professor of botany and history at the University of Washington. He was an alumnus of the university, having graduated as the valedictorian of his class in 1885 when it was
Meany Lodge
…stayed in railroad shacks/cottages near the Stampede Pass tunnel. The train fare to Martin was as low as $1.80 per round trip. In the summer of 1928, Edmond S. Meany purchased the 54-acre plot for $125 and donated it to the Mountaineers. That fall a cabin was constructed. On Armistice Day 1928, it was dedicated as…
Edmond S. Meany, early 1920s
Meany orating the dedication of the Alki Point Monument November 13, 1905
Meany addressing the president and stockholders of the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition in September 1908, the year before the exposition.