Originally Posted by
spinnaker
I will be in Government Camp in a few weeks, I will be staying at the Best Western so won't be camping. Has anyone made the ride down to Trillium Lake? Looks kind of pretty. Is it worth a ride? How are the roads?
I haven't been to Trilium Lake, and it doesn't look like much of a lake to me, but it's only ~1 mile downhill from GC.
I suggest instead heading up
Mt Hood to the Lodge and go skiing. It's not a huge ski area (really just one trail on glacier) but it'll likely be open when you visit, and your only chance to ski in July. I enjoyed it when I was there 20 years ago. The Lodge exterior was part of the basis for the fictional Overlook Lodge in The Shining (the Kubrick version).