Oregon lodge famously featured in ‘The Shining’ will reopen to guests after fire forced evacuations

GOVERNMENT CAMP, Oregon — Oregon’s historic Timberline Lodge, which was featured in the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film “The Shining,” will reopen to guests Sunday after a fire that prompted evacuations but caused only minimal damage.

The lodge said in a Facebook post Saturday that it will support guests while repairs are made, and that it will also work to ensure water quality. Historic preservation efforts are also underway.

“There are challenges ahead, but we are past the worst,” the hotel said. “The efforts of first responders and Timberline staff have been nothing short of remarkable during a very difficult time. This successful recovery is down to their dedication.”

Embers from the lodge’s large stone fireplace apparently set the roof on fire Thursday evening, the lodge said. Guests and staff were evacuated while firefighters extinguished the flames. There were no injuries.

Damage from the fire and firefighting water is “benign” and limited to certain areas, the lodge said.

The ski area reopened on Saturday.

Timberline Lodge was built in 1937, some 6,000 feet above the 11,000-foot Mount Hood, by the Works Progress Administration, a U.S. government program created to create jobs during the Great Depression.

It is located about 60 miles east of Portland.

Kubrick used the lodge’s exterior as a stand-in for the Overlook Hotel in “The Shining,” a psychological horror film based on Stephen King’s 1977 novel of the same name.