Lodging Rates Challenge Course Area ActivitiesWe're a conference center in the Mt. Hood National Forest, just 53 miles east of Portland. The Little Zig Zag River flows through camp. Wherever you walk in camp, you'll hear its sound. The road into camp is plowed throughout the winter and the lodges are heated.
Facilities are available for rental except during camp, generally mid-June through mid-August. We serve breakfast, lunch and dinner, and provide comfortable meeting spaces with large stone fireplaces.
You can prepare your own meals in our lodge kitchens or we can provide family-style meals. Mid-week discounts on lodging are available.
Our Challenge Course, which is wheelchair accessible, promotes team building and individual initiative.
For information and reservations, e-mail or call the camp's Portland office at 503/452-7416, ext. 100.
We are located off Highway 26 on Forest Service Road #39, between Rhododendron and Government Camp, Oregon. See a
map to the camp and/or
weather and road conditions.
Maximum capacity for overnight accommodations during the winter is 104 persons, 150 persons for meal service. Maximum capacity in fall, spring and summer is 120.
Groups may rent Cy, Laurel and Fanning Lodges. If you wish to be the only group in the camp during your stay, you may rent the entire camp by paying for at least 60 persons.
Minimum capacity for meals and/or lodging is 20 persons per lodge.
All bedrooms in camp are fully accessible, except three upstairs bedrooms in Cy Lodge. All sleeping areas have at least one accessible bathroom with shower. The dining hall and gathering areas have accessible restrooms.
We do not supply bed linens, pillows or towels. Please bring your own.
Laurel Lodge
Laurel has a modern kitchen built for group use. It is adjacent to a large historic gathering room with log walls and a massive stone fireplace. Groups renting Laurel may prepare and serve their own meals. Adjoining sleeping quarters accommodate up to 40 guests in six sleeping rooms with bunks. Here's the room layout (pdf file).
Cy Lodge
Cy Lodge has a large stone fireplace and floor-to-ceiling windows. It has 12 wood-paneled bedrooms that accommodate up to 44 guests. Cy Lodge has a family-style kitchen. See the room layout (pdf file).
Fanning Hall
Fanning, the camp's dining room and kitchen, can serve up to 150 persons. It's available for wedding receptions and banquets. Fanning Hall also has six sleeping rooms which sleep up to 21 guests. Here's the room layout (pdf file).
| Meals |
Lodging |
| Breakfast $10 |
Weekend per person, per night * $27.50 |
| Lunch $10 |
Week day per person, per night* $17.50 |
| Dinner $10 |
Minimum group size: 20 |
| Snacks $2 |
|
* plus 6% Clackamas County room tax
To respond to rising fuel costs, our rates slightly increased beginning October 1, 2008. Meals are half-price for children 10 and under. We can also provide snacks, brunch, sack lunches, hors d'oeuvres or banquets to fit your budget. Firewood is available for $35 per box (approximately 2 1/2 ft. long by 3 ft. wide by 2 1/2 ft. deep).
Lodges may be rented for day use only at $300 per day per lodge on the weekends and $150 per day per lodge on the weekdays. There is no additional charge if a group staying the night uses the same lodge the following day. Weddings and receptions are $500 (call for details).
All rates are subject to change except for agreements confirmed in writing by the Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp. A deposit of 40% of the total estimated cost of your stay is required two weeks after you have made your reservation. The balance is due thirty days after your stay at camp.
Our Challenge Course, which is fully accessible, includes a climbing wall, a stream crossing, and "the flying squirrel". The cost is $27.50 per person per day with a minimum group of eight. Half days are $15. We provide certified instructors and need at least three weeks notice.
Safety Rules
Pets, alcoholic beverages and firearms are not allowed on the camp grounds. Please read
our camp rules (pdf file).
The Little Zig Zag Trail is an easy half-mile hike from camp to Little Zig Zag Falls. Paradise Park Trail and Hidden Lake Trail, more challenging trails, start near the camp's entrance.
Trillium Lake has a wheelchair-accessible fishing pier and a barrier-free trail around the lake, approximately 10 miles from camp.
Here's information on the
many year-round events. Here's a link to the
Mt. Hood National Forest (click on the Zig Zag Ranger Station for information about the area closest to camp).
The U.S Forest Service's Little John SnoPark, approximately 15 miles from camp, provides low-cost winter recreation. Our camp entrance is on the historic
Barlow Road, the route of the Oregon Trail over the Cascades.