Fire Destroys Mountaineers Lodge at Snoqualmie Pass

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Fire Destroys Mountaineers Lodge at Snoqualmie Pass

By J.D. O'Connor
May 12, 2006

Investigators are looking into the cause of an early-morning fire that destroyed the 5,000-square-foot Mountaineers Club Lodge at Snoqualmie Pass, Wash., Friday. There were no reports of injuries though a sno-cat and other equipment was also lost.

Firefighters said the fire was reported just after 5 a.m. by motorists driving by the landmark on I-90. Several people promptly notified the State Patrol. The building was closed and locked when the fire broke out, firefighters said.

Battalion Chief Greg Tryon of Eastside fire and rescue says the lodge was "fully involved" when firefighters arrived. He said it took 45 minutes to stretch a line the two-thousand feet to the lodge from Highway 906 but by that time the fire had essentially burned itself out.

A spokesman for the Seattle-based Mountaineers Club said the 57-year-old lodge is on the state Register of Historic Places. Located near the Snoqualmie ski area and the Pacific Crest Trail, it was used by club members and rented to others as a base for skiing and hiking.

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