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FALL INTO SKAMANIA LODGE’S ANNUAL HARVEST FESTIVAL

Weekend Features Family-Friendly Activities and Vendors from Columbia River Gorge

Join Skamania Lodge in welcoming the arrival of autumn with its annual Fall Harvest Festival Friday, October 22 to Sunday, October 24, 2010.  Skamania Lodge will host a variety of Columbia River Gorge farmers and craft vendors for live demonstrations, contests and children’s activities including pumpkin and face painting, hay rides, apple bobbing and a petting zoo. 

The Fall Harvest Festival begins with a special Gorge Harvest Buffet on Friday evening featuring local vendors’ products followed by Skamania Lodge’s Harvest Market on Saturday, October 23 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Festivities throughout Saturday include a special cooking demonstration with Skamania Lodge Chef Ed Tippel, a wine tasting hosted by Maryhill Winery of Glendale, Wash., a cocktail creation demonstration with local drink specialists and an evening reception at the property’s fire pit. 

Skamania Lodge will serve a special menu in The Cascade Room throughout the weekend with dishes that celebrate the bounty of the season.  Highlighted menu items include:

• Applewood Smoked Steelhead with black lentils, tasso ham and horseradish crème fraiche
• Organic Baby Spinach Salad with Hood River Asian pears, Rogue River blue cheese, walnut brittle and a roasted pear vinaigrette
• Kurobuta Tenderloin of Pork, cider and bourbon brined with sweet potato and pearl onion hash
• Muscovy Duck Breast with huckleberry corn cakes and blackberry port reduction
• Prime Grade New York Strip Steak with lobster and black truffle mashed potatoes and a roasted garlic confit
• Oat-Crusted Rainbow Trout with rosti potatoes, cranberry pecan relish and roasted corn and shallot emulsion 

The Skamania Lodge Harvest Festival guest room rates start at $129.  Rates do not include Lodge fee, taxes or gratuities.  All reservations are subject to availability.  For reservations, please call (800) 221-7117 or visit www.skamania.com.  

About Skamania Lodge

Surrounded by the waterfalls, peaks, forests and canyons of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Skamania Lodge is an all-season mountain resort and conference center, situated on 175 acres, 50 minutes east of Portland, Ore., in Stevenson, Wash.  With 254 guest rooms and a 22,000-square foot, International Association of Conference Centers (IACC) approved conference center, Skamania Lodge offers a destination for outdoor enthusiasts and groups.  Skamania boasts the Waterleaf Spa, indoor swimming pool and whirlpools, a fitness center, onsite hiking, an 18-hole par-70 Golf Course that earned a four-star rating from Golf Digest magazine in their “Best Places to Play” for 2008, the Cascade Room, River Rock Lounge and the U.S. Forest Service Information Center located in the lobby.  Skamania Lodge is centered in a Pacific Northwest playground with hiking, biking and Sternwheeler cruises along the Columbia River in the summer; skiing and snowshoeing in the winter; and golfing, fishing and whitewater rafting all year long for outdoor enthusiasts.  Skamania Lodge is a spectacular location to soak in the natural beauty and to enjoy a vast array of outdoor activities. www.skamania.com.

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