The only surface access to the base area of the mountain is through Dayton, 22 miles (35 km) to the northwest and nearly 3,000 feet (900 m) below on North Touchet Road.

[10][11] Auctioned off two years later and acquired by Rainier Bank,[12] it was purchased for $550,000 in October 1983 by Portland executive Stan Goodell, a former president of the ski patrol at Mount Hood.

To distance itself from the past financial difficulties, Goodell renamed it "Ski Bluewood" and relocated to Dayton to run the area himself.

The main chairlift (Skyline Express) has its own separate diesel powered generator, connected via a clutch and fluid coupler.

The Triple Nickel and pama lifts are electric and uses power from the main diesel generators, located in the basement of the lodge.