Stair repair, Timberline Lodge

Over a million people a year visit Timberline Lodge, and most have made as least a couple of trips up these stairs, many wearing ski and hiking boots. Sand and rock particles caught in their boots wear away the wood surface very quickly. The original stair treads are 6" thick solid wood (probably fir) and it would be extremely difficult and expensive to replace them. Here you can see where they cut out the worn wood surfaces so that new wood could be inlaid into original stairs steps. Maintaining an old hotel like this is a lot of hard work and takes creative thinking at times.