Mid-summer skiing. Jaw-dropping hiking. Lift-accessed mountain biking.

Timberline Lodge and Ski Area now has it all.

The Mount Hood mainstay on Monday opened its Timberline Bike Park: a project 10 years in the making that will allow mountain bikers to whoosh downhill and ride a chairlift back up. The park is the first of its kind at Timberline, which is now one of three Oregon ski resorts to offer regular lift-served mountain biking.

“It’s going to change the face of Timberline,” said resort spokesman John Burton.

The bike park caters to everyone from children to advanced riders, with its main easy trail wending 4.5 miles and offering about 35 minutes of riding.

Six trails are open, and Burton said Timberline’s goal is to double the trail network by this time next year. The 2019 season is billed as a preview of what’s to come, and Burton said the resort has at least two more years of significant building to do.

The park features trails of varying difficulty, as well as man-made features such as bridges and jumps. Riders are whisked uphill by a chairlift that’s used by skiers and snowboarders during winter.

The chairlift also ferries riders’ bikes back to the top, cutting out significant uphill riding.

The park will be open daily through Labor Day and will run on a revised schedule in the fall. Anyone with basic bike-handling skills can make it down, and lessons and rental bikes and protective equipment are available at Timberline.

All-day lift tickets are $36 for riders 13 and older. Younger riders get in for $32.

E-bikes are not allowed, and riders must have a lift ticket, helmet, closed-toe shoes and functioning front and rear bike brakes.

Timberline joins Mt. Hood Skibowl and Mt. Bachelor as the Oregon resorts home to regular lift-accessed mountain biking. Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort also offers occasional lift-accessed biking.

The new park also unlocks the opportunity for Timberline patrons to ski and mountain bike in a single day — all without leaving the resort.

-- Jim Ryan; jryan@oregonian.com; 503-221-8005; @Jimryan015

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