Scholls Valley Lodge

Feb 25th, 2024

It was wonderful great
Oct 31st, 2023

Really pretty place for a wedding.
Sep 20th, 2023

We had our department retreat at SVL and it was AMAZING. Everyone absolutely loved it and did not want to leave. Beautiful views with "garage door walls" that open up in the living room and kitchen to make it feel SO open and airy. Everyone said it was the best sleep they had had in years. We had a great experience with the hosts - no issues at all! We would love to come back again! What a dream home.
Sep 7th, 2023

My wife Caroline and I got married at Scholl's Valley Lodge on July 3rd, 2023, and could not have asked for a better venue to host our wedding. IT IS A PERFECT EVENT SPACE. The Lodge is one of the best hosting spaces that I've ever seen, complete with massive living room space, couches, an incredible island in the kitchen, a beautiful back porch with floor to ceiling garage door windows that open to it, and lots of overflow space on the outdoor patio and lawn. And of course, not only does SVL offer the Lodge, but they have a beautiful, well-kept lawn where we had our ceremony, and a lovely barn/pavilion reception space, and it's all right in the same little property. It's absolutely perfect for a wedding of 80-175 people (Ours was ~140). SVL also offers an additional "bunkhouse" space on the property that is rentable as an AirBnb, which was perfect for our bachelor guests, and 8 of them shared the 10-bed space at an unbeatable price. We had our wedding on a Monday, and also were able to book SVL overnight on Sunday night, and that was an absolute lifesaver. Not only did we get to start on our setup the night before, but knocked out our rehearsal, and then we had about half of our guests over that night for a party, and were able to spend valuable social time with them outside of the chaos of wedding day. ALSO! On our wedding day, the high was 87 degrees, and we were anticipating being VERY hot, but even in my black tuxedo, I was not sweating until the dancing started in the evening. Both us and our guests were just fine in the heat (thank you PNW for having very low humidity). We drank lots of water and it was a beautiful sunny day, complete with views of Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens from the venue, which was absolutely incredible. Our experience with the SVL team was very positive, though I will say that this venue is definitely not an all-inclusive type of venue, our wedding was very DIY and I think it is best for couples that intend to have a very DIY wedding. The staff answered all of our questions, but were hard to reach at times and definitely not as responsive as a wedding planner would be, so bear in mind that they're there as property managers and not as your personal wedding planner/coordinator. All in all, I can't say enough positive things about SVL. If you can pull off getting married on a weekday, the $5000 price tag is much cheaper than the full weekend option, and that worked really well for us. SVL is awesome, and I'd commend it without hesitation to any couple that wants to get married here during the warmer months of the year!
Aug 23rd, 2023