Suttle Lake developers offer scaled-back plan

Developers of a proposed new Suttle Lake Resort have offered a new, scaled-down plan for the Sisters Ranger District site.

The developers, Larry Solie, Jim Schmidt and Rick Mathis, went back to the drawing board with the Forest Service this summer, after they got negative public response to a larger development proposal.

In the new plan, the developers would build 12 small rental cabins, approximately 600 square feet in size, for four people. That is reduced from 15 larger cabins in the previous proposal.

Instead of building a lodge with a restaurant, the developers propose a 12-room lodge without a restaurant. It would be 1-1/2 stories high and still be approximately 10,000 square feet in size.

The marina would be refurbished and continue to house the restaurant and store. No new store would be built.

The resort managers plan recreation vehicle sites and improvements for the camping area, including water and power for the RVs.

The resort would take over management of Cinder Beach and Suttle Lake Guard, but, unlike the previous plan, no fee would be charged at Cinder Beach.

The cabin would be rented to the public to offset costs of maintaining the beach.

A new entrance road with a bridge across Lake Creek remains part of the plan.

The Forest Service and Suttle Lake Resort will host a public input meeting at the Suttle Lake Resort marina on September 30, at 5:30 p.m.