On September 3 & 4, 2005, the 10th Annual Logging Jamboree was held in White Pines, one mile from Arnold, CA on State Highway 4 (which has just been acclaimed as the 7th Scenic Byway of California).
Aside from a wide range of vendors and their wares, logging competition, wonderful food, five great groups of live music, chili cook-off, petting zoo, kids and toddlers’ games it was also the Grand Opening of the new Sierra Nevada Logging Museum building.
This Museum is like no other. The setting alone, above White Pines Lake, is to die for. The Museum comes alive as you enter this unique gem with colorful models,authentic loggers and old time equipment, historical photos, and a hand-laid black oak floor so beautiful, you wish you could take it home with you! And below this great Museum sits the 1920 Shay locomotive that used to log in Yosemite for the Sugar Pine Railroad, plus many other artifacts—steam donkey, arches, caterpillars, generators, etc.
Hundreds of visitors enjoyed the 2-day Jamboree. Since then the Museum has been open to the public from Noon till 4pm, Thursdays through Sundays until around mid-December when it will close for the winter. We hope you can visit the Museum soon; there is no admission charge at this time.
Sierra Nevada Logging Museum 
I would like to know when the 2010 logging jamboree is. We would like to book a camping trip for that time. Thanks
Saturday of Labor Day Weekend.
We’d be delighted to have you join us.
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John
Thanks John – We will be there with a group of folks – it would be helpful if we knew what time the events take place? Thanks.
Actually, I’ve added that information elsewhere, but it’s no problem to repeat it for our new friends. About 10:00 the logging competition will begin for non-professionals, politicians, and would-be politicians. About noon, the competition for the professional loggers will begin. Hopefully, the competition will be over about 4:00, and the concert by the wonderful Black Irish Band can begin. Great food, visits to the museum, and guided tours of the outdoor exhibits will go on all day.
Hunt me down and introduce yourself. There are two of us there in mobility scooters, and mine is the 3 wheeler, plus I’m much better looking than Pete in the 4 wheeler. At least that is my opinion.
John