HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

how the early days of woodloch DEFINED the foundations of hospitality

HAWLEY, PA - The winter of 1958 was among the snowiest ever on record for the quaint town of Hawley, Pennsylvania. Over the course of just a few weeks between February and March, the area was pummeled by no less than four nasty winter storms in succession. All in all, more than 90 inches of snow had piled on top of itself; that’s a lot of shoveling.

But perhaps it was fate that Mother Nature brought such intense weather, at least for Woodloch’s purposes. In April of 1958, while trudging through the intense mud created by the melting snow heaps, the Kiesendahl family officially moved in and took reign of the resort. The Main Lodge, two cottages, 12 acres and 400 feet of lake shore were now under their care.