The Cloud Cap Inn is a historic building located high on

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.. It was a luxury inn for mountain climbers that included

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s as early as 1894. The inn opened in 1889 and closed as a business in 1946. Since the 1950s, the Crag Rats search and rescue group has used and maintained the inn. The building was listed on the

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in 1974..

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1889 establishments in Oregon Hotel buildings completed in 1889 Defunct hotels in Oregon Buildings and structures in Hood River County, Oregon National Register of Historic Places in Hood River County, Oregon Shingle Style architecture in Oregon Historic district contributing properties in Oregon Hotels established in 1889 Hotels disestablished in 1946 1946 disestablishments in Oregon {{HoodRiverCountyOR-NRHP-stub

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