Cloud Cap
1 of 12
Cloud Cap Inn in Mount Hood, Ore. is pictured here on March 4, 2024. The inn is the perfect place for climbers to get warm and eat, whether or not there's a search and rescue mission.
Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB
2 of 12
The walls of Cloud Cap Inn are decorated with climbing gear on March 3, 2024. The inn was built at 6,000 feet in 1889 as the first permanent resort on Mount Hood in Oregon.
Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB
3 of 12
The living room at Cloud Cap Inn at Mount Hood, Ore. on March 3, 2024. The inn is like a large mountain cabin, with the walls made of simple rough-hewn planks.
Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB
4 of 12
Paul Crowley, member of mountaineering group the Crag Rats, checks out graffiti from 1889 on the walls of Cloud Cap Inn on Mount Hood on March 3, 2024. The group maintains the inn for the Forest Service in exchange for being able to use it as a search and rescue base.
Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB
5 of 12
Cloud Cap Inn graffiti dates back to 1889, pictured here on March 4, 2024. The inn, constructed in 1889, was the first permanent resort on Mount Hood.
Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB
6 of 12
Cots are sprinkled everywhere at Cloud Cap Inn on Mount Hood so plenty of climbers can squeeze in, pictured here on March 4, 2024. The inn also features a large rock fireplace and graffiti dating back to 1889.
Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB
7 of 12
The walls of Cloud Cap Inn on Mount Hood are decorated with climbing memorabilia, seen here on March 4, 2024. Mt. Hood is the world’s second most climbed mountain.
Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB
8 of 12
The walls of Cloud Cap Inn are decorated with climbing memerabilia from years gone by, seen here on March 4, 2024. The inn was the first permanent resort on Mount Hood when it was built in 1889.
Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB
9 of 12
Snow cats can last a long time, including the one pictured here on Mount Hood on March 4, 2024. This one dates back to the 1960s and is used for easy transport over snow.
Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB
10 of 12
In the winter, the quickest way up to Cloud Cap Inn on Mount Hood is in the Crag Rats' snow cat, seen here from the inside of the vehicle on March 4, 2024. The Crag Rats are a mountaineering group that maintains the inn for the Forest Service in exchange for being able to use the space for search and rescue efforts.
Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB
11 of 12
Crag Rats ski behind snow cat on the ride up to Cloud Cap Inn on March 4, 2024 on Mount Hood. Over the last decade, as the demand for mountain rescues has increased, the search-and-rescue mountaineering group Crag Rats have opened up to new members.
Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB
12 of 12
Cloud Cap Inn, seen here on March 4, 2024, has stood on Mount Hood for 135 years now and is in need of maintenance in several parts. A fundraising drive and a government appeal raised twice the sum needed to fix the roof, thanks to the Crag Rats, the U.S. Forest Service and Oregon’s Congressional delegation.
Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB
