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PostSat Mar 21, 2020 10:19 am 
Schroder....there was a hotel for the wealthy at Moore Point on Lake Chelan too. I've tried to find info about it but unsuccessful so far. I've camped on the very flat open area where it once was a couple times. The remains around the area are still evident. There's what's left of the orchard, some old wooden wire wrapped water lines, stone walls and exotic plants there. We've snacked on the cilantro they planted and is now running wild in the area. Old hotels are gone but not forgotten.... cool.gif

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PostSun Mar 22, 2020 7:29 am 
It took a bit of searching but I found that the Forest Service had a photo of Moore's Inn:
Maybe not as elegant as the Big Four Inn but certainly more remote

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PostThu Mar 26, 2020 7:43 am 
Karen Sykes had pictures of both places, back in a post she did in 2003! - Monte Cristo around 1979 https://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1423 Including a picture of Moore's Inn that she took herself!

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PostThu Mar 26, 2020 11:55 am 
Glad to see you're still checking in on us from time to time Scrooge up.gif

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PostSat Mar 28, 2020 1:43 pm 
Wow, that would have been an amazing experience to go somewhere so remote back then and stay in a place like the Big Four Inn. I love the idea of having railroads instead of highways in places like the Mountain Loop! It'd be great to be able to hop on a train to get to a trail head instead of have to drive there. No parking/trailhead vandalism worries, no road noise on front country hikes..... it's a shame we settled on personal vehicles as our primary method of transportation.

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PostSat May 30, 2020 3:41 pm 
My mother in law worked at the Big Four Lodge for a few summers before the road was put in. She would leave Granite Falls High School, walk to the train depot and catch the "Gas car" to the lodge. The other young ladies and her would spend the week end working and dodging creepy miners and then head back Sunday night. She said the owner treated his workers like family and that she felt very safe the whole time.

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