Type: L-4 ground cabin Status: Staffed Elevation: 5,900′ Visited: November 11, 2023 While in the La Pine area over Veteran’s

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Type: D-6 cupola (1923) and 35′ tower (1995) Status: Cupola is abandoned; Tower is staffed Elevation: 6,436 feet Visited: June

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Type: 20′ R-6 tower Status: Staffed/rental Elevation: 5,400′ Visited: June 3, 2023 I’ve never been successful in renting the Green

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Type: 80′ steel tower Status: No longer staffed Elevation: 6,025′ Visited: June 11, 2021 After visiting East Butte I drove

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Type: 20′ L-4 tower Status: Staffed Elevation: 6,400′ Visited: June 11, 2021 During a camping and hiking weekend in central

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Type: 41-foot-tall tower with 16′ octagonal cabin Status: Staffed Elevation: 5,462′ Visited: June 19, 2020 While camping in the area

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Type: 86′ steel Aermotor tower Status: Abandoned Elevation: 5,546′ Visited: May 31, 2020 The road up to Trout Creek Butte

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Volunteers with Friends of the Metolius have been working with the Forest Service to restore the old 1923 D6 cupola

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