Type: L-4 Ground Cabin Status: Abandoned Elevation: 5,700 feet Visited: July 5, 2014 2020 UPDATE: Although I haven’t been back to Olallie Mountain since my 2014 visit, it’s reported that the lookout has burned down. The Forest Service has not determined…
Carpenter Mountain
Type: L-4 Ground Cabin Status: Staffed Elevation: 5,369 feet Visited: July 4, 2014 To get to Carpenter Mountain you have to weave your way through the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. I got a glimpse of the lookout perched way up there…
Quail Prairie
Type: 41′ R-6 tower Status: Abandoned Elevation: 3,030 feet Visited: June 29, 2014 The Quail Prairie lookout tower was built in 1963. It used to be part of the rental program but around 2010 or 2011 part of the cabin…
Snow Camp Mountain
Type: Ground cabin (rebuilt) Status: Available to rent Elevation: 4,223 feet Visited: June 27-30, 2014 We rented the lookout on Snow Camp Mountain last weekend. This was the first lookout to go on the rental program in 1990 and was…
Wildhorse Lookout
Type: 40′ L-4 tower Status: Being restored Elevation: 3,778 feet Visited: June 29, 2014 The Wildhorse Lookout was built in 1947 after the original tower was crushed by heavy snow. Unfortunately it became the victim of heavy snow again during…