Due to a combination of vandalism and careless renters, the Forest Service is removing Flag Point Lookout from the rental program. Flag Point is one of only three staffed lookouts in the Mt. Hood National Forest. I’ve been there twice…
Bone Point
Type: 30′ steel tower Status: Abandoned Elevation: 4,527 feet Visited: June 12, 2016 The FFLA Conference ended on Saturday, and on Sunday I began the long drive back to Portland. I decided to head home via Highway 395, which turned out…
Aldrich Mountain
Type: Three-story enclosed tower Status: Staffed Elevation: 6,998 feet Visited: June 11, 2016 On the second day of the FFLA conference we visited one lookout in the afternoon. Aldrich Mountain is southeast of the little town of Dayville. The drive up…
Black Butte
Type: 20′ L-4 tower Status: Abandoned Elevation: 6,235 feet Visited: June 10, 2016 After visiting Ritter Butte the FFLA group caravaned up to Black Butte. From Highway 395 we drove county road 88 to Road 3955 then up to Road 3956…
Ritter Butte
Type: Three-story enclosed tower Status: Staffed Elevation: 4,200 feet Visited: June 10, 2016 I attended the FFLA Western Conference in John Day this past weekend (more details here). Friday afternoon we visited two lookouts off of Highway 395. The first was…
FFLA Western Conference
Every year the Forest Fire Lookout Association holds a western conference. The last time the conference was held in Oregon was in September 2011, when I hadn’t yet become aware of the FFLA and what they do. This year the conference…
Tiptop Mountain
In the Spring 2016 issue of Lookout Network there is news about the lookout on Tiptop Mountain in northeast Oregon. “The state is having to remove Tiptop Mountain Lookout, at the request of landowner Hancock Forest Management.” The abandoned tower is…