Type: 86′ steel Aermotor tower
Status: Abandoned
Elevation: 5,546′
Visited: May 31, 2020
The road up to Trout Creek Butte is in good shape and passable by any vehicle. Much of the summit burned in the 2017 Milli Fire:
However, some of the trees right by the lookout survived:
This lookout hasn’t been used in many years. The floor of the cabin is totally gone and much of the roof as well:
The lower sets of stairs have been removed and this inspection tag warns people not to climb the tower:
View of Black Crater through the trees:
From a different spot on the summit we got a view of Broken Top and South Sister:
Here is all of the Three Sisters, although Middle Sister is kind of hiding behind North:
We had a very nice view of North Sisters on the way down:
