Fivemile Butte Again
January 13-15, 2019 For our annual sisters winter trek this year, Deb and I reserved Fivemile Butte Lookout in the
Author: Cheryl
Gold Butte in the Clouds
Greg and I stayed at Gold Butte Lookout in September 2013 and again in July 2016. We had reservations for
Table Rock
Type: L-4 ground cabin Status: Staffed Elevation: 7,815 Visited: May 27, 2018 After a hike in the nearby Bullrun Rock
Unity Ranger Station
Type: 60′ tower Status: Used for emergencies Elevation: 4,000 Visited: May 26, 2018 While renting a cabin at nearby Unity
Sugarloaf Mountain
Type: 32′ L4 tower Status: Staffed Elevation: 6,128′ Visited: May 25, 2018 From Bald Butte it was a beautiful drive
Bald Butte
Type: 41′ timber tower Status: Abandoned Elevation: 5,920′ Visited: May 25, 2018 After lingering for a long time on Dry Mountain
Dry Mountain
Type: 70′ steel tower Status: Used for emergencies Elevation: 6,281′ Visited: May 25, 2018 At the start of our long
Green Mountain
Type: 50′ concrete observation tower Status: Staffed Elevation: 5,190′ Visited: May 2, 2018 While on a road trip with my
Lookouts in the Malheur National Forest
The Malheur National Forest has released a draft Facility Master Plan and a draft Recreation Facility Master Plan for the
The difficulty of renting fire lookouts
A few weeks ago OregonLive posted this article: Fire lookouts are hot destinations, but face an uncertain future in the