Return to Round Mountain
Type: L-4 ground cabin Status: Staffed Elevation: 5,900′ Visited: June 22, 2024 I visited Round Mountain last fall because I
Category: Deschutes National Forest
Return to Odell Butte
Type: 30′ tower with R-6 cabin Status: Staffed in summer Elevation: 7,033 feet Visited: June 22, 2024 I first visited Odell
Walker Mountain
Type: 35′ steel tower with L-4 cab Status: Abandoned Elevation: 7,083′ Visited: June 21, 2024 The 3.7 miles of Road 9402
Round Mountain
Type: L-4 ground cabin Status: Staffed Elevation: 5,900′ Visited: November 11, 2023 While in the La Pine area over Veteran’s
Return to Black Butte
Type: D-6 cupola (1923) and 35′ tower (1995) Status: Cupola is abandoned; Tower is staffed Elevation: 6,436 feet Visited: June
Green Ridge
Type: 20′ R-6 tower Status: Staffed/rental Elevation: 5,400′ Visited: June 3, 2023 I’ve never been successful in renting the Green
Fox Butte
Type: 80′ steel tower Status: No longer staffed Elevation: 6,025′ Visited: June 11, 2021 After visiting East Butte I drove
East Butte
Type: 20′ L-4 tower Status: Staffed Elevation: 6,400′ Visited: June 11, 2021 During a camping and hiking weekend in central
Spring Butte
Type: 41-foot-tall tower with 16′ octagonal cabin Status: Staffed Elevation: 5,462′ Visited: June 19, 2020 While camping in the area
Trout Creek Butte
Type: 86′ steel Aermotor tower Status: Abandoned Elevation: 5,546′ Visited: May 31, 2020 The road up to Trout Creek Butte