Lookouts Threatened by 2024 Wildfires
Note: I’m continuing to update this post as the summer goes along. Oregon is having a really bad fire season.
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Fairview Peak Restoration
December 2023 update: More than a year after the announcement below I have not seen Fairview Peak be made available
Bull of the Woods Lookout Burns
On August 31, in response to a question on Facebook about wrapping the Bull of the Woods lookout, the Mt.
Lookouts Burned in the Historic 2020 Wildfires
Starting on Monday, September 7, 2020 (Labor Day) Oregon experienced an historic wind event. Several previously-burning wildfires blew up and
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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
Fairview Peak Needs Repairs
The Forest Service has had to close the Fairview Peak lookout. They discovered “structural deficiencies” during an inspection, so the
Evergreen Lookout Wedding
Well here’s a great story. Last September photographer Benj Haisch shot a wedding for Kelsie and Matt at the Evergreen
Lookout as Home
Here’s a great story about Dabney Tompkins and Alan Colley and the lookout they built. It was meant to be
Osborne Panorama comparisons
Voice of America published an interesting article about a project to compare the present-day view from lookout sites with the