{"id":1196,"date":"2022-10-30T14:17:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T14:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2022-10-30T14:19:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T14:19:21","slug":"return-to-devils-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2022\/10\/30\/return-to-devils-peak\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to Devils Peak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Type: 8&#8242; tower with L-4 cab<br \/>\nStatus: Abandoned but available to use<br \/>\nElevation: 5,045 feet<br \/>\nVisited: October 8, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Greg and I <a href=\"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2012\/09\/27\/devils-peak\/\">first visited<\/a> the Devils Peak lookout in September 2012, almost exactly ten years ago. That time we hiked Hunchback Trail #793 from the end of very rough Road 2613. Today we decided to visit by hiking Cool Creek Trail #794 from Still Creek Road.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll just write about the lookout here. If you want to read about the hike see <a href=\"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2022\/10\/21\/devils-peak\/\">my post on my adventure blog<\/a>. After 3.5 miles and 3,070&#8242; elevation gain we reached the junction with the Hunchback Trail. We turned right, then almost immediately turned left for the spur trail to the lookout:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52436811557_138030ab57_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After 3.6 miles and 3,140&#8242; elevation gain I reached the lookout. Greg arrived a short while later:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52437569420_edf75ae52c_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52437568180_4ce1486760_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52437264021_c3b0ec4ac0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inside there are two beds and a woodstove:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52437835933_4c7969298b_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52437769465_aaee1f4685_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although it&#8217;s getting pretty overgrown, you can still see Mt. Hood from the doorway:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52437668743_1f43fa4009_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Hike\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52437664568_3637a50cd9_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The only other view is to the southeast:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52437605840_1425d91522_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s interesting to compare the panorama photos from 1933 to how the &#8220;view&#8221; looks today. Looking southwest:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52416006010_a71d4588f7_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Panorama SW\" width=\"800\" height=\"343\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52437313766_cfb977feea_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"353\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking southeast:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52415846354_acd0bfa3e7_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Panorama SE\" width=\"800\" height=\"343\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52437312901_30cc585eee_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"369\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking north:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52415048947_b1f7197ac0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Panorama N\" width=\"800\" height=\"343\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52437593184_de1b727838_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"440\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52437833313_6607f08ff9_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Hike\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a storage shed under the cabin:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52437589624_75a4ac5623_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are tree stumps all over the place, presumably from people cutting down trees for firewood:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52437311621_2af9cd0b9b_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52437311241_02b9f31220_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A group of four backpackers arrived and started propping open the shutters, which makes the place feel less abandoned:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52437540619_fce29d60b8_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52437783068_fa684347fa_c.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The cabin is looking a little worse for wear. I don&#8217;t know how much (if any) maintenance it sees and I wouldn&#8217;t want to stay in there. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type: 8&#8242; tower with L-4 cab Status: Abandoned but available to use Elevation: 5,045 feet Visited: October 8, 2022 Greg<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2022\/10\/30\/return-to-devils-peak\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Return to Devils Peak<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mt-hood-national-forest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1196"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1210,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196\/revisions\/1210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}