{"id":1312,"date":"2023-07-07T12:36:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T19:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/?p=1312"},"modified":"2023-07-10T12:48:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T19:48:59","slug":"return-to-pechuck-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2023\/07\/07\/return-to-pechuck-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to Pechuck Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Type: Stone cupola cabin<br \/>\nStatus: Not staffed; maintained by volunteers<br \/>\nElevation: 4,339 feet<br \/>\nVisited: June 11, 2023<\/p>\n<p>I <a href=\"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2013\/10\/09\/pechuck-mountain\/\">hiked to the Pechuck Lookout<\/a> in 2013 and haven&#8217;t been back since. The lookout and trail have been closed for several years because the Beachie Creek Fire burned part of the area in 2020. It&#8217;s open now and we hiked up to check things out. (Read about the hike itself <a href=\"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2023\/06\/14\/pechuck-lookout\/\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Many of the trees on the slopes below the lookout are burned:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52973667963_b72fa37272_c.jpg\" alt=\"Pechuck Lookout Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although the wildfire burned right up to the summit, the lookout did not burn, thankfully. It&#8217;s in pretty good shape, thanks to the volunteers who maintain it. But there is a lot of rodent poop inside:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52972418015_a00eb8079a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Pechuck Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52973670848_e73698212a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Pechuck Lookout Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52972619697_29a309cf4a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Pechuck Lookout Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52972491858_7bb69495ca_c.jpg\" alt=\"Pechuck Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52973215031_b1e795158b_c.jpg\" alt=\"Pechuck Lookout Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52973594090_5de2d249b7_c.jpg\" alt=\"Pechuck Lookout Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were several rolls of the protective wrap they use on lookouts when fires are getting close. I don&#8217;t know if they used it, or just had it hand in case:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52972618382_173b743678_c.jpg\" alt=\"Pechuck Lookout Hike\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I climbed the ladder up to the cupola. View of Table Rock to the north:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52972178899_414bc7a53e_c.jpg\" alt=\"Pechuck Lookout Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking east:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52973593655_f2aab333b2_c.jpg\" alt=\"Pechuck Lookout Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking south:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52973353459_86846f76ed_c.jpg\" alt=\"Pechuck Lookout Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The window shutters:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52973593190_856af09cd2_c.jpg\" alt=\"Pechuck Lookout Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More beargrass:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52972419200_140c193584_c.jpg\" alt=\"Pechuck Lookout Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Penstemon blooming on the summit:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52972175424_b95877bdbf_c.jpg\" alt=\"Pechuck Lookout Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had the place to ourselves the whole time we were there, and didn&#8217;t see anyone on the trail either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type: Stone cupola cabin Status: Not staffed; maintained by volunteers Elevation: 4,339 feet Visited: June 11, 2023 I hiked to<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2023\/07\/07\/return-to-pechuck-mountain\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Return to Pechuck Mountain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bureau-of-land-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312","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=1312"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1358,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312\/revisions\/1358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}