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Type: 50′ tower
\nStatus: Abandoned
\nElevation: 1,750′ feet
\nVisited: June 16, 2024<\/p>\n

While I was in the area this weekend I drove up to the Loon Lake area to check out Cougar Pass Lookout.<\/p>\n

I got this nice view on the drive up:<\/p>\n

\"Cougar<\/p>\n

I parked at the bottom of the access road which had neither a berm nor a gate:<\/p>\n

\"Cougar<\/p>\n

There’s a view of the lookout from the main road there:<\/p>\n

\"Cougar<\/p>\n

The road was overgrown in spots:<\/p>\n

\"Cougar<\/p>\n

But appeared to have been cleared and graded in other places:<\/p>\n

\"Cougar<\/p>\n

\"Cougar<\/p>\n

I reached a junction where the grassy track continued straight:<\/p>\n

\"Cougar<\/p>\n

I turned left to head up to the lookout:<\/p>\n

\"Cougar<\/p>\n

I reached the base of the tower:<\/p>\n

\"Cougar<\/p>\n

It was hard to see much from the ground so I flew the drone to get a few photos:<\/p>\n

\"Cougar<\/p>\n

\"Cougar<\/p>\n

The remains of an old shed:<\/p>\n

\"Cougar<\/p>\n

The base of the tower was once wrapped in chicken wire to keep people out, but it’s been mostly torn down:<\/p>\n

\"Cougar<\/p>\n

One could technically climb the stairs all the way to the top but I wasn’t going to do that. I only went up one flight to get a view looking east into the rising sun:<\/p>\n

\"Cougar<\/p>\n

It’s clear that people come up here to party. There was a whole bunch of trash, and this is only part of what I saw:<\/p>\n

\"Cougar<\/p>\n

Back at the car I found several ticks crawling on my pants that I picked up from walking in the tall grass.<\/p>\n

More information<\/strong>
\nForest Lookouts<\/a>
\nRex’s Forest Fire Lookout Page<\/a>
\nNational Historic Lookout Register<\/a>
\nPeakbagger<\/a>
\nGeocache<\/a><\/p>\n

History<\/strong><\/p>\n

A 40′ wooden tower was built on this high point along Umpcoos Ridge in the Coast Range above Loon Lake in 1935.<\/p>\n

A 50′ tower with a 14×14′ cabin replaced it in 1966, pictured here in 1984:<\/p>\n

\"null\"<\/a>
\nLa Vaughn Kemnow<\/em><\/p>\n

The lookout hasn’t been staffed in decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Type: 50′ tower Status: Abandoned Elevation: 1,750′ feet Visited: June 16, 2024 While I was in the area this weekend<\/p>\n

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