{"id":431,"date":"2015-07-11T16:59:24","date_gmt":"2015-07-11T16:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/old.cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/?p=431"},"modified":"2019-09-10T15:50:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T15:50:16","slug":"indian-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2015\/07\/11\/indian-ridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Type:\u00a020&#8242; R-6 tower<br \/>\nStatus: Rental<br \/>\nElevation: 5,405 feet<br \/>\nVisited: July\u00a03, 2015<\/p>\n<p>I have thus far been unsuccessful in snagging a reservation at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/recarea\/willamette\/null\/recarea\/?recid=4409&amp;actid=101\">Indian Ridge lookout<\/a>, but since I was in the area last weekend I decided to drive up and have a look at it. I&#8217;m going to have to try harder to get a reservation here because the views are pretty amazing! The Three Sisters are front and center:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1692\/26189655931_c51ddcf3b1_c.jpg\" alt=\"Three Sisters\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mt. Jefferson:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1630\/26229986996_4e562d8cb0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Mt. Jefferson\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Diamond Peak:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1631\/25983060750_8e7496ec88_c.jpg\" alt=\"Diamond Peak\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a panorama looking east along the Cascades. Spectacular!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/2\/1663\/25653345383_cb527b015d_k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1663\/25653345383_9548825c71_c.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Ridge panorama\" width=\"800\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lookout was occupied, of course. A car was there, but it was very quiet and I think the renters were taking a nap. Wise choice on this hot afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1606\/25653239343_027cfd7fbf_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lookout\" width=\"531\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1442\/25653235023_036484a586_c.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Ridge Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looks like there was a good beargrass bloom up here a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1570\/25653232863_ae4bf6b4fd_c.jpg\" alt=\"Beargrass\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A parting view of the lookout on the way back down:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1691\/26255897625_7be2c94b10_c.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Ridge Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: I rented this tower in 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2019\/09\/10\/return-to-indian-ridge\/\">Read about that experience here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type:\u00a020&#8242; R-6 tower Status: Rental Elevation: 5,405 feet Visited: July\u00a03, 2015 I have thus far been unsuccessful in snagging a<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2015\/07\/11\/indian-ridge\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indian Ridge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-willamette-national-forest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","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=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":706,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}