{"id":604,"date":"2018-05-31T20:13:37","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T20:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/old.cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/?p=604"},"modified":"2026-02-25T21:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T04:15:09","slug":"sugarloaf-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2018\/05\/31\/sugarloaf-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugarloaf Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Type: 32&#8242; L4 tower<br \/>\nStatus: Staffed<br \/>\nElevation: 6,128&#8242;<br \/>\nVisited: May 25, 2018<\/p>\n<p>From <a title=\"Bald Butte\" href=\"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2018\/05\/30\/bald-butte\/\">Bald Butte<\/a> it was a beautiful drive north on Road 47, and then we turned off to head up Sugarloaf Mountain. There&#8217;s a gate about 0.6 miles down from the lookout and right as we arrived we were hit by quite a hailstorm. The hail was HUGE and it sounded like rocks hitting the car.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1722\/41751760724_07a9660e6b_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sugarloaf Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After it passed we got out and started walking:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1737\/28602193258_4aed96f775_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sugarloaf Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wildflowers:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1741\/41751756724_2dcfe1c2de_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sugarloaf Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the last we&#8217;d see of the sun for awhile:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1723\/40665823320_f27a6e2136_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sugarloaf Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The lookout:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/874\/42474689641_00de3ee2d5_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sugarloaf Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/897\/42474578061_21e515160d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sugarloaf Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Old garage:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/897\/28602499328_64dc478d26_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sugarloaf Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nice spot for a picnic:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1739\/42474621361_9751d9c094_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sugarloaf Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The weather was deteriorating fast so we headed back to the car. We had wanted to visit the West Myrtle lookout as well, and it was only a mile off Road 37. So close! But we started driving the spur road and found it to be in rough shape. I would have kept going if it had been dry, but with the pouring rain the road was too wet and treacherous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type: 32&#8242; L4 tower Status: Staffed Elevation: 6,128&#8242; Visited: May 25, 2018 From Bald Butte it was a beautiful drive<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2018\/05\/31\/sugarloaf-mountain\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sugarloaf Mountain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malheur-national-forest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604","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=604"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2008,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions\/2008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}