One of Oregon’s more popular mountaintop fire lookouts is set to be rebuilt after it was destroyed in the 2020 Labor Day wildfires. Bolan Mountain Fire Lookout, located just above the ...

BUTTE MEADOWS — A petition to ask the U.S. Forest Service to save the Colby Mountain Fire Lookout was among the ideas coming from a community meeting Saturday in this mountain town. About 30 people, ...

ROSS LAKE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA — He spends his summers in a glass house perched thousands of feet above some of the most scenic wilderness in the world. He has a 360-degree view of spectacular ...

Washington was once home to hundreds of fire lookouts – great towers that would stand above the trees, offering 360-degree views of the surrounding wilderness. The towers were used by spotters, who ...

This summer, the nonprofit Siskiyou Mountain Club will work with the U.S. Forest Service to reconstruct the Bolan Mountain Fire Lookout in southern Oregon, a historic cabin that burned to the ground ...

PIKE NATIONAL FOREST — While historic fire lookouts dot the Colorado landscape, advancing technology has meant fewer of these structures are staffed than in the past; let's meet one of the state's ...

It was one of those special fall days when crystal-clear air allowed the eyes to see further than the imagination. From my mile-high perch on the western nose of Palomar Mountain I could clearly see ...

This story was originally published by Writers on the Range. The writers Edward Abbey, Gary Snyder and Norman McLean all staffed high-elevation fire lookouts in the West—their experiences rich fuel ...

Washington was once home to hundreds of fire lookouts — great towers that would stand above the trees, offering 360-degree views of the surrounding wilderness. The towers were used by spotters, who ...