This year’s lookout cabin, located several hours east of Bend, Oregon, is about 14 feet by 14 feet and sits atop a 20-foot structure. “Every wall is covered in windows,” she said.

But the Desolation Fire, as it became known, climbed halfway uphill toward the lookout cabin, threatening to burn it down. In an effort to preserve it, fire crews had wrapped the 14 1/2 by 14 1/2 ...

Ashley says a day at the lookout starts at 9:30; from then until she descends the steps back to her cabin in the evening, she's scanning her surroundings (through binoculars) for smoke every 15 ...

In 1915, U.S. Forest Service ranger Elijah “Lige” Coalman built a fire lookout cabin on the summit of Mount Hood. The cabin is the subject of a new documentary.

Sep. 19—A nearly 90-year-old fire lookout cabin overlooking Lassen National Forest and the Ishi Wilderness — once used as a wartime defense station, then as a rentable vacation getaway — was ...

A nearly 90-year-old fire lookout cabin overlooking Lassen National Forest and the Ishi Wilderness — once used as a wartime defense station, then as a rentable vacation getaway — was destroyed ...

Brig Malessa works as a fire lookout in a remote part of Oregon. She shares her life on TikTok to show others her job and alternative ways of living.

News Pacific NW These Washington fire lookout towers offer 360-degree views. Here’s how to hike, rent them. June 24, 2023 Updated Sat., June 24, 2023 at 8:57 p.m. X Email Reddit ...

Fire lookouts close to Boise Big Tower Lookout Located just off Lake Lowell in southwest Nampa, Big Tower Lookout ironically is one of the lowest elevation towers in the state at 2,605 feet above ...

It burned 429,603 acres and destroyed over 700 residential and commercial structures. The McCarthy Point fire lookout in Lassen National Forest was burned down in the Park Fire.