IDAHO COUNTY
CHAIR POINT
Nez Perce National Forest
25N-2E-28
25N-2E-28
1931: 45-foot pole tower with L-6 cab. (Kresek)
1953: 41-foot treated timber tower with an L-4 cab. (Kresek)
July 9, 1980: "Mr. and Mrs. Lyn Catherman of Slate Creek were out to the services from Chair Point Lookout, where Lyn is doing some repair work on the lookout. They went back in on Monday morning. Chris Cooper will be stationed at Chair Point." (The Record)
1980: 41-foot treated timber tower with a R-6 cab. (Kresek)
September 2015: The tower and associated buildings were wrapped in protective foil in advance of the Teepee Springs fire.
DESIGNATION - CHAIR POINT
PID - RA1290
STATE/COUNTY- ID/IDAHO
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - RIGGINS HOT SPRINGS (1995)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1945 (CAG)
STATION IS LOCATED ON THE SUMMIT OF A PROMINENT HILL OCCUPIED BY THE
CHAIR POINT FOREST SERVICE LOOKOUT TOWER. IT IS ABOUT 4.5 MILES NE
OF RIGGINS, ABOUT 3.5 MILES NW OF RIGGINS HOT SPRINGS, 20 FEET W OF A
CELLAR, AND 13 FEET NE OF THE NE LEG OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER.
TO REACH FROM RIGGINS, CROSS THE SWINGING BRIDGE OVER THE SNAKE RIVER
AND FOLLOW THE SWITCH-BACK TRAIL UP THE STEEP SLOPE FOR ABOUT 3.0
MILES TO THE SUMMIT OF THE RIDGE. FROM HERE FOLLOW THE RIDGE N AND
E FOR 8.0 MILES TO THE SUMMIT AND THE STATION. AT THE TIME THE
OBSERVING PARTY OCCUPIED THIS STATION THERE WERE NO TURN-OFFS ON
THIS TRAIL. ABOUT A 4-HOUR HORSE PACK.