IDAHO COUNTY
GRAVE PEAK
Clearwater National Forest
35N-15E-8
35N-15E-8
December 24, 1921: "Several new lookout towers have been erected on commanding mountain tops in the Missoula national forest this fall. Spectacular packing feats were necessary to get supplies to Graves and Wylies peaks, two of the most inaccessible points at which lookouts have been established. Unable to secure logs in the vicinity, the forest service purchased two portable structures. These were packed to the peaks, a distance of 50 to 75 miles. Animals were used over a greater part of the distance, but man power was required to complete the job. The material in each structure weighed three and a quarter tons. Sections were from two feet to twelve feet in length." (The Ogden Standard-Examiner)
September 25, 1922: "During the summer a lookout house was built on the top of Grave peak at an altitude of 8,287 feet. The material was all transported 50 miles by horse and three-quarters of a mile on the backs of the rangers. To hold the building secure against storms, bolts were sunk into the bedrock and guy wires tied in from the cupola to safe anchorage on solid rock. Many miles of trail cutting was also done which will enable the rangers to cover the district in much less time than formerly." (The Daily Missoulian)
1967: Abandoned (Kresek)
2004: The lookout structure was restored.