CUSTER COUNTY
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
Sawtooth National recreation Area
10N-14E-13
10N-14E-13
1933: A L-4 cabin built. (Kresek)
March 9, 1944: 32-acre lookout and pasture site withdrawn from the public domain.
August 14, 1969: "Lookout Mountain Lookout on the Challis Forest east of Stanley Basin reported observing 751 lightning strikes in the storm." (The Recorder Herald)
August 28, 2012: The lookout wrapped in protective material against the approaching Halstead fire.
DESIGNATION - CHASE
PID - QA0736
STATE/COUNTY- ID/CUSTER
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - CASINO LAKES (1963)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 (EBL)
ABOUT 9 MILES, AIRLINE, EAST BY SOUTH FROM STANLEY AND ABOUT
6 MILES, AIRLINE, SOUTH OF THE SUNBEAM DAM ON THE HIGHEST
POINT OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, JUST WEST OF THE LOOKOUT HOUSE.
TO REACH FROM STANLEY, GO EAST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 93 FOR 10 MILES
TO THE BRIDGE AT THE MOUTH OF ROUGH CREEK, HERE CROSS THE
SALMON RIVER AND DRIVE UP ROUGH CREEK FOR 1.5 MILES TO THE
END OF TRUCK TRAVEL AT THE FIRST BUILDINGS. TAKE THE TRAIL
WHICH STARTS AT THE BRIDGE ACROSS ROUGH CREEK 1/4 MILE BELOW
THE BUILDINGS AND FOLLOW IT TO THE STATION. THE CHASE MT.
LOOKOUT IS LOCATED ON THE SAME MOUNTAIN. ABOUT 3-1/2 HOURS
PACK WITH HORSES FROM THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. HORSES MAY
BE SECURED FROM EITHER L.A. FRACKS OR DAD CAMERON.