Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... There’s a small wooden cabin at the top of Northwest Peak, a few miles from Montana’s borders with Idaho and Canada, and Chuck Manning, 79, believes lookouts ...
There’s a small wooden cabin at the top of Northwest Peak, a few miles from Montana’s borders with Idaho and Canada, and Chuck Manning, 79, believes lookouts like this one deserve a second chance at ...
There’s a small wooden cabin at the top of Northwest Peak, a few miles from Montana’s borders with Idaho and Canada, and Chuck Manning, 79, believes lookouts like this one deserve a second chance at ...
Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Fire lookouts occupy an uncommon spot in the world. Their function is simultaneously ...
Old towers, big horizons, short(-ish) approaches. Some of these lookouts are still staffed in summer, some are historic ...
Idaho got its nickname, the "Gem State," from the many gemstones that can be found in its rocky mountains, especially the rare star garnet, found only in Idaho and India. Nowadays, the Gem State is ...
The writers Edward Abbey, Gary Snyder and Norman McLean all staffed high-elevation fire lookouts in the West — their experiences rich fuel for their work. But Jack Kerouac’s reaction makes me smile.
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (FOX40.COM) — Volunteers at the Mt. Zion ...
The removal of the Woodridge fire tower has left many residents surprised and disappointed, as the long-standing landmark ...
Looking for that one Christmas gift that towers over all the rest? You can get your hands on a surplus, steel, 80-foot-tall fire lookout tower — and likely dirt cheap. That is, until you tack on ...
An 80-foot fire lookout tower is for sale in Paris Mountain State Park near Greenville, South Carolina. Bidding ends Monday, and the state surplus auction site lists the high bid on the tower as of ...
In our super connected world, it can be hard to imagine jobs this remote and rugged still exist, but one woman spends every summer hiking up to the top of a mountain where she stays alone with her for ...