Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Peter Kitts uses a spare two-by-four to reinforce a crossbeam on the Northwest Peak Lookout. (Hailey Smalley/Daily Inter Lake)

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Volunteer effort stokes historic fire lookouts back into peak condition
August 10, 2025 midnight

Volunteer effort stokes historic fire lookouts back into peak condition

Built in 1929, the 14-foot by 14-foot room served as a joint home and office for seasonal fire lookouts employed through the U.S. Forest Service. After the building was decommissioned in 1955, the federal agency left the building to either withstand or succumb to the brutal conditions atop Northwest Peak.