Leecher Mountain Fire Lookout
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N 48° 15.036 W 120° 00.132
10U E 722525 N 5348499
A fire lookout tower in the Okanogan National Forest.
Waymark Code: WM3X1Y
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 05/29/2008
Views: 31
The present treated timber tower with L-4 cabin was constructed in 1954, using the cab from the Chiliwist Butte Lookout, 10 miles to the east.
There have been a variety of structures used on Leecher Mountain. The first was a crow's nest tree lookout dating from as early as 1918 located 1000' south of the present tower (still there). In 1921, a 45' steel windmill tower with a 6x6' cab was built, along with a 18x22' log cabin for living quarters. The log cabin was replaced by an L-4 cab in 1936. In 1954, the steel tower was moved to the North Cascades Smokejumper Base for a jump training loft. The ground-mounted L-4 cabin was moved to the Slate Peak Lookout, where it was destroyed two years later to make way for a radar station that was never built.
The Leecher lookout has been used only for emergency summer fire detection since the 1980's. The tower is reached by hiking 1.2 miles from a closed gate on the NFS 100 Road in the Chelan National Forest.
Height of Look-Out Tower in feet: 41.00
Difficulty: 
Opening times and fees: Not listed
Parking Area: Not Listed
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Visit Instructions:
Please log only if you have been up there and you must include a photo of the scenic view from the top.