Thank you. It was a fire look out i think it was built sometime in the 1930s. It was used to look out during ww2 and the lady manning it saw a Japanese plane drop some bombs to start forest fires. it was abandoned sometime in the 1960s you can still see some remnants of the old outhouse up near the top and the old telegraph cable is still in place on most of the trail. We hiked it back in 2016 i think it was nice little hike. the roads where all put in by the forest service in the 1960s and 1970s for logging purposes that’s where all the blasting comes in.
@@uglyjeeps Great insights, thanks. In the 70's while in college, I surveyed for the USFS out of Glide, is why I was curious about that road building. In my day, I think we would have just flagged a different line avoiding all that rock work. guessing from decades recollection. cheers!
I’ve only ever been about 6 miles up elk river. Thanks for shooting this. I look forward to part 2!
We need to get red willis up there one of these days
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Great video, Thxs for the ride! You think Butler LO was used for WWII? The amount of rock blasting is why I wonder. 26:51
Thank you. It was a fire look out i think it was built sometime in the 1930s. It was used to look out during ww2 and the lady manning it saw a Japanese plane drop some bombs to start forest fires. it was abandoned sometime in the 1960s you can still see some remnants of the old outhouse up near the top and the old telegraph cable is still in place on most of the trail. We hiked it back in 2016 i think it was nice little hike. the roads where all put in by the forest service in the 1960s and 1970s for logging purposes that’s where all the blasting comes in.
@@uglyjeeps Great insights, thanks. In the 70's while in college, I surveyed for the USFS out of Glide, is why I was curious about that road building. In my day, I think we would have just flagged a different line avoiding all that rock work. guessing from decades recollection. cheers!
summer can't come soon enough.....
Indeed!