| Drive-Up | Destroyed / Removed |
| Elevation: 5156′ | Coeur d’Alene National Forest |
History
1918: 20′ Platform tower
1930’s: 40′ Pole tower with 7’x7′ cab
1948: 40′ L-4 (500 ft north of summit)
1976: Destroyed
Our Notes
Read Chad Kinzel’s story about being a lookout at Bernard Peak here.
This was a pretty exciting location. There was a lot of lookout history here. We found evidence of the multiple different towers around the peak.
But the most exciting find was the partial engraving on a piece of concrete:
“R.L. 8-29”
Our guess is that the initials were left by a CCC Boys crew. I am unsure whether this was August 29th, and the year was broken off this piece, or if it was just August of 1929. The 40′ pole tower was built in 1930 according to the data we have found.
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