Schafer Peak Lookout

Hike-In	Removed
Elevation: 5209′	Coeur d’Alene National Forest

History

1938 – L-4 tower
1954 – 41′ Pole L-4 tower
1976 – Sold to a farmer from Clark Fork and removed

1957 * Photo by Ted Kardos * Corey Vogel Collection

Undated postcard of Schafer Peak *Tom Ebert collection

Known Staff

1949 – Bob Kurth OR Arnold Krause (See article from Sandpoint New Bulletin 1949 below)

1950s – Paul Mace
1967 – Harry Crawford

1969 – Jerry Tate (Sandpoint News Bulletin)

1970 – Bill Philips (see article from Sandpoint News Bulletin 1970 below)

1976 – The tower was purchased and removed by the Vogel family. Most, if not all, of the furniture and windows was given a second life – currently being used/repurposed in their home today.

Undated postcard of Schafer Peak Lookout *Tom Ebert collection

Our Notes

We have hiked into Schafer Peak lookout twice. Once along the Green Monarch trail and once the shorter more direct (read steep) trail. Both trails were beautiful and the views overlooking Lake Pend Oreille are worth every step!

It was our 2nd hike up with Gary Weber (who had last visited the site in the 80s with his son) was the perfect partly cloudy day. Once we reached the site we enjoyed the views, a sandwich and exploring the peak and its ruins.

We found 6 cement footings, 4 of which were clearly those from the “newer” tower built in the 50s. However we could not find more than 2 of the original cement footings from the earlier tower.