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Chicken Peak Lookout

Hike-InAbandoned
Elevation: 8657′Frank Church Wilderness

History

1930 – Constructed
1969 – Last Staffed
1999 – Registered with National Historic Lookout Register

Notes from NHLR

Chicken Peak is a cultural treasure needing care. It is the only known remaining example of this style of pre-CCC log and timber cab and the oldest lookout on the forest. The 14′ x 14′ R4-D8 cab with steep pyramid roof and no catwalk was built in 1930 and staffed until 1969.

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