Fire Lookouts
Other fire lookouts around the park, however, aren't doing so well. There were indications of damage shorty after the November rainstorm. The park was flooded, but it was also hit with extremely high winds (particularly on the upper slopes). The weather telemetry equipment at Camp Muir measured an average wind speed of 121 MPH!
Shortly after the storm, we noticed that certain park radio repeaters were no longer working. Those repeaters happened to be placed on fire lookouts?!. Fremont fire lookout (NE side of the park near Sunrise) was a victim of high winds, and lost it's roof.
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Another aerial image of Fremont fire lookout.
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Tolmie Peak fire lookout (NW corner of the park, near Mowich Lake) managed to survive, and it's radio repeater works OK.
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Gobblers Knob (SW corner above Lake George) also lost its roof. This was first confirmed when maintenance personnel took a snow machine up a forest road to "glass" the lookout from outside the park. Once they noted the roof was gone, a team hiked in to closely survey the damage.
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