Sugar Fire Lookout
Total Kilometers
10.2
Elevation
666.30 m
Duration
4 Hours
Technical Rating
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Trail Overview
This trail takes you into beautiful high alpine meadows to a summit of 7171 ft to a fire lookout with an amazing 360 view of the Monashee Mountains, Kate, and Sugar Lakes. This a very tight trail with loose rocks, steep climbs, switchbacks, and rock ledges to make the summit of the trail. This trail is accessed from mid-July to September due to snow. Access in mid-June is limited to snowdrifts on the switchbacks. Please stay on designated trails do not drive in grass meadows very sensitive ecosystem at this elevation.
Photos of Sugar Fire Lookout
Difficulty
This is a very tight and rough trail expect pinstripes, bring a chain saw this trail is known for many downed trees. 3ft rock ledge about halfway up the trail and very rocky rough sections leading to the top.This trail has few options to turn around at the top when the rocky section is reached so be prepared for rough sharp rocks.
History
This fire lookout is very well preserved let's encourage people to keep it that way. It's an amazing piece of history.
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