ALDRICH MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT
Developed in 1934 with an L-4 cab, a 3-story frame live-in ODF cab was built in 1959, only to be burned by vandals the same year. This identical replacement, built in 1960, is staffed every summer, presently by the Ochoco National Forest.
Malheur National Forest/Oregon Dept. of Forestry/Bureau of Land Management/Ochoco National Forest
25 miles west of John Day
Grant County, Oregon
Elevation 6988'
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Aldrich Mtn. in 1977 Aldrich Mtn. in 1983 Aldrich Mtn. L.O. Aldrich Mtn. L.O. Aldrich Mtn. L.O. Aldrich Mtn. in 2010
Photos courtesy the Oregon Dept. of Forestry and Rex Kamstra