STEIN MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT
Developed in 1917 with a log cabin, an L-4 cab on a log crib replaced it in the 1930s. The present 10' concrete base topped with an R-6 flat cab, built in 1958 on the far west end of the ridge, is staffed in the summer.
Salmon National Forest
20 miles north of Salmon
Lemhi County, Idaho
Elevation 8555'
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Stein Mtn. in the late 1930s Stein Mtn. in 1980 Stein Mtn. in 1980 Stein Mtn. L.O. Stein Mtn. in 2003
Photos courtesy of Anita Stevens collection, Steve Bixby, Rex Kamstra and Robert L. Tincher