CLEMAN MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT
Originally developed in 1946 with a log cabin, replaced in 1954 by an L-4 cab, a 40' wooden live-in DNR tower. built in 1968, was last staffed by the Wenatchee National Forest in 1998. Storm damage broke one of the tower legs over the winter of 2006/2007, leading to the tower being torn down in the Spring of 2007. It was listed on the National Historic Lookout Register.
R.I.P. 1968-2007
Washington Dept of Natural Resources/Wenatchee National Forest
25 miles northwest of Yakima
Yakima County, Washington
Elevation 5115'

Click for larger image
Cleman Mtn. in 1961 Cleman Mtn. in 1998
Photos courtesy the Fire Lookout Museum and Rex Kamstra