An historic lookout in Chelan County is still standing within the eye of a raging wildfire that has burned nearly 8,000 acres in less than a week.

The Lower Sugarloaf Fire shares part of its namesake with the Sugarloaf Lookout, which was erected in 1914 on the Wenatchee River Ranger District within the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest and is one of the oldest lookout posts in Washington State. loading...

Now, 111 years later, the lookout is in jeopardy of being damaged or even lost entirely to the very elements that it was designed to spot in order to prevent potential devastation.

Spokesperson Bill Queen with Pacific Northwest Complex Incident Management Team 3 says the Lower Sugarloaf Fire is currently within about 1,000 feet (or 333 yards) of the lookout. And while that number mig

See Full Page