[fourteen410]

Headed over to the beautiful Methow valley this weekend. My good friend was running a 50k near Patterson Mountain, so that left me with plenty of time to visit a few lookouts Lookout Mountain Lookout Awesome lookout. The last couple of miles of road to the TH are rough. The trail is short, steep, and sweet. Views are outstanding.

First Butte Lookout There are two ways to access First Butte: via the Bromas Creek drainage or via the Leroy Creek drainage. Headed up the Bromas Creek road (FS 37) to see if it had been repaired. It is still washed out. Headed back down the road and over to the Leroy Creek route. About 7 miles up FS-5010-100, I was stopped by a couple of downed trees and had to retreat. The next morning, I bought a saw at the local hardware store and headed back up the Leroy Creek drainage, ready to saw up some timber. To my surprise, someone had beat me to it sometime in the past 12 hours. Thank you to whoever did that! The roads from here up to the lookout were real rough. Just before the lookout, there was a (skinny) downed tree, which allowed me to put the saw to use. Up at the lookout, the views were magnificent.

Leecher Mt. Lookout Then it was on to Leecher Mt. Lookout. On the drive up, I encountered some lazy cows sleeping in the road. They eventually mooooved out of my way. I was able to drive to within 1.2 miles of the lookout, only to be stopped by a locked gate. As I began the short trek upward, I ran into Redwic and PaulM coming down - nice to finally meet you both!

With some extra time to spare before it was time to pick up the crazy runner at the finish line, I headed over to Blackpine Lake, which was really pretty.

Lookout nos. 32, 33, and 34

[lookout bob]

You go girl!!!!

[wildernessed]

[Hikingqueen]

What Bob said! So awesome 3 down!

[n16ht5]

nice! You got some really great photos. We were up on Lookout Mt Sunday Is there a site or book to find directions to all of the lookouts you go to? I have to really dig sometimes to find the information.

[SergioNapelo]

[Magellan]

Nice tour. I don't remember Lookout lookout being so sadlooking two years ago.

[Redwic]

It was good finally meeting you, too, albeit unplanned. I'm glad you went to the old crow's nest LO tree, too. In most cases, I usually do not repeat peaks... but Mount Leecher is a nice one and it was better than sitting at home. During our drive back down Highway 153, the storm system was moving in fast and we watched the outside temperatures change by 17 degrees(!) within two miles. From 73 to 56. Yowsers. Later, it was 76 degrees in Wenatchee but 46 degrees at Stevens Pass. Double yowsers.

[fourteen410]

^ I saw those dark clouds over 153 and wondered about the weather there. We were headed home on Hwy 20 around 9pm. Not a drop of water fell from the sky until Newhalem...then bam, crazy rain! Really intense wind/rain driving down I-5 in Marysville last night, too. Glad we had the great weather while we were out.